DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo is an American software company that offers a number of software products oriented towards helping people protect their privacy online, most notably, a private search engine, a tracker-blocking browser extension, email protection, and app tracking protection.
Screenshot of DuckDuckGo home page as of 2018 | |
Type of site | Search engine |
|---|---|
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Headquarters | 20 Paoli Pike, Paoli, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Owner | Duck Duck Go, Inc. |
| Founder(s) | Gabriel Weinberg |
| CEO | Gabriel Weinberg |
| Key people | Steve Fishcher (CBO) |
| Revenue | US$100 million (2021) |
| URL | duckduckgo |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | None |
| Launched | September 25, 2008 |
| Current status | Active |
| Written in | Perl, JavaScript, Python |
The company emphasizes Internet privacy and anonymity in part to avoid the filter bubble of personalized search results.
The company is based in Paoli, Pennsylvania, and had 200 employees as of February 2024. The company's name is a reference to the children's game duck, duck, goose.
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