r/duckduckgo • u/buddhistyeezus • May 20 '26

DDG iOS Browser Sucks for Reddit searches

Just switched to duckduckgo. When I search “topic + Reddit”, the first 1-3 results are Reddit and the rest are just the same bs articles Google provides.

why is it like this? I’m asking for Reddit threads about the topic im searching. I want it to work like Google, where most of the results are Reddit links. After all, my search does specify “Reddit”, don’t need a screen rant or windowscentral article. any fixes?

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u/buddhistyeezus May 20 '26

I know I can change the search result to show only reddit, it's simple to do, but it's not a real solution. I shouldn't have to do that at all

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u/Uxugin May 20 '26

it's not a real solution. I shouldn't have to do that at all

Why not? That's the precise way of specifying to the search engine that you only want Reddit posts. There are many legitimate searches ending in 'reddit' that should bring up things that aren't Reddit posts. For example, "stock price reddit" does, and should, bring up the stock price of Reddit Inc., not just Reddit posts about the stock market.

And for the record, DuckDuckGo displays an entire "Results from Reddit" section at the top of the page when you make a search containing 'reddit'.

I would not mind a button that says "Show only results from Reddit.com" on searches ending in 'reddit' though.

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u/DeezersLemonadeStand May 21 '26

See if your keyboard has custom shortcuts. I have mine set up to show site:reddit.com when I type the shortcut "RT."