New on the list last year it drops down 4 places this year

DuckDuckGo is a search engine that doesn’t track you. Seamlessly take control of your personal information, no matter where the Internet takes you.

Website: duckduckgo.com
Cost: Free
Availability: Online

Top 100 Tools for Personal & Professional Learning 2019: 88
Top 100 Tools for Workplace Learning 2019: –
Top 100 Tools for Higher Education 2019: –

Past Overall Rankings
2018: 159    2017: –     2016: –     2015: –     2014: –     2013: –
2012: –        2011: –     2010: –     2009: –     2008: –     2007: –

Comments from some of those who selected DuckDuckGo as one of their Top 10 Tools in 2019

“DuckDuckGo: I’ve largely replaced Google for search, but search (and Wikipedia) are powerful learning opportunities.” Clark Quinn https://blog.learnlets.com/2019/08/top-10-learning-tools-for-2019/

Previous comments

“a search engine is my first recourse when I have questions. And not liking the tracking, I’ve switched and made DDG my default.”  Clark Quinn, 2018