Is DuckDuckGo down or blocked? duckduckgo.com status by country
Latest availability of duckduckgo.com from about 90 countries: where it opens, where it is blocked and why.
Our latest check of duckduckgo.com ran on 14 November 2026, 21:01 UTC from 83 countries. Its server answered normally from 83 of them; it did not answer from 1 (China).
A new check of duckduckgo.com runs from about 90 countries at once and takes about a minute. The result below is the last saved one.
Check duckduckgo.com nowWhere duckduckgo.com has problems
| Country | Result | What we saw |
|---|---|---|
| China | Does not answer | The connection times out from this country |
| Algeria | Slow | The server answers, but the secure connection is slow |
Where the duckduckgo.com server answers normally
Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Czechia, Côte d’Ivoire, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong SAR China, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Türkiye, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vietnam.
No usable answer came from 8 more countries this time; they are not counted.
About DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo is a search engine that does not build personal profiles of its users, and it also offers a private browser and email protection. duckduckgo.com is its main search address. Privacy-focused services are restricted in some countries, and DuckDuckGo has been among them. A check by country shows whether duckduckgo.com answers from each place.
Where DuckDuckGo is blocked according to our data
Our records for duckduckgo.com start on 5 November 2026, so blocking may have started earlier than the first date we saw it.
- China: did not answer in the latest check (the connection times out), first seen in our data on 9 November 2026.
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Frequently asked questions
Is DuckDuckGo down right now?
Not for most of the world. In our latest check on 14 November 2026, 21:01 UTC duckduckgo.com opened from 83 of 83 countries. If it does not open for you, the cause is more likely local: your provider, your network or a restriction in your country. Run a new check to see the current result for your country.
Why does DuckDuckGo not open in my country?
When duckduckgo.com works in other countries but not in yours, there are three usual reasons: a restriction ordered by authorities, filtering by your provider, or a network problem between your provider and DuckDuckGo. A different security certificate, a reset connection or a wrong address from DNS are typical signs of filtering; a timeout can be either filtering or a network fault.
How is duckduckgo.com checked?
From measurement points in about 90 countries we look up the address of duckduckgo.com with the local DNS and open a secure connection to it, checking that the site returns its own certificate. We do not load the page content, and we do not publish which networks the measurements came from.
Last check: 14 November 2026, 21:01 UTC. This page is updated after each new check.