DuckDuckGo sees iPhone installs spike in the US following AI announcements at Google I/O

DuckDuckGo says U.S. traffic and installs rose after Google I/O spotlighted major AI changes to Search.

U.S. iPhone app installs were up 33% week over week on average, with overall growth at 18.1%.

Visits to DuckDuckGo’s AI-free search page, noai.duckduckgo.com, climbed 22.7%.

The trend suggests some users may be moving toward privacy-focused, AI-optional search alternatives.