Search engine DuckDuckGo—which emphasises protecting a searcher's privacy—has carried out more than 30 million direct searches in a single day, achieving the milestone twice in one week. The search giant is also using its own data to track how people are searching for information on Google. Despite its robust growth, the company is dwarfed by several rivals, not least behemoth Google, which notches up 3.5 billion searches daily, as well as Yahoo and Bing.
Search engine DuckDuckGo—which emphasises protecting a searcher's privacy—has carried out more than 30 million direct searches in a single day, achieving the milestone twice in one week. DuckDuckGo claimed 16 million searches per day in January, a figure set to double by the end of the year. Despite its robust growth, the company is dwarfed by several rivals, not least behemoth Google, which notches up 3.5 billion searches daily, as well as Yahoo and Bing.