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Presearch to Close Decentralized Search Engine After Failing to Reach Sustainable Scale
25 July, 2026 / News / AI / 1,236 reads / Tags: presearch, searches, privacy, viability, search
The privacy-focused search platform will shut down on July 27, 2026, after the team concluded it could not achieve one million daily legitimate searches needed for long-term viability
Presearch, the decentralized search engine built around user privacy and independence from major technology corporations, has announced it will close permanently. The platform will remain accessible until July 27, 2026, at 5 p.m. PST, after which services end.
In a statement released July 24, the team explained that it could not achieve one million legitimate daily searches, a threshold viewed as necessary to generate sufficient revenue for long-term viability. Recent trends made reaching that level within a realistic timeframe no longer feasible.
The closure leaves independent search without one of its remaining privacy-oriented alternatives and underscores the steep barriers facing projects that attempt to compete with dominant platforms while managing legacy technical debt and misaligned community incentives.
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