DuckDuckGo

DuckDuckGo is an American software company that offers a number of products intended to help people protect their online privacy. The flagship product is a search engine that has been praised by privacy advocates. Subsequent products include extensions for all major web browsers and a custom DuckDuckGo web browser.

DuckDuckGo
Screenshot of DuckDuckGo home page as of 2018
Type of site
Search engine
Available inMultilingual
Headquarters20 Paoli Pike,
Paoli, Pennsylvania, United States
Area servedWorldwide
OwnerDuck Duck Go, Inc.
Founder(s)Gabriel Weinberg
CEOGabriel Weinberg
Key peopleSteve Fishcher (CBO)
URLduckduckgo.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationNone
LaunchedSeptember 25, 2008 (2008-09-25)
Current statusActive
Written inPerl, JavaScript, Python

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.

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