Best dark web search engines (2026)

Search engines that index onion sites or offer their own service over Tor, ranked by how reliably they respond and how well their identity and address are documented.

7 services ranked · updated Oct 24, 2026

1
Ahmia
Ahmia: search engine for Tor onion services. Documented as operating a Tor onion service.
Responded
99.3%
Identity
Medium
Onion address
Confirmed by operator
Availability
Observed online
2
Brave Search
Brave Search: privacy-focused search engine. Its official website announces an onion address.
Responded
97.6%
Identity
Medium
Onion address
Confirmed by operator
Availability
Observed online
3
DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo: privacy-focused online search engine. Documented as operating a Tor onion service.
Responded
96.6%
Identity
Medium
Onion address
On file
Availability
Observed online
4
YaCy
YaCy: distributed search engine. Documented as an anonymity network or anonymous publishing system.
Responded
99.3%
Identity
Medium
Onion address
—
Availability
Observed online
5
SearXNG
SearXNG: metasearch engine. Listed by Wikipedia among Tor onion services.
Responded
97.6%
Identity
Medium
Onion address
—
Availability
Observed online
6
MetaGer
MetaGer: privacy-focused internet search engine. Documented as operating a Tor onion service.
Responded
—
Identity
Medium
Onion address
Confirmed by operator
Availability
Unknown
7
BTDigg
BTDigg: Search engine. Documented as operating a Tor onion service.
Responded
—
Identity
Medium
Onion address
—
Availability
Unknown

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How this ranking works

Reliability: the share of our automated checks of the official site that got a response over the last 90 days.
Documentation: identity confidence and the number of independent sources on the profile, and whether the operator's own website announces the onion address.
Nobody can pay to be listed or ranked. The order is recalculated from the data every day.