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Google is losing users: DuckDuckGo installs are up 30%, and Kagi is seeing 3X growth (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by FallenWalnut@lemmy.world to c/PurchaseWithPurpose@lemmy.world

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These numbers exclude Ecosia, Brave, Qwant and all the other search engines that have seen a surge in sign-ups over the last few days.

You are also seeing people take the opportunity to switch browsers. Vivaldi specifically has reported substantial growth recently.

Article talking about DuckDuckGo: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/26/duckduckgo-installs-are-up-30-as-users-reject-being-force-fed-googles-ai-search/

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 24 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Who the fuck "installs" DuckDuckGo? It's a website!

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(To everybody about to tell me they have a browser app thing too: that's just stupid, IDGAF, shut up. DuckDuckGo is a place you use your real browser, i.e. Firefox, to navigate to.)

[–] mattyroses@lemmy.today 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Setting it as default search

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

i just installed this reply to your comment!