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We don’t track you — period.</p><div class="js-onboarding-ed-button-small-3"><a class="btn onboarding-ed__button-small ddg-extension-hide" href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/latest/duckduckgo-for-firefox/addon-385621-latest.xpi">Add DuckDuckGo to Firefox</a></div></div><div class="onboarding-ed__image-container js-onboarding-ed-image-container-3"><img data-src="/assets/onboarding/bathroomguy/3-bathtub-v2--no-animation.svg" class="onboarding-ed__image--placeholder js-hp-lazysvg" loading="lazy" src="DuckDuckGo%20%E2%80%94%20Privacy,%20simplified_files/3-bathtub-v2--no-animation.svg" width="1200" height="460"></div></div><div class="onboarding-ed__slide onboarding-ed__slide-4 js-onboarding-ed-slide js-onboarding-ed-slide-4"><div class="onboarding-ed__close"><span class="js-onboarding-ed-dismiss onboarding-ed__close-dismiss">Dismiss forever</span><span class="ddgsi onboarding-ed__close-divider">|</span> <span class="onboarding-ed__close-back js-onboarding-ed-back-to-search">Back to search</span> </div><div class="onboarding-ed__content js-onboarding-ed-install"><h1 class="onboarding-ed__title js-onboarding-ed-balance-text" style="">Switch to DuckDuckGo and take back your privacy!</h1><p class="onboarding-ed__subtitle js-onboarding-ed-balance-text" style="">No tracking, no ad targeting, just searching.</p><div class="js-onboarding-ed-button"><a class="btn onboarding-ed__button ddg-extension-hide" href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/latest/duckduckgo-for-firefox/addon-385621-latest.xpi">Add DuckDuckGo to Firefox</a></div></div><div class="onboarding-ed__content js-onboarding-ed-spread" style="display:none"><h1 class="onboarding-ed__title js-onboarding-ed-balance-text" style="">Already a fan?<br>Invite friends to the Duck Side!</h1><p class="onboarding-ed__subtitle js-onboarding-ed-balance-text" style="">Share DuckDuckGo and help friends take their privacy back!</p><div><a class="btn onboarding-ed__button onboarding-ed__tweet-button js-onboarding-ed-tweet-button" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/?status=DuckDuckGo%20is%20my%20search%20engine%20of%20choice.%20%23ComeToTheDuckSide%20-%20we%20have%20privacy.%20https%3A%2F%2Fduckduckgo.com%2F%231">Tweet #ComeToTheDuckSide</a></div></div><div class="onboarding-ed__image-container js-onboarding-ed-image-container-4"><img data-src="/assets/onboarding/bathroomguy/4-alpinist-v2.svg" class="onboarding-ed__image--placeholder js-hp-lazysvg" loading="lazy" src="DuckDuckGo%20%E2%80%94%20Privacy,%20simplified_files/4-alpinist-v2.svg" width="1200" height="460"></div></div></div><article id="faq" class="faq" vocab="https://schema.org/" typeof="FAQPage"><h2 property="name" class="faq__title">Frequently Asked Questions</h2><div class="faq__content"><section class="js-faq-section faq__section" property="mainEntity" typeof="Question"><header class="js-faq-header faq__header" data-disabled="true"><button class="faq__button" aria-expanded="true" aria-disabled="true" aria-controls="faq-answer-0" id="faq-btn-0"><svg width="20" height="21" viewBox="0 0 20 21" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><circle cx="10" cy="10.5" r="10" transform="rotate(-180 10 10.5)" fill="#E5E5E5"></circle><path d="M9.94454 12.8483L13.5355 9.25736C13.7308 9.0621 14.0474 9.0621 14.2426 9.25736C14.4379 9.45262 14.4379 9.7692 14.2426 9.96447L10.3536 13.8536C10.2418 13.9653 10.0903 14.0131 9.94454 13.9969C9.79879 14.0131 9.64729 13.9653 9.53553 13.8536L5.64645 9.96447C5.45118 9.7692 5.45118 9.45262 5.64645 9.25736C5.84171 9.0621 6.15829 9.0621 6.35355 9.25736L9.94454 12.8483Z" fill="#353748"></path></svg></button><h3 class="faq__question" property="name">How does DuckDuckGo make money?</h3></header><div id="faq-answer-0" role="region" aria-labelledby="faq-btn-0" class="js-faq-collapsible faq__collapsible" data-collapsed="false" property="acceptedAnswer" typeof="Answer"><div class="faq__answer"><p property="text">We
make our money from private ads on our search engine. On other search
engines, ads are based on profiles compiled about you using your
personal information like search, browsing, and purchase history. Since
we don’t collect that information, search ads on DuckDuckGo are based on
the search results page you are viewing, not on you as a person. For
example, if you search for cars, we’ll show you ads about cars.</p> <a property="url" href="https://spreadprivacy.com/duckduckgo-revenue-model/" target="_blank" data-id="6-l">Learn more</a>.</div></div></section><section class="js-faq-section faq__section" property="mainEntity" typeof="Question"><header class="js-faq-header faq__header" data-disabled="false"><button class="faq__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-disabled="false" aria-controls="faq-answer-1" id="faq-btn-1"><svg width="20" height="21" viewBox="0 0 20 21" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><circle cx="10" cy="10.5" r="10" transform="rotate(-180 10 10.5)" fill="#E5E5E5"></circle><path d="M9.94454 12.8483L13.5355 9.25736C13.7308 9.0621 14.0474 9.0621 14.2426 9.25736C14.4379 9.45262 14.4379 9.7692 14.2426 9.96447L10.3536 13.8536C10.2418 13.9653 10.0903 14.0131 9.94454 13.9969C9.79879 14.0131 9.64729 13.9653 9.53553 13.8536L5.64645 9.96447C5.45118 9.7692 5.45118 9.45262 5.64645 9.25736C5.84171 9.0621 6.15829 9.0621 6.35355 9.25736L9.94454 12.8483Z" fill="#353748"></path></svg></button><h3 class="faq__question" property="name">What does Google know about me?</h3></header><div id="faq-answer-1" role="region" aria-labelledby="faq-btn-1" class="js-faq-collapsible faq__collapsible" data-collapsed="true" property="acceptedAnswer" typeof="Answer" style="height: 0px;"><div class="faq__answer"><p property="text">Not
only does Google keep your search history forever by default, their
trackers have been found on 75% of the top million websites, which means
they are tracking most everywhere you go on the Internet (unless you
stop them with DuckDuckGo!). And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.</p> <a property="url" href="https://spreadprivacy.com/what-does-google-know-about-me/" target="_blank" data-id="2-l">Learn more</a>.</div></div></section><section class="js-faq-section faq__section" property="mainEntity" typeof="Question"><header class="js-faq-header faq__header" data-disabled="false"><button class="faq__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-disabled="false" aria-controls="faq-answer-2" id="faq-btn-2"><svg width="20" height="21" viewBox="0 0 20 21" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><circle cx="10" cy="10.5" r="10" transform="rotate(-180 10 10.5)" fill="#E5E5E5"></circle><path d="M9.94454 12.8483L13.5355 9.25736C13.7308 9.0621 14.0474 9.0621 14.2426 9.25736C14.4379 9.45262 14.4379 9.7692 14.2426 9.96447L10.3536 13.8536C10.2418 13.9653 10.0903 14.0131 9.94454 13.9969C9.79879 14.0131 9.64729 13.9653 9.53553 13.8536L5.64645 9.96447C5.45118 9.7692 5.45118 9.45262 5.64645 9.25736C5.84171 9.0621 6.15829 9.0621 6.35355 9.25736L9.94454 12.8483Z" fill="#353748"></path></svg></button><h3 class="faq__question" property="name">Why use DuckDuckGo instead of Google?</h3></header><div id="faq-answer-2" role="region" aria-labelledby="faq-btn-2" class="js-faq-collapsible faq__collapsible" data-collapsed="true" property="acceptedAnswer" typeof="Answer" style="height: 0px;"><div class="faq__answer"><p property="text">Ever
notice ads constantly following you around? That’s in part because
Google tracks your searches and hides trackers on millions of websites.
By contrast, our private search engine doesn’t track your searches and
our <a href="https://duckduckgo.com/app" target="_blank" data-id="1-t0">DuckDuckGo browser extension and mobile app</a>
block Google’s (and many other companies’) trackers across the
Internet, helping to keep your browsing history more private, as it
should be. And that’s just the beginning — by using DuckDuckGo you also
escape the manipulation of the filter bubble and can use the Internet
faster (after all that tracking code is disabled).</p> <a property="url" href="https://spreadprivacy.com/why-use-duckduckgo-instead-of-google/" target="_blank" data-id="1-l">Learn more</a>.</div></div></section><section class="js-faq-section faq__section" property="mainEntity" typeof="Question"><header class="js-faq-header faq__header" data-disabled="false"><button class="faq__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-disabled="false" aria-controls="faq-answer-3" id="faq-btn-3"><svg width="20" height="21" viewBox="0 0 20 21" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><circle cx="10" cy="10.5" r="10" transform="rotate(-180 10 10.5)" fill="#E5E5E5"></circle><path d="M9.94454 12.8483L13.5355 9.25736C13.7308 9.0621 14.0474 9.0621 14.2426 9.25736C14.4379 9.45262 14.4379 9.7692 14.2426 9.96447L10.3536 13.8536C10.2418 13.9653 10.0903 14.0131 9.94454 13.9969C9.79879 14.0131 9.64729 13.9653 9.53553 13.8536L5.64645 9.96447C5.45118 9.7692 5.45118 9.45262 5.64645 9.25736C5.84171 9.0621 6.15829 9.0621 6.35355 9.25736L9.94454 12.8483Z" fill="#353748"></path></svg></button><h3 class="faq__question" property="name">How do DuckDuckGo search results compare to Google’s?</h3></header><div id="faq-answer-3" role="region" aria-labelledby="faq-btn-3" class="js-faq-collapsible faq__collapsible" data-collapsed="true" property="acceptedAnswer" typeof="Answer" style="height: 0px;"><div class="faq__answer"><p property="text">DuckDuckGo
search gives you truly private search results without tradeoffs in
result quality. We have everything you’ve come to expect in an online
search experience, and a few <a href="https://duckduckgo.com/bang" target="_blank" data-id="4-t0">bonus features</a>
that make searching the Internet not only private, but also a bit more
fun! And, on top of that, because there is no search history on
DuckDuckGo, you escape the filter bubble of manipulated results.</p> <a property="url" href="https://spreadprivacy.com/is-duckduckgo-a-good-search-engine/" target="_blank" data-id="4-l">Learn more</a>.</div></div></section><section class="js-faq-section faq__section" property="mainEntity" typeof="Question"><header class="js-faq-header faq__header" data-disabled="false"><button class="faq__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-disabled="false" aria-controls="faq-answer-4" id="faq-btn-4"><svg width="20" height="21" viewBox="0 0 20 21" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><circle cx="10" cy="10.5" r="10" transform="rotate(-180 10 10.5)" fill="#E5E5E5"></circle><path d="M9.94454 12.8483L13.5355 9.25736C13.7308 9.0621 14.0474 9.0621 14.2426 9.25736C14.4379 9.45262 14.4379 9.7692 14.2426 9.96447L10.3536 13.8536C10.2418 13.9653 10.0903 14.0131 9.94454 13.9969C9.79879 14.0131 9.64729 13.9653 9.53553 13.8536L5.64645 9.96447C5.45118 9.7692 5.45118 9.45262 5.64645 9.25736C5.84171 9.0621 6.15829 9.0621 6.35355 9.25736L9.94454 12.8483Z" fill="#353748"></path></svg></button><h3 class="faq__question" property="name">What’s the difference between using DuckDuckGo and Incognito mode?</h3></header><div id="faq-answer-4" role="region" aria-labelledby="faq-btn-4" class="js-faq-collapsible faq__collapsible" data-collapsed="true" property="acceptedAnswer" typeof="Answer" style="height: 0px;"><div class="faq__answer"><p property="text">It
is a myth that you can’t be tracked while using so-called “Incognito”
mode. In fact, Incognito mode mainly just deletes information on your
computer and does nothing to stop Google from saving your searches, nor
does it stop companies, Internet service providers, or governments from
being able to track you across the Internet. By contrast, DuckDuckGo
search is completely anonymous and if you add our app & extension on
top, we help keep you private when browsing off of search results.</p> <a property="url" href="https://spreadprivacy.com/how-anonymous-is-duckduckgo/" target="_blank" data-id="3-l">Learn more</a>.</div></div></section><section class="js-faq-section faq__section" property="mainEntity" typeof="Question"><header class="js-faq-header faq__header" data-disabled="false"><button class="faq__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-disabled="false" aria-controls="faq-answer-5" id="faq-btn-5"><svg width="20" height="21" viewBox="0 0 20 21" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><circle cx="10" cy="10.5" r="10" transform="rotate(-180 10 10.5)" fill="#E5E5E5"></circle><path d="M9.94454 12.8483L13.5355 9.25736C13.7308 9.0621 14.0474 9.0621 14.2426 9.25736C14.4379 9.45262 14.4379 9.7692 14.2426 9.96447L10.3536 13.8536C10.2418 13.9653 10.0903 14.0131 9.94454 13.9969C9.79879 14.0131 9.64729 13.9653 9.53553 13.8536L5.64645 9.96447C5.45118 9.7692 5.45118 9.45262 5.64645 9.25736C5.84171 9.0621 6.15829 9.0621 6.35355 9.25736L9.94454 12.8483Z" fill="#353748"></path></svg></button><h3 class="faq__question" property="name">How popular is DuckDuckGo?</h3></header><div id="faq-answer-5" role="region" aria-labelledby="faq-btn-5" class="js-faq-collapsible faq__collapsible" data-collapsed="true" property="acceptedAnswer" typeof="Answer" style="height: 0px;"><div class="faq__answer"><p property="text">We
don’t track our users, so it’s actually impossible for us to know how
many users in total are using our products. However, we are able to make
an estimate based on the number of searches we get per month, <a href="https://duckduckgo.com/traffic" target="_blank" data-id="5-t0">which we make public</a>. Our best guess — over 50 million people!</p> <a property="url" href="https://spreadprivacy.com/how-many-people-use-duckduckgo/" target="_blank" data-id="5-l">Learn more</a>.</div></div></section><section class="js-faq-section faq__section" property="mainEntity" typeof="Question"><header class="js-faq-header faq__header" data-disabled="false"><button class="faq__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-disabled="false" aria-controls="faq-answer-6" id="faq-btn-6"><svg width="20" height="21" viewBox="0 0 20 21" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><circle cx="10" cy="10.5" r="10" transform="rotate(-180 10 10.5)" fill="#E5E5E5"></circle><path d="M9.94454 12.8483L13.5355 9.25736C13.7308 9.0621 14.0474 9.0621 14.2426 9.25736C14.4379 9.45262 14.4379 9.7692 14.2426 9.96447L10.3536 13.8536C10.2418 13.9653 10.0903 14.0131 9.94454 13.9969C9.79879 14.0131 9.64729 13.9653 9.53553 13.8536L5.64645 9.96447C5.45118 9.7692 5.45118 9.45262 5.64645 9.25736C5.84171 9.0621 6.15829 9.0621 6.35355 9.25736L9.94454 12.8483Z" fill="#353748"></path></svg></button><h3 class="faq__question" property="name">How does the DuckDuckGo app & extension work?</h3></header><div id="faq-answer-6" role="region" aria-labelledby="faq-btn-6" class="js-faq-collapsible faq__collapsible" data-collapsed="true" property="acceptedAnswer" typeof="Answer" style="height: 0px;"><div class="faq__answer"><p property="text">The
DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser mobile app and Privacy Essentials desktop
extension both come with our best-in-class tracker blocker, encryption
enforcer, and private search engine – all in one simple package. This
gives you all the key privacy protection tools to search and browse
privately, curbing the constant monitoring of your Internet activity by
companies like Google and Facebook.</p> <a property="url" href="https://spreadprivacy.com/how-does-the-duckduckgo-app-extension-protect-my-privacy/" target="_blank" data-id="0-l">Learn more</a>.</div></div></section></div> </article><a class="btn btn--primary atb-button--faq ddg-extension-hide" href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/latest/duckduckgo-for-firefox/addon-385621-latest.xpi">Add DuckDuckGo to Firefox</a></div> <!-- site-wrapper -->
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