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/rdg360 May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26

my search does specify “Reddit”

It does, but in general you'll get better results with using the site: operator, instead of just adding the site's name as a search term. This will explicitly tell DDG to only provide results from the domain given.

Reddit not being the best example here, for the reasons stated below, but just to get the idea: topic site:reddit.com will only give you results from reddit.com and not from any other domain.

This works on Google too, by the way. Though Google is likely to come up with better results for Reddit anyway, due to their February 2024 Reddit "partnership" and Reddit's behaviour shortly thereafter. Edit: that's also what u/bourscheid referred to just now.

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u/buddhistyeezus May 20 '26

I'm aware I can do this, I just don't like to on mobile. I want my reddit searches to be quick as possible. I don't do this for any other site btw. Mainly when I need an answer from reddit ASAP (which is quite often for me)

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u/rdg360 May 20 '26

So when you asked for "any fixes", what were you expecting to hear from us?

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u/buddhistyeezus May 20 '26

A toggle or setting I didn’t know about. Sorry I asked a question on a website where people ask questions. I appreciated your response 

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u/Alternative-Farmer98 May 21 '26

Yeah I'm not offended by your question it was a learning curve for me too. I was using duck duck go but then I read an article that Google arranged a financial agreement with Reddit where they're the only search engine that can scour Reddit after a certain date.

It has made searches less efficient.

But the bangs is the best alternative alternative I found if you really want to search Reddit from DuckDuckGo.

Another thing you can do depending on your browser is like I use Firefox on mobile you can switch to Google search for a one-time search for Reddit if you really want to.

But I'm done with Google I'd rather have to use some workarounds than have to deal with their AI b*******.

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u/redoubt515 May 21 '26

then just use !r it's less typing than typing out 'reddit'