Last Updated on September 7, 2025 by Mathew Diekhake
Description
DuckDuckGo (duckduckgo.com) is a search engine. DuckDuckGo was founded by Gabriel Weinberg. Similar sites to DuckDuckGo include Bing, Wolfram Alpha, Startpage, and Dogpile.
Alternatives
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Site Navigation/Overview
The homepage of duckduckgo.com had a large search box at the top of the page with the DuckDuckGo to the left. Beneath the search box but still above the fold were two buttons: one to set DuckDuckGo as the default search engine and another for downloading the DuckDuckGo browser. Below the fold was a lot of extra information. The first section was to download the DuckDuckGo desktop and mobile browser and the desktop browser extension from various app stores. When I scrolled further, it showed comparisons of DuckDuckGo with other search engines. Further down the page is information that explains the DuckDuckGo browser’s features. 4/17/2024
Site Popularity/Traffic Data
As of November 2023, duckduckgo.com has 764.6K monthly views. Duckduckgo.com was founded on August 20, 2008. The Internet Archive has saved duckduckgo.com 118,840 times between August 20, 2008 and January 1, 2024.
Safety, Security, and Trust Report
Here, I analyzed duckduckgo.com for malware and malicious content to check if it was legit or a scam:
I checked duckduckgo.com on Sucuri, and it returned as a low security risk.
Sucuri says duckduckgo.com is a low security risk; however, it returned a 410 Gone status on the URL http://duckduckgo.com/.git/HEAD.
I then ran a parasite scan with Unmask Parasites on duckduckgo.com, and it is clean.
I also checked duckduckgo.com on VirusTotal, and it is clean.
URLVoid says duckduckgo.com passed all blocklist engines.
In conclusion, Sucuri says duckduckgo.com is a low security risk; however, it returned a 410 Gone status on the URL http://duckduckgo.com/.git/HEAD. Unmask Parasites says duckduckgo.com is clean of parasites. VirusTotal and Sucuri say duckduckgo.com isn’t malicious or blacklisted. OVERALL GRADE: Safe.
Links and Profiles
Website: duckduckgo.com
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