yegg
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Comment · 4 months ago
I think what people mean by everyone varies a lot, which is why I wanted to draw attention to more specific numbers. For example, in the Datos data cited[1], on desktop 86% were using traditional search engines >10 visits/month vs. only 21% for AI chat tools. That is indeed a very significant percentage, but more than 4x less than search and (at least I) wouldn't say that ~1/5 is "everyone."
[1] https://sparktoro.com/blog/new-research-20-of-americans-use-...
Comment · 5 months ago
You’re welcome!
Comment · 5 months ago
Duck it.
Comment · 5 months ago
Thanks!
Comment · 5 months ago
Thanks. On the maps, is this through a VPN?
Comment · 5 months ago
FYI, we (DuckDuckGo) now have a subscription service (https://duckduckgo.com/pro) and one could always turn off ads on our search engine (https://duckduckgo.com/settings).
Comment · 5 months ago
Thanks, and thanks for the report. Will investigate.
Comment · 5 months ago
Got it, thanks for the clarification. We have been working on our own web index that should ultimately help with that.
Comment · 5 months ago
That feature (Search Assist) can be turned off in the settings, and we have a noai.duckduckgo.com domain that automatically turns it off along with other AI features. That said, Search Assist just summarizes web content and does not generate its own answers, but the summary is AI generated.
Comment · 5 months ago
We (DuckDuckGo) does if you add reddit to the query; that forces our reddit module to show.
Comment · 5 months ago
If you mean on DuckDuckGo, we have a (relatively new) reddit module that should surface that content if you add reddit to your query.
Comment · 5 months ago
Just FYI, at DuckDuckGo we have a search setting to turn ads off: https://duckduckgo.com/settings
We also have a no ai version: https://noai.duckduckgo.com/
Comment · 5 months ago
Thank you!
Comment · 5 months ago
Sorry you feel that way, pooploop64. We are doing a complete brand refresh this year though.
https://gabrielweinberg.com/ (newsletter) https://ye.gg/ (personal homepage)
- Founder, DuckDuckGo (https://duckduckgo.com/)
- Co-author, Traction (2015, https://a.co/d/453gPyM)
- Co-author, Super Thinking (2019, https://a.co/d/6R73EsW)
- Author, The Great Race (2025, https://thegreatrace.us/)
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