Ecosia: Search to plant trees

Ecosia

About this app

Search the web. Plant trees. Power the planet.

Ecosia is more than just a search engine — it’s a simple way to take climate action every day. Just by browsing the internet, you can help plant trees in biodiversity hotspots, support local communities, and combat climate change.

🌳 Search with purpose
Like other search engines, Ecosia earns money from ads. But unlike them, we use 100% of our profits to fund climate action. Over 230 million trees have already been planted across 35+ countries, restoring landscapes and saving wildlife.

🔒 Your data stays yours
We only collect what's needed to deliver search results, and your searches are always encrypted. — We want trees, not your data.

⚡ Powered by the Sun
Ecosia runs on renewable energy. In fact, our solar plants generate twice the electricity we need to power your searches — pushing out fossil fuels from the electricity grid.

🌍 Climate positive & transparent
As a not-for-profit, steward-owned company, we publish monthly financial reports that show you exactly where your clicks go — toward real, measurable climate impact.

Download Ecosia and join a global community of millions taking meaningful action for the planet, one search at a time.

Ratings and reviews

I've been using it for a year now and it's fine but, everyday I have problems with the websites not loading, I thought it was because the page was down but it happens to every website. I have to wait for 2-3 hours or even all night for it to work normally. If they can fix that it would be great! The best thing about ecosia beside helping the planet of course is the add blocker that is so useful!

Lovely. Quite similar work as plain old Chrome. Searches might not be 100% accurate just yet but it's decent enough. Of course, we're not planting a million trees in the world by searching how long you had to cook your pasta, but it's a great alternative and they're putting it pretty simple for you to understand. Overall, they have videos of the development and if it works almost the same as other browsers then I'm more than fine using it.

I love the concept of Ecosia and have used their desktop browser for years and the mobile browser more recently but unfortunately it just doesn't perform well. It frequently has bugs or glitches that render it unusable so I find I end up using alternative browsers more and more. I don't mind having to scroll a bit further in search results to find what I'm looking for but it's failing to load anything right now so totally unusable.

What’s new

With this update, we’re bringing you a refreshed look across web search and AI chat.
We also fixed bugs from the previous release to make your experience even smoother.

We have  also modernised the entire foundation of our app making it faster and more secure.