But there’s yet to be a timeline given for its launch. The browser will be available for Windows and Mac, using native APIs already offered by both operating systems. Let’s look over the numbers over a half-decade, from 2016 to 2021, in billions.ĭuckDuckGo expanded search offerings to also encompass new mobile apps, extensions for protecting user privacy, a full web browser, and email protection platform, and a way to block cookie trackers for Android. DuckDuckGo: Year-by-year rundownīefore the year is up, DuckDuckGo could hit 35 billion (as the results above were recorded up to Christmas Eve, 2021). So it is anticipated that DuckDuckGo could reach position number 3, in the global market for search traffic, if the trend continues. While Yahoo search has been underdeveloped for some time now, Yandex and Baido are unavailable in most regions around the world. Which indicates there is only a matter of time before it overtakes Yahoo and Yandex. Yearly, DuckDuckGo is steadily rising in its market share.

Statcounter: November 2021 DuckDuckGo market share (Bing comes in second place at 3.14% Yahoo at 1.53%.)

Google still overwhelmingly leads search traffic around the world the next up is Bing, then Baido, Yahoo, Yandex, and then DuckDuckGo.Īccording to statcounter, DuckDuckGo holds sixth-place, with a market share of 0.66% globally – by comparison to Google, who still captures an enormous 91.4% of the market. DuckDuckGo versus Google: Search traffic ➡️ And about a 50% increase from 2020, which stood at a little over 23 billion queries. Over 34.5 billion search queries in 2021 were logged by DuckDuckGo – this is the large-scale rise from 2019 of more than double, which saw 15 billion queries. Now it’s expanding from just being a search engine, to a browser. Privacy-centric search engine DuckDuckGo records another record year for 2021. Will Ellis Last Updated on January 2, 2023

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