DuckDuckGo, a search engine focused on privacy, increased its average number of daily searches by 62% in 2020.

DuckDuckGo, a search engine focused on privacy, increased its average number of daily searches by 62% in 2020 as users seek alternatives to impede data tracking. .

The search engine, founded in 2008, operated nearly 23.7 billion search queries on their platform in 2020, according to their traffic page.

11, DuckDuckGo reached its highest number of search queries in one day, with a total of 102,251,307.

Besides DuckDuckGo's website, the platform is also available as an iOS and Android app, as well as a Google Chrome extension

Besides DuckDuckGo's website, the platform is also available as an iOS and Android app, as well as a Google Chrome extension. (Photo: DuckDuckGo.com)

"The recent Facebook/WhatsApp privacy policy announcement seems to have had some impact increasing search similar to how it has driven people to private messaging alternatives like Signal," Bazbaz said in a statement