This audit adheres to the WCAG-EM 1.0 guidelines. The findings are presented in a task-oriented manner, and any conformance failures are recorded as tickets. All success criteria were tested, and a lack of issues filed under a particular success criterion indicates that no issues were found for that criterion.

About the evaluation

Report Creator: Norbert Pap

Evaluation Commissioner: N/A

Evaluation date: May 2023

Executive Summary

Summary

Scope of the Evaluation

Website name

DuckDuckGo

Scope of the website

This audit covers all web content and essential functionality that is part of the core search experience of DuckDuckGo, as defined below:

• Initiating a search from the landing page at duckduckgo.com
• Viewing "All" search results at duckduckgo.com/?q=QUERY and adjusting settings (location, safe search, date). Other tabs such as Images, News, and Maps are out of scope.
• Adjusting settings of the search engine located at duckduckgo.com/settings

There are multiple settings that impact functionality or presentation from an accessibility perspective. For this audit, I used the following settings:

• Theme: Dark
• Install DuckDuckGo: Off
• Homepage Privacy Tips: Off
• Help Improve DuckDuckGo: Off