DuckDuckGo is a search engine that prioritizes the privacy of its users by not tracking them. It was founded in 2008 by Gabriel Weinberg and is currently the sixth most popular search engine in the world, behind Google, Bind, Yahoo!, Yandex, and Baidu.
DuckDuckGo Stats: Summary
- DuckDuckGo processes 99.67 million search queries a day and around 36 billion searches per year.
- Worldwide, DuckDuckGo holds a 0.69% share of the search engine market. In the US, it claims a 2.51% share.
- DuckDuckGo has approximately 30 million daily users. Its extension is used by over 6 million people daily.
- In 2021, the DuckDuckGo app was downloaded 75 million times.
- DuckDuckGo’s worth is estimated at $1 billion. Its annual revenue reached $100 million in 2021.
DuckDuckGo Daily & Annual Searches
DuckDuckGo reports an average of 99.67 million searches a day in 2022. Daily search queries have increased by 3.05% from 2021 and by 54% from 2020.
In 2021, DuckDuckGo processed 35.30 billion searches. The annual search activity has increased by 1.49x over the previous year, up from 23.65 billion searches in 2020. In 2021, DuckDuckGo processed 40.00% more searches than in the years 2010 through 2018 combined.
The average number of daily searches on DuckDuckGo has increased 73.29 times since 2021. In addition, DuckDuckGo processes more search queries per day in 2022 than in all of 2011.
Here are the exact numbers of the average daily DuckDuckGo search queries since 2010.
| Year | Daily Searches | Annual Searches |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 45.0 thousand | 16.41 million |
| 2011 | 272.2 thousand | 99.35 million |
| 2012 | 1.4 million | 496.24 million |
| 2013 | 2.8 million | 1.03 billion |
| 2014 | 5.4 million | 1.97 billion |
| 2015 | 8.6 million | 3.14 billion |
| 2016 | 11.2 million | 4.09 billion |
| 2017 | 16.2 million | 5.92 billion |
| 2018 | 25.3 million | 9.24 billion |
| 2019 | 41.3 million | 15.08 billion |
| 2020 | 64.8 million | 23.65 billion |
| 2021 | 96.7 million | 35.30 billion |
| 2022 | 99.7 million | 36.38 billion |
Source: DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo Global Market Share
DuckDuckGo claims a market share of 0.69% across all platforms in 2021, making it the 6th most popular search engine in the world.
Since 2012, when DuckDuckGo accounted for only 0.01% of all search queries, the search engine’s global market share has steadily increased. By Photutorial estimates, DuckDuckGo could claim a 0.81% search engine market share by 2024 and 1.29% by 2030.
The table below shows DuckDuckGo’s global search engine market share:
| Year | Market share |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 0.01% |
| 2013 | 0.01% |
| 2014 | 0.04% |
| 2015 | 0.11% |
| 2016 | 0.12% |
| 2017 | 0.18% |
| 2018 | 0.29% |
| 2019 | 0.42% |
| 2020 | 0.49% |
| 2021 | 0.62% |
| 2022 | 0.69% |
Global Desktop Market Share
DuckDuckGo claims a 1.01% share of the global desktop search engine market. Its market share has more than doubled in the last three years, rising from 0.50% in 2019.
DuckDuckGo is the most successful on desktops, holding a 2x larger market share compared to its mobile search engine share.
The table shows the global desktop search engine market share from 2012 to 2022:
| Year | Desktop market share |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 0.01% |
| 2013 | 0.01% |
| 2014 | 0.05% |
| 2015 | 0.13% |
| 2016 | 0.15% |
| 2017 | 0.30% |
| 2018 | 0.38% |
| 2019 | 0.50% |
| 2020 | 0.64% |
| 2021 | 0.89% |
| 2022 | 1.01% |
Global Mobile Market Share
DuckDuckGo holds a 0.52% share of the global mobile search market. This makes it the 6th most popular search engine among mobile users, behind Google, Bing, Baidu, Yahoo! and Yandex.
DuckDuckGo’s mobile market share is half of its desktop market share due to Google’s dominance in mobile search, where Google Chrome and Google Search are the default browsers for Android users. However, there are some privacy-friendly browsers like Brave that use DuckDuckGo as the default search engine.
The table of DuckDuckGo’s global mobile search engine market share:
| Year | Mobile market share |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 0.00% |
| 2013 | 0.00% |
| 2014 | 0.03% |
| 2015 | 0.05% |
| 2016 | 0.06% |
| 2017 | 0.08% |
| 2018 | 0.19% |
| 2019 | 0.33% |
| 2020 | 0.38% |
| 2021 | 0.47% |
| 2022 | 0.52% |
Global Tablet and Console Market Share
DuckDuckGo claims an impressive 1.02% market share in global tablet search, but only 0.37% in console search. Surprisingly, its tablet market share peaked in 2019 (1.13 %), but has since recovered in 2021 and 2022.
The table of DuckDuckGo’s global table and console search engine market share:
| Year | Tablet market share | Console market share |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 2013 | 0.01% | 0.00% |
| 2014 | 0.07% | 0.02% |
| 2015 | 0.21% | 0.05% |
| 2016 | 0.28% | 0.13% |
| 2017 | 0.45% | 0.19% |
| 2018 | 0.77% | 0.25% |
| 2019 | 1.13% | 0.33% |
| 2020 | 0.95% | 0.30% |
| 2021 | 1.01% | 0.35% |
| 2022 | 1.02% | 0.37% |
DuckDuckGo US Market Share
In the US, DuckDuckGo claims a market share of 2.51% across all platforms in 2022. That makes it the 4th most popular search engine in the US.
DuckDuckGo’s market share in the United States has increased 2.18 times since 2019. Moreover, DuckDuckGo is much more popular in the US (2.51%) than globally (0.69%).
The table of DuckDuckGo’s US search engine market share:
| Year | Market share |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 0.02% |
| 2013 | 0.05% |
| 2014 | 0.12% |
| 2015 | 0.32% |
| 2016 | 0.34% |
| 2017 | 0.52% |
| 2018 | 0.69% |
| 2019 | 1.15% |
| 2020 | 1.61% |
| 2021 | 2.42% |
| 2022 | 2.51% |
US Desktop Market Share
DuckDuckGo claims a 2.77% share of the US desktop search engine market. Its market share has more than doubled in three years, up from 0.50% in 2019.
The table shows the DuckDuckGo’s US desktop search engine market share from 2012 to 2022:
| Year | Desktop market share |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 0.02% |
| 2013 | 0.06% |
| 2014 | 0.14% |
| 2015 | 0.37% |
| 2016 | 0.39% |
| 2017 | 0.62% |
| 2018 | 0.67% |
| 2019 | 1.10% |
| 2020 | 1.63% |
| 2021 | 2.53% |
| 2022 | 2.77% |
US Mobile Market Share
DuckDuckGo holds a 2.29% share of the US mobile search market. This makes it the 3rd most popular search engine among mobile users, behind Google and Yahoo!
While DuckDuckGo’s mobile market is half the size of the desktop market worldwide, it’s only 20.96% smaller in the United States.
DuckDuckGo’s market share in the US mobile search market is shown in the table below:
| Year | Mobile market share |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 0.00% |
| 2013 | 0.01% |
| 2014 | 0.08% |
| 2015 | 0.21% |
| 2016 | 0.22% |
| 2017 | 0.33% |
| 2018 | 0.59% |
| 2019 | 1.02% |
| 2020 | 1.52% |
| 2021 | 2.29% |
| 2022 | 2.29% |
US Tablet and Console Market Share
In the US, DuckDuckGo claims a 3.16% tablet search engine market share and only 0.53% in console search. In 2022, the tablet market share is 0.23% lower than in 2021.
DuckDuckGo’s US market share and console search engine market share are shown in the table below:
| Year | Tablet market share | Console market share |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 2013 | 0.02% | 0.00% |
| 2014 | 0.13% | 0.02% |
| 2015 | 0.41% | 0.07% |
| 2016 | 0.57% | 0.27% |
| 2017 | 0.96% | 0.31% |
| 2018 | 1.54% | 0.38% |
| 2019 | 2.53% | 0.51% |
| 2020 | 2.76% | 0.42% |
| 2021 | 3.39% | 0.50% |
| 2022 | 3.16% | 0.53% |
How many people use DuckDuckGo?
The number of people using DuckDuckGo is impossible to pin down since it doesn’t track the users. However, according to seotribunal research, people make 3–4 searches every day. This accounts for approximately 30 million daily DuckDuckGo users.
How many people use the DuckDuckGo Chrome extension?
As of 2022, more than 6 million people use the DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials plugin for the Chrome browser. The tools block hidden trackers located on websites, thus preventing companies from exploiting and selling your data.
DuckDuckGo app downloads
Mobile users can download the DuckDuckGo app to secure their searches.
By 2022, the DuckDuckGo app had been downloaded more than 10 million times on Android devices, with an average rating of 4.6 out of 1.6 million users. Last month alone, it was downloaded 300,000 times on iOS devices.
The DuckDuckGo browser was the most downloaded browser on Android and the second most downloaded browser on iOS in the first quarter of 2021, with more than 75 million annual installs.
Sources: Google Play, App Store, Sensor Tower, Spread Privacy
DuckDuckGo Finances
Revenue & net worth
In June 2021, DuckDuckGo reported over $100 million in annual revenue and a $100+ million investment from new and existing investors.
The total value of DuckDuckGo isn’t known, but based on estimates of visitors and advertising revenue, the net value of DuckDuckGo is estimated to be $1 billion in 2022.
Sources: Spread Privacy, Worth of Web
Funding
DuckDuckGo has received $172 million from 19 investors over the course of ten years. On December 1, 2020, the largest funding round raised $100 million.
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| Oct 13, 2011 | $3 million |
| Aug 21, 2018 | $10 million |
| Dec 1, 2020 | $100 million |
| Jun 9, 2021 | $59 million |
Donations
DuckDuckGo donates to organizations working on internet privacy and collaborates with policymakers and advocates.
DuckDuckGo donated a total of $1 million to 21 organizations in 2021. Its largest donation ($200,000) has been for the third year in a row to the Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP).
DuckDuckGo has donated a total of $3,673,549 since 2011.
The following table shows all DuckDuckGo donations:
| Year | Amount | Number of donations |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | $1,909 | 6 |
| 2012 | $11,640 | 7 |
| 2013 | $20,000 | 7 |
| 2014 | $40,000 | 6 |
| 2015 | $125,000 | 5 |
| 2016 | $225,000 | 9 |
| 2017 | $400,000 | 16 |
| 2018 | $500,000 | 21 |
| 2019 | $600,000 | 11 |
| 2020 | $750,000 | 15 |
| 2021 | $1,000,000 | 21 |
Source: DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo vs Google
The main differences between DuckDuckGo and Google are privacy settings and search volume. DuckDuckGo handles 100 million searches per day, while Google handles 5.6 billion searches per day.
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