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rement on June 8, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: DuckDuckGo, Google, and Android choice screens

Ads. However, DuckDuckGo does not run their own ad network. The ads you are shown are only based on the current keyword from your search.

edit: Here is a quora answer from the CEO at DuckDuckGo posted a couple years ago talking about how the company is funded. [0]

[0]: https://www.quora.com/How-is-DuckDuckGo-funded?share=1

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