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DuckDuckGo issues reported by users in the last 24 hours

This chart displays the number of user-reported issues over the past 24 hours, grouped into 20-minute intervals. It's normal to see occasional reports, which may be due to individual user issues rather than a broader problem. We only consider an issue widespread if there are multiple reports within a short timeframe.

Latest user comments about DuckDuckGo problems

  • C

    Cookie

    about 21 hours ago

    Slow load times (>30s) while all other pages load quickly.

  • M

    Michael

    4 days ago

    Search engine not working

  • D

    Dave

    4 days ago

    Keep getting error on multiple browsers : "The server encountered an error and could not complete your request."

  • W

    woon

    4 days ago

    search engine not working

  • G

    Gosho

    6 days ago

    The server encountered an error.

  • P

    P

    6 days ago

    The server encountered an error and could not complete your request.

  • P

    Philipp

    6 days ago

    On the computer, you can't search terms (error), only websites.

  • A

    Aymeric

    6 days ago

    Doesnt load (server error)

  • I

    ian

    6 days ago

    error message The server encountered an error and could not complete your request. all requests

  • T

    Tom

    6 days ago

    Search only works for full email address. Less specific searches give "server encountered and error" message

  • V

    V

    6 days ago

    Web search not woking at Duck duck go. Server down

  • U

    Ura

    6 days ago

    Cannot search anything on DDG

  • S

    S.

    9 days ago

    From Japan, DDG is down, as is a numb of other privacy related sites

  • D

    Darlene

    12 days ago

    It is hanging when trying to clear browsing history. In the last 2 days, I have had to End Task with Task Manager 3 times. I uninstalled the APP.

  • C

    Chris

    14 days ago

    I have tried to open duckduckgo search engine with 3 different web browsers, and it's not opening .....

  • A

    Avraham

    14 days ago

    Search engine and website are not responding

  • M

    Maddie

    14 days ago

    Neither the website nor the search engine are available.

  • B

    Brick

    14 days ago

    Unable to load search queries or websites.

  • H

    Huners

    15 days ago

    The connection has timed out An error occurred during a connection to duckduckgo.com. The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments. If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer’s network connection. If your computer or network i...

  • M

    Margaret

    19 days ago

    My duck duck go is not working I am getting no mail in my mail box

  • G

    Greg

    22 days ago

    will not connect to sites as of 3 days ago. Internet working, all other browsers that I use are normally functional

  • J

    J

    23 days ago

    it's not working, it's showing connect to the internet, while my internet is working

  • D

    Dee

    23 days ago

    duckduckgo on desktop windows 10 not working and its browser is frozen can go no where.

  • C

    Carol

    23 days ago

    NOTHING WILL OPEN. I KEEP GETTING DUCKDUCKGO ERRORS.

  • J

    John

    30 days ago

    Not currently connecting to any sites

  • M

    Maz

    about 1 month ago

    app not loading/working after latest windows 10 update

  • M

    MrTibs

    about 1 month ago

    Can't load duckduckgo.com

  • T

    Tony

    about 1 month ago

    Not loading any web pages

  • R

    Rosie

    about 1 month ago

    Every time I click on my Duck Duck GO browser, my Google app opens instead...

  • S

    Sirona

    about 1 month ago

    Doesn't open innocuous websites such as Australian abc news! Giving me some security warnings!

  • L

    Lurch

    about 1 month ago

    not reachable at all since ten mins

  • A

    Alyce

    about 1 month ago

    Nothing is loading, there is no response to anything I type in DuckDuckGo search.

  • J

    Joyce

    about 1 month ago

    DuckDuckGo does not show up on my tool bar. I can't open it when I do a search. I'm wondering what is going on? It was working last night.

  • L

    Lee

    about 2 months ago

    I get a message that says: Your connection isn't private. Attackers might be trying to steal your information from duckduckgo.com (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards). Learn more about this warning net::ERR_CERTIFICATE_TRANSPARENCY_REQUIRED I get this on the DDG browsers and E...

  • O

    Omar

    about 2 months ago

    I can't load duckduckgo neither on windows or linux on my machine. I thought it was of I2p, but I only installed it on linux

  • P

    Patricia

    about 2 months ago

    It’s not accessible at all !

  • N

    Norma

    about 2 months ago

    It's just not connecting. Have been trying all afternoon, nothing, nada!

  • G

    Gustav

    about 2 months ago

    From my Firefox browser, every search results in the following: ---------------------------- Unable to connect An error occurred during a connection to duckduckgo.com. The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments. If you are unable to load a...

  • S

    Slim

    about 2 months ago

    site doesn't load at all

  • T

    Tom

    about 2 months ago

    Video shows black screen with 50%

  • L

    LUEY

    about 2 months ago

    Doesn't load search results

  • E

    Elvis

    about 2 months ago

    Not connecting, home page opening but unable to reach anything

  • R

    Roy

    2 months ago

    Cannot get routine websites to load

  • J

    John

    2 months ago

    type in in topic hit enter and it goes nowhere.

  • J

    Julian

    2 months ago

    My DuckDuckGo doesn´t repsond as my chrome standard browser

  • D

    David

    3 months ago

    Not functioning this morning. Internet is up so removed and downloaded new. Worked for about a hour and quit. Has not came back up for over 3 hours now. Safari works having both the browser and search engine set to DuckDuckGo, I then get adds, but if I attempt to use only the downloaded and insta...

  • D

    Dawn

    3 months ago

    Won't connect to internet

  • B

    Biff

    3 months ago

    Having problem getting to reddit/r/askmath and other subreddits.

  • S

    Steve

    3 months ago

    It disappeared from my ipad and I can’t get it back.

  • E

    Ed

    3 months ago

    Recent update is buggy. Cannot access navigation bar on iPhone. Nav bar use to come up just tapping bottom of screen. You now have to violently scroll to get address bar to show then nav bar comes up.

  • H

    Hilbert

    3 months ago

    My duck Duck Go icon is not functioning, i.e. dead

  • C

    Cheryl

    3 months ago

    Will not load any website keeps stating duck duck go server is down

  • P

    Pat

    3 months ago

    Pages will not load all the way. App won’t open now. Our internet is also going on and off every three hours too. FYI

  • C

    Carrie

    3 months ago

    I'm not able to get back to VPN. Foe Duckduckgo.com

  • J

    Jenna

    4 months ago

    DuckDuckGo has not worked for the past few days. I cannot use it to search or go to websites, it just shows a blank page.

  • U

    user

    4 months ago

    DDG is taking a long time to load, often resulting in several attemps of reloading. I suspected an issue with Firefox 133. I installed Firefox 132 then, but the problem still persists.

  • M

    Mika

    4 months ago

    Can’t go to any website at all

  • A

    Anonymous

    4 months ago

    DDG is unable to load search pages

  • Y

    Yvonne

    4 months ago

    It will not open and will not let me uninstall or re-install.

  • M

    Macy

    4 months ago

    Keep buffering on a page. When it finally loads, no photos.

DuckDuckGo outage history

IsDown has tracked 6 incidents since started monitoring DuckDuckGo status in February 2023.

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DuckDuckGo outages in the last 30 days

Number of Incidents

0 issues

Last incident

7 days ago

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