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Inside DuckDuckGo

DuckDuckGo
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Privacy
Duck AI
User Feedback
Search Engine Results
AI Image Filter
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Search Engine Customization
Phishing Protection
Search Assist
Youtube
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Google
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Settings Management
Browser Security
AI Chat Interfaces
Hack Days

Behind the scenes with the DuckDuckGo team — sharing insights on product, engineering, leadership, and AI. insideduckduckgo.substack.com

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In this episode, Beah (Chief Product Officer) and Fran (Engineering) discuss voice-mode in Duck.ai, common use cases, and how it’s private.

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In this episode, Beah (Chief Product Officer) and Matej (Engineering) discuss the evolution of image generation in Duck.ai, UX improvements, and the challenge of balancing output quality and speed.

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In this episode, Gabriel (Founder) and Dan (Brand Strategy) discuss our first set of branded collaborations, where the idea came from, and why people would rep Dax in public.

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In this episode, Beah (Chief Product Officer) and Zac (SVP, Insights) discuss our approach to user research, how we run robust research while respecting user privacy, and why moving quickly matters.

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Recent Guests

Zac Pappas
Insights team member at DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo
Episode: Duck Tales: The role of user research, A/B testing, and "dogfooding" at DuckDuckGo (Ep.31)
Caine Tighe
CTO of DuckDuckGo
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Episode: Duck Tales: Why DuckDuckGo is building its own web search index (Ep.22)
John Bolo
Member of PeopleOps; focuses on Meetups and culture
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Episode: Duck Tales: How we work at DuckDuckGo — remote-first, with memorable meetups (Ep20).
John Bourscheid
Co-founder of Removaly and member of the marketing and communications team at DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo
Episode: Duck Tales: Why DuckDuckGo acquired Removaly to expand its privacy offering (Ep.19)
Dave Harbage
Privacy engineer at DuckDuckGo focused on identifying privacy threats and building protective features.
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Episode: Duck Tales: How DuckDuckGo blocks trackers on third-party websites (Ep.17)
Tim Raybould
Leads development at DuckDuckGo.
DuckDuckGo
Episode: Duck Tales: Why DuckDuckGo Added the ‘More’ Button for AI-Assisted Answers (Episode 1)

Hosts

Gabriel Gabriel Greg Zac Pappis Mary McGee Mary Julia Kamyl Beah Beah Berger-Lenaghan Cristina
Core hosts guiding interviews and discussions across episodes; many are long-time DuckDuckGo team members involved in product, design, and leadership.
Bea Beah Gabriel Mary
Bea and Beah appear as hosts with roles in product, onboarding, and people operations; collaborate with other hosts to steer conversations.

Reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars from 16 ratings
  • Guests could use a better mic

    Maybe DuckDuckGo could afford to send a mid-range/speech focused microphones to their employees/podcast guests

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    Akira Taguchi
    Finland4 months ago

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Guest mic quality is sometimes a noted issue.
Listeners value the privacy-focused lens and actionable product insights.
Episodes are rich in behind-the-scenes details, though production polish could improve at times.

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#210
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#161
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#241
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Talking Points

Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

Duck Tales: Dax (our mascot) is coming to the physical world, on shoes, shirts, and security keys (Ep.32).
Q: Gabriel, could you tell us a little bit about the YubiKey and why it fits the DuckDuckGo brand?
The YubiKey is a physical security device that complements DuckDuckGo's privacy features, offering a practical, hardware-based way to log in securely; it's a natural extension of the mutual goal to improve user protection beyond software.
Duck Tales: Dax (our mascot) is coming to the physical world, on shoes, shirts, and security keys (Ep.32).
Q: So why go physical now?
The idea is to extend DuckDuckGo's digital privacy ethos into everyday life through tangible items, not as a sweeping strategic overhaul but simply because the founder wanted these collaborations to exist and hoped fans would enjoy them.
Duck Tales: The role of user research, A/B testing, and "dogfooding" at DuckDuckGo (Ep.31)
Q: How do you balance new and returning users on the homepage, and what testing informs that balance?
By analyzing behavior of both groups—new users who need an overview and returning users who search—through A/B tests and qualitative feedback to position the center of the page for new users and the search box for returning users.
Duck Tales: The role of user research, A/B testing, and "dogfooding" at DuckDuckGo (Ep.31)
Q: Why do you do user research, and what does it look like in practice?
User research is a mix of interviews, testing, and real-time experiments like A/B tests and diary studies, aimed at validating assumptions quickly and cheaply while learning why users behave as they do.
Duck Tales: How we privately sync bookmarks, passwords & AI chats across your devices, without you needing an account (Ep.27)
Q: From a privacy perspective, how is user data protected when using an accountless Sync?
All data is end-to-end encrypted; DuckDuckGo does not hold the decryption key, there is no requirement for emails to sign up, and data remains tied to the user's device rather than the server, preserving anonymity and privacy.

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What is Inside DuckDuckGo about and what kind of topics does it cover?

The episodes showcase a strong focus on privacy-first product design, security features, and engineering culture at a privacy-centric tech company. Topics recurrently cover how features are imagined, designed, and implemented—from per-tab privacy controls and private syncing across devices to building an in-house web index, onboarding experiences, and AI-powered search tools. There's clear emphasis on user trust, transparent privacy decisions, and the human side of remote work, culture, and collaboration, with practical, behind-the-scenes insights into product decisions, testing, and a culture that encourages experimentation and autonomy. A standout element is the recurring exploration of ownership over data and data infrastructure (e.g., o... more

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