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In 2021, DDG handled 35 billion searches. Google first reached that level in 2002 (if this source[1] is accurate).

I have no conclusion, just thought it was an interesting stat to look up.

[1]: https://www.internetlivestats.com/google-search-statistics/

Sounds about right. If your search engine traffic is measured on the numerator in the millions, but the denominator is not "per second", then your share of the search market is basically zero.

Might be correct but it was rising exponentially until Google started using dirty tactics again and it is still rising extremely quick while Google isn't rising.

DuckDuckGo has been profitable for years already so they only need patience.

> Might be correct but it was rising exponentially until Google started using dirty tactics again

What "dirty tactics" are you referring to that negatively impacted DDG's growth?

See my reply to dredmorbius (in another subthread): https://news.ycombinator.com/edit?id=29861689

(I think there is some automation to prevent duplicate content so I link to it instead.)

Hard to compare. The internet and its audience is so much different today.

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