
“Since launching one year ago, Brave Search has prioritized independence and innovation in order to give users the privacy they deserve,” Brave Chief of Search Josep M. And it is now on a 5 billion 5 annualized query rate, based on current monthly totals. In reaching the 2.5 million query milestone in just one year, Brave has surpassed both Google, which took over one year to reach that milestone, and DuckDuckGo, which took over 4 years. Instead, its results come from its own “built-from-scratch index of the web.” Brave doesn’t track users, their searches, or their clicks, and in doing so it can claim to “put you first, not the advertising or data industries.”īrave is also highlighting its stance against bias, with the implicit claim that mainstream search engines from Google and Microsoft are inherently biased against certain political viewpoints, in particular.īut the big news today on this anniversary is really about the growth. It’s the default search engine for most new Brave browser users, and any user can search privately using Brave Search in their favorite browser by going to .”īrave Search serves results that don’t rely on other search engines, in sharp contrast to the suddenly-controversial DuckDuckGo, which Brave CEO Brendan Eich recently called out for being beholden to Bing and other Microsoft services. “Today, Brave Search is exiting its beta phase. “One year ago, we launched Brave Search to give everyone online a real choice over Big Tech: a privacy-protecting, unbiased alternative to Google and Bing, and a truly independent alternative to providers-such as DuckDuckGo or Startpage-that rely on Big Tech to run,” the announcement post notes. It’s the fastest-growing search engine since Microsoft launched Bing in 2009.



The company also says that its search engine adheres to the following principles, which it says sets it apart from competitors: The company says over 100,000 people have signed up for beta access to Brave Search, and that Brave Browser has recently passed over 32 million active users.
