DuckDuckGo Is Down

26 GavinAnderegg 9 7/16/2025, 12:50:41 PM

I was having intermittent search failures this morning, but now every query results in this error:

    Sorry, we ran into an error displaying these results. Click here to try again.

I tried looking for an official status page, but couldn't find one. That said, it looks like others are having the same issue: https://downdetector.com/status/duckduckgo/

EDIT: They've now updated the search results page with the following after it returns no results:

    We’re experiencing an outage.
    Thanks for your patience while we get our ducks in a row!

Comments (9)

csmattryder · 17h ago

Got DDG set as the default search engine in Firefox.

Saw the error, immediately typed "duckduckgo status" into the address bar and searched - in DDG.

Not my smartest moment.

Mordisquitos · 17h ago

Haha. I only avoided that reflexive action because my reflex when a large online service is down is to start typing 'news.ycom...' in my address bar and then scroll down to search :-)

Of course hilarity will ensue the day I experience a HN outage and wish to see if anyone has made a thread about it...

MaikaDiHaika · 17h ago

I did the exact same thing! Yeah, not my smartest moment either.

mgd · 17h ago

!ai are you down?

extua · 16h ago

I didn't realise bang operators work even when DuckDuckGo itself is down.

That's pretty neat, I don't need to change the search in the address bar, just add '!g' to every search to seamlessly redirect to Google until DuckDuckGo is back.

jscohn85 · 17h ago

"We’re experiencing an outage" in Colombia, too

GavinAnderegg · 16h ago

Looks like it's back up now!

ndsipa_pomu · 17h ago

Came here as my searches were failing (UK)

alias_neo · 17h ago

Same (also UK).

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