European search engines
Find what you're looking for without your search history being sold to advertisers.
Google remembers every search you make and uses it to build a profile of you. European search engines do not do that. They show you results without tracking who you are or what you have searched for before. Some run their own search index. Others use existing indexes but strip out the tracking. Switching takes about thirty seconds and your browser will remember the choice for you.
Carefully selected European alternatives, some links may earn us a small commission.
A privacy-focused metasearch engine run by the German non-profit association SUMA-EV. It blends results from multiple sources, hides your IP behind an anonymising proxy, and is open source. No profiling, no ad-tracking.
Replaces: Google , Bing , Yahoo , Baidu Search , Yandex Search
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.
Replaces: Google , Bing , Yahoo , Baidu Search , Yandex Search
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.
Replaces: Google , Bing , Yahoo , Baidu Search , Yandex Search
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.
Replaces: Google , Bing , Yahoo , Baidu Search , Yandex Search
A genuinely independent search engine from the UK that runs its own web crawler and index rather than reselling Google or Bing results. No tracking, no user profiling, and a no-tracking privacy policy since day one.
Replaces: Google , Bing , Yahoo , Baidu Search , Yandex Search
Dutch private search engine that delivers Google-quality results while stripping out the tracking, profiling, and targeted ads. Operated from the Netherlands under EU privacy law, with an Anonymous View proxy for private browsing.
Replaces: Google , Bing , Yahoo , Baidu Search , Yandex Search
Ad-free, privacy-first search engine. You pay a small fee, so they work for you, not advertisers.
Replaces: Google , Bing , Yahoo , Baidu Search , Yandex Search
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