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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There is no central database, so we have to infer from what is available.
Kagi is the only paid service and so will have a fraction of the free options. The fact that their growth rate increased by 3X with 2k new users in a week is impressive.
DDG has 100m users and saw a 30% increase in their growth. Then you also have:
It starts adding up…
Google is not going to lose its monopoly overnight. It is also particularly damaging when they burn through billions and lose market share.
Not really, because our modern financial system is mostly made up bullshit, that is detached from reality. Do you think investors care, that no one likes Google looses billions of dollars a year chasing AI? No, because it’s just a speculative investment vehicle. The stock market is just gambling for rich people and the belief that it helps anyone or reflects reality in any meaningful way is a fundamental pillar of the propaganda that keeps our financial system afloat.
It’s still nice, that more people are escaping big tech though.
I don’t use Google but the second I read this headline and thought critically for a second or was more ’ wow DDG doesn’t have many users does it’
Yeah, that shady Y-axis is doing some heavy lifting here.