Big search engines like Google and Bing are well known to track searchers activity and sell that data to advertisers — which is why many of us don’t feel comfortable searching freely anymore.

 

If you’re looking for more private alternatives, here are a few I’ve come across. I’d love to hear what others are using too!

 

🔍 DuckDuckGo – Great for simple, untracked searches

🔐 Startpage – Delivers Google results without the profiling

🛡️ Brave Search – Strong privacy with its own independent index

✨ MyAllSearch – Clean interface with a focus on user privacy

🇪🇺 Qwant – GDPR-compliant, with servers based in Europe

🔗 Dogpile – A metasearch engine that pulls top results from Bing, Yandex, and more

 

Please share anymore Iv'e missed, I'm always curious to discover new ones.