European alternatives to

Yahoo

4 European alternatives found, privacy-friendly, EU-based, and ready to use.

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Kagi Search

45 · Mixed Origins

United States · Search engines

Ad-free, privacy-first search engine. You pay a small fee, so they work for you, not advertisers.

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Ecosia

86 · Strongly European

Germany · Search engines

Berlin-based search engine that donates 100% of profits to tree-planting and climate projects. Founded in 2009, certified B Corp, over 20 million monthly users. Search results powered by Bing but privacy-respecting with no personal data sold.

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#3

Swisscows

93 · Certified European

Switzerland · Search engines

Swiss search engine founded in 2014 by Andreas Wiebe, hosted in a high-security data center in a former military bunker in the Swiss Alps. No IP logging, no tracking cookies, no user profiling. Family-friendly content filtering built in by default.

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#4

Qwant

93 · Certified European

France · Search engines

French privacy search engine founded in 2013. No user tracking, no data reselling. In 2024 partnered with Ecosia to build the European Search Perspective (EUSP), Europe's first independent search index. Acquired in 2023 by Octave Klaba, founder of OVHcloud.

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Why switch away from Yahoo?

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Privacy

EU-based services fall under GDPR, one of the world's strongest privacy laws.

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Data sovereignty

Your data stays in Europe, out of reach of US surveillance laws like the CLOUD Act.

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Support European tech

Every subscription you switch keeps money in the European tech ecosystem.