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Most of nan caller installs are connected iPhones successful nan US.
DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo has reported "a sustained surge" of installs successful nan US successful nan week that followed Google's I/O developer conference, wherever nan bigger institution announced more AI features for Search. The hunt motor institution says its app installs successful nan US were up an mean of 18.1 percent for six consecutive days, peaking astatine 30.5 percent connected May 25. Most of nan caller users are connected iOS, pinch installs connected iPhones showing an mean maturation of 33 percent week-on-week and besides peaking connected May 25 at 69.9 percent.
In addition, visits to its noai.duckduckgo.com website besides grew an mean of 22.7 percent week-on-week, pinch its highest maturation of 27.7 percent happening connected May 24. DuckDuckGo says its maturation successful nan US complete nan past week was aggregate times bigger than nan world rate, suggesting that surge of installs was successful "response to Google's US-centric announcement" and not a world trend. It was besides capable to prolong nan maturation done Memorial Day weekend, which historically leads to little activity.
At I/O 2026, Google announced respective caller AI-powered Search features, including the Intelligent Search Box. Unlike nan mean Search box, nan caller 1 tin fresh analyzable queries and tin process videos, images, files and moreover Chrome tabs arsenic input for people's searches. It's worthy noting that nan caller Search container is rolling retired everyplace wherever AI Mode is available, not conscionable successful nan US. Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers are besides getting entree to AI Search agents, including ones that tally 24/7 successful nan inheritance to stitchery accusation for users.
We've seen rather a few posts connected Reddit from group making nan move to DuckDuckGo aft Google's announcements. "Google is force-feeding AI pinch nary measurement to opt out," said DuckDuckGo CEO CEO Gabriel Weinberg. "As result, their results are getting worse, not better. We want to beryllium nan spot that puts users successful complaint and allows them to determine really overmuch aliases really small AI they want. That's why we're seeing a spike successful group coming to DuckDuckGo this week, it's arsenic elemental arsenic that." To beryllium clear, DuckDuckGo besides has AI features for its hunt engine, including ones akin to Google's AI Overviews and AI Mode. However, they tin easy beryllium switched disconnected successful settings, and group tin opt to sojourn nan noai.duckduckgo.com website wherever each AI features are disconnected by default.
