Google’s “new era for AI search” appears to be a boon for one of its competitors, DuckDuckGo.
Since Google announced last month that it would be changing its traditional search box into a conversational engine that uses artificial intelligence to answer questions rather than display pages of links, installs of DuckDuckGo have soared.
According to a post on the DuckDuckGo Bluesky account, installs on June 1 were 76% above the average before Google’s announcement, and the company broke its single-day search record.
It added that visits to its “No AI” search page have tripled since the Google announcement, and they continue to rise.
“It’s not a blip, it’s a movement. Fire Google,” DuckDuckGo wrote.
