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

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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/

A website to help you start your own journey: https://purchasewithpurpose.io/

Keep it up and spread the word. No better time to make an impact.

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[-] grue@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago

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

spoiler

(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 2 days ago

Setting it as default search

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

i just installed this reply to your comment!

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