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What is DuckDuckGo?

DuckDuckGo is a search engine run by DuckDuckGo. Where its results come from: traditional links and images largely from Bing. No structured data support is documented in the pages read. Its pages do not limit it to listed countries. The research lists two crawler tokens for it: DuckDuckBot and DuckAssistBot.

Last checked November 10, 2026 · 5 sources

Type
Search engine
Run by
DuckDuckGo
Results come from
Traditional links and images largely from Bing
Recorded markets
Not limited to listed countries in its pages
Where its share is highest
Austria, 2.37% StatCounter Global StatsAmong ranked places: 1 million people or more, at least three entries listed
Share, worldwide
0.64% StatCounter Global Stats
Structured data formats
None documented
Rich result types
None on record

Who runs it

Run by DuckDuckGo.

duckduckgo.com

Where does DuckDuckGo get its results?

Mixed sources: traditional links and images are largely sourced from Bing; Instant Answers come from many sources (the page names Sportradar, Wikipedia, Tripadvisor and Musixmatch as examples); DuckDuckGo also runs its own crawler DuckDuckBot and says it maintains many indexes[1]. DuckAssistBot crawls in real time for AI-assisted answers, honours robots.txt opt-outs within 72 hours, does not affect organic ranking and is not used for model training[3]. The help index lists no article on structured data, sitemaps or webmaster tools[4].

Engines and providers it names

  • BingSupplies its general web results

    Traditional links and images largely from Bing[1]

    Conditions recorded: Traditional links and images (Instant Answers come from non-engine sources)

    Words on the source page: “which we largely source from Bing”

Engines that use results from DuckDuckGo

  • DuckDuckGo Search AssistSame company

    The AI answer feature inside DuckDuckGo search[5]

    As recorded for that engine: Same operator. Search Assist is the AI answer feature inside DuckDuckGo search and has its own fetcher, DuckAssistBot. No direct quote taken; paraphrased from the page.

Which countries use DuckDuckGo?

Share, worldwide

0.64%

#5 worldwide, October 2026 · StatCounter Global Stats

#1 by share in

None

of the 158 places ranked here (1 million people or more, at least three entries listed) · StatCounter Global Stats

What the figures measure: share of search engine referrals: visits that sites running StatCounter's code receive from a search results page (it does not count searches), all platforms, October 2026. Source: StatCounter Global Stats, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.

The 15 ranked places where DuckDuckGo has its highest shareShare in each, October 2026, with its rank there. Bars run from 0 to 5%. StatCounter Global StatsRanked: places of 1 million people or more where StatCounter lists at least three entries. In smaller places, or where it lists only one or two, a single figure can swing widely (a lone entry shows as 100%). Population: World Bank; Taiwan, which the World Bank does not list, from Wikidata, citing its household registration office. Smaller places stay on the map and in the full list.
  1. Austria2.37% #4
  2. Indonesia2.32% #3
  3. Sweden1.88% #3
  4. United States of America1.75% #4
  5. Switzerland1.63% #5
  6. Denmark1.58% #4
  7. Finland1.56% #4
  8. Canada1.51% #4
  9. Netherlands (Kingdom of the)1.5% #4
  10. Belarus1.43% #3
  11. Norway1.18% #4
  12. New Zealand1.17% #4
  13. Estonia1.08% #4
  14. Singapore1.05% #3
  15. Germany0.99% #5

Share for DuckDuckGo by country, October 2026A world map shaded by share in five bands. 233 countries and territories have a figure; each country opens its figures on a click, and the full list is below the map.United Arab Emirates: 0.17%Afghanistan: 0.02%Albania: 0.33%Armenia: 0.37%Angola: 0.11%Argentina: 0.2%Australia: 0.92%Azerbaijan: 0.12%Bosnia and Herzegovina: 0.33%Bangladesh: 0.17%Belgium: 0.75%Burkina Faso: 0.05%Bulgaria: 0.23%Burundi: 0.02%Benin: 0.13%Brunei Darussalam: 0.48%Bolivia (Plurinational State of): 0.33%Brazil: 0.14%Bahamas: 0.51%Bhutan: 0.21%Botswana: 0.09%Democratic Republic of the Congo: 0.04%Central African Republic: 0.17%Congo: 0.09%Côte d’Ivoire: 0.13%Chile: 0.35%Cameroon: 0.29%China: 0.07%Colombia: 0.18%Costa Rica: 0.48%Cuba: 0.14%Cyprus: 0.42%Czechia: 0.5%Germany: 0.99%Djibouti: 0.16%Dominican Republic: 0.34%Algeria: 0.13%Ecuador: 0.21%Egypt: 0.12%Eritrea: 0.27%Spain: 0.39%Ethiopia: 0.18%Fiji: 0.44%Falkland Islands (Malvinas): 0.9%France: 0.72%Gabon: 0.12%United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: 0.7%Georgia: 0.09%Ghana: 0.06%Gambia: 0.06%Guinea: 0.05%Equatorial Guinea: 0.08%Greece: 0.39%Guatemala: 0.16%Guinea-Bissau: 0.06%Guyana: 0.44%Honduras: 0.33%Croatia: 0.7%Haiti: 0.04%Hungary: 0.44%Ireland: 0.85%Israel: 0.08%India: 0.33%Iran (Islamic Republic of): 0.02%Italy: 0.64%Jamaica: 0.44%Jordan: 0.1%Japan: 0.67%Kenya: 0.16%Kyrgyzstan: 0.23%Cambodia: 0.31%Republic of Korea: 0.09%Kuwait: 0.15%Kazakhstan: 0.23%Lao People's Democratic Republic: 0.1%Lebanon: 0.14%Sri Lanka: 0.21%Liberia: 0.03%Lesotho: 0.11%Lithuania: 0.78%Latvia: 0.67%Libya: 0.09%Morocco: 0.18%Republic of Moldova: 0.55%Montenegro: 0.31%Madagascar: 0.14%North Macedonia: 0.21%Mali: 0.06%Myanmar: 0.08%Mongolia: 0.12%Mauritania: 0.04%Malawi: 0.05%Mexico: 0.26%Malaysia: 0.35%Mozambique: 0.11%Namibia: 0.23%New Caledonia: 0.63%Niger: 0.03%Nigeria: 0.06%Nicaragua: 0.25%Nepal: 0.26%Oman: 0.08%Panama: 0.36%Peru: 0.21%Papua New Guinea: 0.36%Philippines: 0.23%Pakistan: 0.09%Poland: 0.75%Puerto Rico: 0.61%State of Palestine: 0.06%Portugal: 0.84%Paraguay: 0.26%Qatar: 0.16%Romania: 0.38%Serbia: 0.21%Russian Federation: 0.18%Rwanda: 0.14%Saudi Arabia: 0.14%Solomon Islands: 0.06%Sudan: 0.02%Slovenia: 0.85%Slovakia: 0.46%Sierra Leone: 0.04%Senegal: 0.11%Somalia: 0.06%Suriname: 0.26%South Sudan: 0.07%El Salvador: 0.24%Syrian Arab Republic: 0.04%Eswatini: 0.05%Chad: 0.07%Togo: 0.09%Thailand: 0.07%Tajikistan: 0.07%Timor-Leste: 0.07%Turkmenistan: 0.6%Tunisia: 0.19%Türkiye: 0.26%Trinidad and Tobago: 0.44%Taiwan: 0.14%United Republic of Tanzania: 0.06%Ukraine: 0.36%Uganda: 0.07%Uruguay: 0.28%Uzbekistan: 0.23%Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of): 0.3%Viet Nam: 0.03%Vanuatu: 0.41%Yemen: 0.11%South Africa: 0.18%Zambia: 0.03%Zimbabwe: 0.08%Austria: 2.37%Belarus: 1.43%Canada: 1.51%Switzerland: 1.63%Denmark: 1.58%Estonia: 1.08%Finland: 1.56%Greenland: 1.24%Indonesia: 2.32%Iceland: 4.48%Luxembourg: 2.98%Netherlands (Kingdom of the): 1.5%Norway: 1.18%New Zealand: 1.17%Sweden: 1.88%United States of America: 1.75%Belize: 9.52%Iraq: not listedDemocratic People's Republic of Korea: not listedWestern Sahara: no dataFrench Southern Territories: no dataKosovo: no dataN. Cyprus: no dataSomaliland: no data
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Equal Earth projection. Antarctica and many small places are too small to draw; every figure is in the list below. “Not in StatCounter's list there” means its table for that place does not include DuckDuckGo; “No data” means StatCounter returned no table for it. StatCounter Global Stats

All 233 countries and territories with a figure

Bermuda 17.96% (#2) Pitcairn 12.5% (#2) Saint Pierre and Miquelon 10.89% (#2) Belize 9.52% (#3) Tokelau 8.7% (#2) American Samoa 6.38% (#3) Saint Barthélemy 5.21% (#3) Iceland 4.48% (#3) Liechtenstein 4.07% (#3) Marshall Islands 4.06% (#3) Luxembourg 2.98% (#3) Austria 2.37% (#4) Seychelles 2.37% (#4) Wallis and Futuna Islands 2.35% (#3) Indonesia 2.32% (#3) Åland Islands 2.17% (#3) Sweden 1.88% (#3) United States of America 1.75% (#4) Andorra 1.74% (#3) Switzerland 1.63% (#5) Denmark 1.58% (#4) Finland 1.56% (#4) Canada 1.51% (#4) Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1.5% (#4) Belarus 1.43% (#3) Faroe Islands 1.43% (#3) Greenland 1.24% (#3) United States Virgin Islands 1.2% (#4) Norway 1.18% (#4) New Zealand 1.17% (#4) Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 1.15% (#3) Estonia 1.08% (#4) Singapore 1.05% (#3) Germany 0.99% (#5) British Indian Ocean Territory 0.98% (#3) Holy See 0.95% (#4) Anguilla 0.94% (#4) Monaco 0.94% (#5) Guadeloupe 0.93% (#4) Australia 0.92% (#4) Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.9% (#4) Jersey 0.87% (#4) San Marino 0.86% (#4) Guam 0.85% (#4) Ireland 0.85% (#4) Slovenia 0.85% (#3) Portugal 0.84% (#4) Kiribati 0.82% (#3) Cayman Islands 0.8% (#4) Lithuania 0.78% (#4) Belgium 0.75% (#5) Poland 0.75% (#4) France 0.72% (#6) Croatia 0.7% (#3) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.7% (#4) French Polynesia 0.68% (#5) Japan 0.67% (#4) Latvia 0.67% (#4) Isle of Man 0.65% (#4) Martinique 0.65% (#5) Italy 0.64% (#4) New Caledonia 0.63% (#5) Malta 0.62% (#4) Puerto Rico 0.61% (#4) Réunion 0.61% (#6) Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.61% (#4) Saint Martin (French Part) 0.6% (#4) Turkmenistan 0.6% (#3) Antarctica 0.55% (#4) Republic of Moldova 0.55% (#4) Dominica 0.54% (#4) Tonga 0.53% (#4) Aruba 0.52% (#4) Bahamas 0.51% (#4) Cabo Verde 0.5% (#4) Czechia 0.5% (#5) French Guiana 0.5% (#6) Brunei Darussalam 0.48% (#5) Costa Rica 0.48% (#4) Slovakia 0.46% (#3) Fiji 0.44% (#4) Guyana 0.44% (#4) Hungary 0.44% (#3) Jamaica 0.44% (#4) Trinidad and Tobago 0.44% (#4) Barbados 0.43% (#4) Cyprus 0.42% (#4) Guernsey 0.41% (#4) Vanuatu 0.41% (#4) Greece 0.39% (#4) Mayotte 0.39% (#6) Spain 0.39% (#4) Gibraltar 0.38% (#6) Romania 0.38% (#3) Armenia 0.37% (#4) Panama 0.36% (#4) Papua New Guinea 0.36% (#4) Ukraine 0.36% (#4) Antigua and Barbuda 0.35% (#4) Chile 0.35% (#4) Curaçao 0.35% (#4) Malaysia 0.35% (#5) Dominican Republic 0.34% (#4) Albania 0.33% (#4) Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.33% (#4) Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.33% (#5) Honduras 0.33% (#4) India 0.33% (#4) Cambodia 0.31% (#5) Montenegro 0.31% (#5) Saint Lucia 0.3% (#4) Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.3% (#4) Cameroon 0.29% (#3) Grenada 0.28% (#4) Samoa 0.28% (#5) Uruguay 0.28% (#4) Eritrea 0.27% (#5) Turks and Caicos Islands 0.27% (#4) Mexico 0.26% (#4) Nepal 0.26% (#4) Paraguay 0.26% (#4) Suriname 0.26% (#4) Türkiye 0.26% (#5) Nicaragua 0.25% (#4) El Salvador 0.24% (#4) Northern Mariana Islands 0.24% (#5) Bulgaria 0.23% (#4) Kazakhstan 0.23% (#4) Kyrgyzstan 0.23% (#5) Montserrat 0.23% (#4) Namibia 0.23% (#4) Philippines 0.23% (#4) Uzbekistan 0.23% (#4) Mauritius 0.22% (#4) Bhutan 0.21% (#4) Ecuador 0.21% (#4) North Macedonia 0.21% (#5) Peru 0.21% (#4) Serbia 0.21% (#5) Sri Lanka 0.21% (#4) Argentina 0.2% (#4) Palau 0.2% (#6) Cook Islands 0.19% (#4) Tunisia 0.19% (#5) China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 0.18% (#6) Colombia 0.18% (#4) Ethiopia 0.18% (#4) Morocco 0.18% (#5) Naoero 0.18% (#5) Russian Federation 0.18% (#5) South Africa 0.18% (#5) Bangladesh 0.17% (#4) Central African Republic 0.17% (#5) Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.17% (#4) United Arab Emirates 0.17% (#5) Djibouti 0.16% (#5) Guatemala 0.16% (#4) Kenya 0.16% (#4) Qatar 0.16% (#5) China, Macao Special Administrative Region 0.15% (#6) Kuwait 0.15% (#6) Brazil 0.14% (#4) Cuba 0.14% (#4) Lebanon 0.14% (#5) Madagascar 0.14% (#4) Maldives 0.14% (#5) Rwanda 0.14% (#4) Saudi Arabia 0.14% (#5) Taiwan 0.14% (#6) Algeria 0.13% (#5) Benin 0.13% (#4) Côte d’Ivoire 0.13% (#4) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.13% (#4) Azerbaijan 0.12% (#4) Egypt 0.12% (#5) Gabon 0.12% (#5) Mongolia 0.12% (#6) Angola 0.11% (#4) Lesotho 0.11% (#4) Mozambique 0.11% (#5) Senegal 0.11% (#4) Yemen 0.11% (#6) Jordan 0.1% (#6) Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.1% (#5) Botswana 0.09% (#4) Congo 0.09% (#4) Georgia 0.09% (#5) Libya 0.09% (#6) Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.09% (#4) Pakistan 0.09% (#5) Republic of Korea 0.09% (#9) Togo 0.09% (#4) Equatorial Guinea 0.08% (#7) Israel 0.08% (#4) Myanmar 0.08% (#5) Oman 0.08% (#6) Zimbabwe 0.08% (#4) Chad 0.07% (#6) China 0.07% (#8) South Sudan 0.07% (#4) Tajikistan 0.07% (#5) Thailand 0.07% (#3) Timor-Leste 0.07% (#5) Uganda 0.07% (#4) British Virgin Islands 0.06% (#5) Gambia 0.06% (#5) Ghana 0.06% (#4) Guinea-Bissau 0.06% (#6) Mali 0.06% (#6) Nigeria 0.06% (#4) Solomon Islands 0.06% (#6) Somalia 0.06% (#5) State of Palestine 0.06% (#5) United Republic of Tanzania 0.06% (#4) Bahrain 0.05% (#6) Burkina Faso 0.05% (#6) Eswatini 0.05% (#4) Guinea 0.05% (#6) Malawi 0.05% (#5) Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.04% (#6) Haiti 0.04% (#4) Mauritania 0.04% (#5) Sao Tome and Principe 0.04% (#3) Sierra Leone 0.04% (#5) Syrian Arab Republic 0.04% (#4) Liberia 0.03% (#5) Niger 0.03% (#6) Viet Nam 0.03% (#5) Zambia 0.03% (#4) Afghanistan 0.02% (#6) Burundi 0.02% (#7) Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.02% (#5) Sudan 0.02% (#5)

StatCounter Global Stats, October 2026, CC BY-SA 3.0. The number in brackets is its rank in that place.

Recorded markets

The research records no country limit for DuckDuckGo: its pages do not limit it to listed countries.

Does DuckDuckGo use structured data?

The research records no documented support for any structured data format for DuckDuckGo.

Structured data formats for DuckDuckGo
FormatDocumented supportWhat the research records
JSON-LDNot documentedNot documented on the first-party pages fetched.[4]
MicrodataNot documentedNot documented on the first-party pages fetched.[4]
RDFaNot documentedNot documented on the first-party pages fetched.[4]
Open GraphNot documentedNot documented on the first-party pages fetched.[4]
MicroformatsNot documentedNot documented on the first-party pages fetched.[4]
Twitter CardsNot documentedNot documented on the first-party pages fetched.[4]

“Not documented” means the pages read do not say; it does not mean the format is ignored.

Rich resultsThe research records no rich result type for DuckDuckGo.

How does DuckDuckGo crawl the web?

The research lists 2 crawler tokens for DuckDuckGo: the names a site uses in robots.txt rules, with what each one does where the source says.

DuckDuckBot[2]

DuckAssistBot[3]

How do I test my markup for DuckDuckGo?

The research records no markup testing tool of its own for DuckDuckGo.

Inject the World

Test a page for DuckDuckGo

See what the research records for DuckDuckGo against the structured data on your page.

Test a page

Site ownersThe research records no guidelines or vocabularies of its own for DuckDuckGo.

Open questionsThe research marks no claim about DuckDuckGo as unverified.

Sources

The pages the research used for DuckDuckGo, numbered as cited above. Accessed November 10, 2026 unless shown.

  1. 1.Where do DuckDuckGo search results come from? · DuckDuckGo
  2. 2.Is DuckDuckBot related to DuckDuckGo? · DuckDuckGo
  3. 3.Is DuckAssistBot related to DuckDuckGo? · DuckDuckGo
  4. 4.DuckDuckGo Search Results - DuckDuckGo Help Pages · DuckDuckGo
  5. 5.Is DuckAssistBot related to DuckDuckGo? · DuckDuckGo

Market share figures: StatCounter Global Stats, search engine market share, October 2026, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.