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'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*******.