Inside DuckDuckGo
Episodes
Duck Tales: How DuckDuckGo uses data science to measure marketing effectiveness, privately (Ep.29)
06 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Cristina (CMO) and Baran (Data Science) discuss our privacy-first approach to marketing measurement, the role of incrementality, and ...
Duck Tales: The fire button, a delightful way to delete your browsing data (Ep.28)
29 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Beah (Chief Product Officer) and Sveta (Design) discuss the fire button, the recent redesign, and how it improves both user privacy a...
Duck Tales: How we privately sync bookmarks, passwords & AI chats across your devices, without you needing an account (Ep.27)
22 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Beah (Chief Product Officer) and Emanuele (Engineering) discuss Sync — which lets you have consistent bookmarks, passwords, and AI ...
Duck Tales: How we build, design, and trigger instant answers on DuckDuckGo search (Ep.26)
08 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Greg (Product) and Karl (Design Engineering) discuss how we build, design and decide when to show Instant Answers. Plus, how we’re ...
Duck Tales: Hack Days at DuckDuckGo — why we do them, and the role of trust (Ep.25)
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Gabriel (Founder) and Julia (People Operations) discuss hack days (our version of a hackathon), how we encourage participation, and s...
Duck Tales: DuckDuckGo browser updates — custom themes and password manager (Ep.24)
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Peter (Product), Stephen (Design) and Balint (Windows) discuss updates to our browsers, from the most popular custom themes, to why o...
Duck Tales: Why DuckDuckGo is giving users a choice about if and how they use AI (Ep.23)
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Gabriel (Founder) and Zac (SVP, Insights) discuss AI adoption, common user concerns, and why we’re building AI that users can contr...
Duck Tales: Why DuckDuckGo is building its own web search index (Ep.22)
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Gabriel (Founder) and Caine (CTO, first employee) discuss the history of our search engine, why now is the right time to build a full...
Duck Tales: Browser onboarding — why first impressions matter, user education, and the role of personality (Ep.21)
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, Mary (Associate VP, Brand) Beah (Chief Product Officer) and Bobby (Director, Product) discuss how DuckDuckGo’s browser onboarding was ...
Duck Tales: How we work at DuckDuckGo — remote-first, with memorable meetups (Ep20).
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Beah (Chief Product Officer) and John (People Ops) discuss aynchronous working, no meeting days, and the role of face to face meetups...
Duck Tales: Why DuckDuckGo acquired Removaly to expand its privacy offering (Ep.19)
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Cristina (CMO) and John (Marketing, previously co-founder of Removaly) discuss the acquisition process, adjusting to DuckDuckGo cultu...
Duck Tales: Duck Sans — designing a typeface that balances functionality and brand (ep.18)
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mary (Senior Director, Brand), and Nirzar (AI Design Lead) discuss why we developed a new typeface, how we implemented it, and its ro...
Duck Tales: How DuckDuckGo blocks trackers on third-party websites (Ep.17)
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, Beah (Chief Product Officer) and Dave (Privacy team) discuss our tracker blocklist, how it works, and why most of it is open source. Dis...
Duck Tales: Yes AI or No AI? The thinking behind DuckDuckGo’s public AI vote (Ep.16)
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Curious how people voted? Head to VoteYesOrNoAI.com Disclaimers: (1) The audio, video (above), and transcript (below) are unedited and may contain min...
Duck Tales: Duck Player — a free, private way to watch YouTube videos, with fewer ads & no distractions (Ep.15)
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Beah (SVP, Product) and Omid (Product) discuss Duck Player, how it’s private, and how to use it. Disclaimers: (1) The audio, video ...
Duck Tales: Building useful, private, optional AI directly into search, with Search Assist (Ep.14)
07 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Gabriel (Founder) and Ewa (Product) discuss Search Assist, why we’re so focused on letting users control their experience, and futu...
Duck Tales: DuckDuckGo donations — why we’ve donated $8M+ to organizations that align with our vision (Episode 13)
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Gabriel (Founder) and Joe (Policy team) discuss why we donate, the types of organizations we donate to, and some examples of impact. ...
Duck Tales: Hiring at DuckDuckGo, and why we have a 95% employee retention rate (Episode 12)
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Beah (SVP, Product) and Zbig (Director, Talent) discuss our approach to hiring, and how it’s designed to reflect our unique, cross-...
Duck Tales: How DuckDuckGo makes the sites you visit less annoying and more private (Episode 11)
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Beah (Product) and Max (Frontend) discuss cookie pop-up protection, why our solution is uniquely private, and the feedback loops we u...
Duck Tales: The DuckDuckGo Subscription — more protection & peace of mind (Episode 10)
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Gabriel (Founder) and Chris (Subscription team) discuss why we built the DuckDuckGo Subscription, its four features, and how it prote...
Duck Tales: Marketing at DuckDuckGo — how we practice the privacy we preach (Episode 9)
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Cristina (SVP, Marketing) and Chuck (Front‑end) discuss private marketing at DuckDuckGo, from making decisions with less data to th...
Duck Tales: Improving AI chat organization, and feature decisions at DuckDuckGo (Episode 8)
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Gabriel (Founder) and Esteban (Design) discuss AI chat organization, from automatic chat naming to ‘pinning’ your most used chats...
Duck Tales: How DuckDuckGo protects users from different types of scams (Episode 7)
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Gabriel (Founder) and Thom (Security Team) discuss Scam Blocker. How it works, the types of scams it protects against, and why our ‘...
Duck Tales: The internet’s privacy problem, and how DuckDuckGo is solving it (Episode 6)
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Cristina (SVP, Marketing) and Peter (Director, Product) discuss digital fingerprinting, privacy washing, and how hidden trackers appe...
Duck Tales: More ways to customize DuckDuckGo — now you can exclude certain websites from search results (episode 5)
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Gabriel (Founder) and Greg (Product, Search) discuss how we’re giving users even more ways to customize their search experience wit...
Duck Tales: Delight at DuckDuckGo — and why we’ve created 350+ versions of our mascot (Dax the Duck) (Episode 4)
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Gabriel (founder) and Beah (VP, Product) discuss functional and non-functional product delight, how we’ve created 350+ versions of ...
Duck Tales: DuckDuckGo now lets you customize the ‘personality’ of AI responses (episode 3)
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Gabriel (Founder & CEO) speaks with Nirzar (Duck.ai lead) about how we’re making AI more useful by letting users choose the tone an...
Duck Tales: Why DuckDuckGo built a way to filter out AI-generated images (episode 2)
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Gabriel (Founder & CEO) introduces our vision for AI and speaks with Rachel (front-end team) about our newly released AI image filter...
Duck Tales: Why DuckDuckGo Added the ‘More’ Button for AI-Assisted Answers (Episode 1)
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kamyl Bazbaz (VP of Comms) talks with Tim Raybould (AI Lead) about the design of DuckDuckGo’s AI-assisted Search Assist — why it ...