DuckDuckGo
Screenshot of the DuckDuckGo home page as of 2015 | |
Type of site | Search engine |
|---|---|
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Headquarters | 20 Paoli Pike, Paoli, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Area served | Worldwide, except for Indonesia and China |
| Owner | Duck Duck Go, Inc. |
| Founder | Gabriel Weinberg |
| CEO | Gabriel Weinberg |
| Key people | Steve Fischer (CBO) |
| URL | duckduckgo |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional to use @duck.com email address and Privacy Pro subscription |
| Launched | September 25, 2008 |
| Current status | Active |
| Written in | Perl, JavaScript, Python |
DuckDuckGo is an American software company focused on online privacy whose flagship product is a search engine named DuckDuckGo. Founded by Gabriel Weinberg in 2008, its later products include browser extensions and a custom DuckDuckGo web browser. Headquartered in Paoli, Pennsylvania, DuckDuckGo is a privately held company with about 200 employees. The company's name is a reference to the children's game duck, duck, goose.