2025: Year in Review
This was a big year for Kagi, full of milestones,
product launches and team growth.
Here are some of this year's highlights:
January
February
March
April
May
June
Celebrated 50K Members!
July
Assistant gets tags , bulk actions, and model strength info boxes
August
September
October
November
Launched Quick and Research Assistants
Introduced the ability to color code Assistant tags
300+ languages added for mobile users of Kagi Summarize
SlopStop initiative launches
Kagi Companions: the ability to customize your Kagi landing page mascot
Integrated with Surveillance Watch
Major Orion updates
Orion for macOS v1.0 launched, Linux in alpha, Windows development started
December
In the spotlight
Kagi's mission to humanize the web is resonating worldwide. We're honored to see our story shared across various media publications, here are just a few of them.
Interested in covering Kagi? Visit our press page.
Fast Company
This scrappy search upstart is getting thousands of people to give up Google
The Verge
The future of search isn't Google -- and it's $10 a month
Palo Alto Daily Post
Palo Altan Creates Premium Ad-Free Search Engine
Boston Globe
Why I abandoned Google search after 27 years -- and what I'm using instead
Nieman Lab
Testing Kagi, a premium search engine for a broken internet
Ars Technica
Enough is enough--I dumped Google's worsening search for Kagi
Gizmodo
The Gizmodo Guide to Stopping Algorithms From Ruining Your Life
Lifehacker
Why I Pay for Kagi, the Ad-Free Google Search Alternative
Apple Insider
Hands On: Kagi's Orion browser is a surprisingly good alternative to Safari
Android Police
This ethical search engine will return your subscription money if you don't use it
Notable podcast appearances
Watch Cory Doctorow talk about the journey to finding a "magical" search experience with Kagi on the inaugural episode of The Honest Broker video interview series.
Watch on youtube.com
Our CEO Vlad was interviewed on an episode of the Intelligent Machines podcast with Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis and Paris Martineau.
Watch on youtube.com
Listen to Vlad on the Mac Power Users podcast with David Sparks and Stephen Hackett talk about what Kagi offers its customers and its role as a powerful alternative to products offered by tech giants.
Listen on relay.fm
On the Behavioral Science for Brands podcast, Rory Sutherland discusses how Kagi stands out by prioritizing user interests over advertisers.
Watch on youtube.com
On the Timetable podcast, Vlad joins Manton Reece to discuss building a user-first, ad-free search engine, why the economics of search are broken, and how Kagi helps you discover hidden gems from the Small Web.
Listen on timetable.manton.org
On an episode of The Entrepreneurs by Monocle Radio, Vlad talks about Kagi's upcoming SlopStop initiative to help combat AI slop on the web.
Listen on monocle.com
Your support has made 2025 incredible, and we can't wait to
share what we're creating next. We'd be grateful if you
helped others discover Kagi as well.
Here's to many more years of building a better web together.