Anonymous search engine DuckDuckGo has announced that they have reached 10 billion private searches.
The news was announced by the company’s Ceo and founder Gabriel Weinberg on their blog, there were more than 4 billion search on the platform last year,you can see more details below.
We are proud to say that at the end of last year, we surpassed a cumulative count of 10 billion anonymous searches served, with over 4 billion in 2016! We are growing faster than ever with our first 14M day on Jan 10, 2017.
People are actively seeking out ways to reduce their digital footprint online. For example, a Pew Research study reported “40% think that their search engine provider shouldn’t retain information about their activity.”
With all of the privacy concerns that we have seen over the last few years more and more people are using platforms like DuckDuckGo.
Source DuckDuckGo, The Verge
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