Is Ecosia Any Good? | 10 Questions with the Search Engine's CEO

Ecosia has been around for 10 years. After a decade of using internet searches to plant trees, the same old questions still pop up: is Ecosia legit, how does it compare to Google and can we trust Ecosia at all?

To answer those questions and to celebrate our first ten years, we brought Ecosia’s founder, Christian Kroll, users and employees of Ecosia together. The result? The 10 most frequently asked questions about Ecosia.

This is the list of questions (not literally transcribed, since some were asked in different languages to English):

00:23
How was Ecosia created? / How did you come up with the idea?
01:23
Who owns Ecosia / Why is Ecosia a not-for-profit company?
02:10
Where does Ecosia plant trees / Why does Ecosia plant trees?
02:46
Do Ecosia's trees survive? / Does Ecosia really plant trees?
03:30
Does Ecosia pollute? / Is Ecosia CO2 neutral?
04:25
Is Ecosia any good? / Is Ecosia private, does it track you?
04:54
How difficult were the past 10 years?
05:24
Why use Ecosia? / What does Ecosia do?
05:57
How will Ecosia work in the future?
06:52
What is Christian’s favourite tree?
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Produced by Fátima González-Torres (IG: @fatilugonzalevic)
Editing & post-production by Pako Quijada (IG: @pakoquijada)
Cinematography by Shane Thomas McMillan (IG: @dokumentarian) and Joshi Gottlieb (IG: @joshigot)

[crospyplays]

So, how many languages do you speak?
Christian: yes.

[mohammad_zubair_]

Ecosia shall be the No. 1 search engine soon and it shall remain No. 1 till the end of this world !!!

[whostolethebeans]

I think you could atract even more users by implementing a dark mode

[triangeltangelbob]

7:13 [Panics in German] Best description ever :D :D

[COPROO]

Proud to have you Ecosia! Keep it going.

[sonja]

Super Arbeit, die ihr da leistet! Außerdem finde ich es total beeindruckend wie Christian Kroll die ganzen Sprachen beherrscht. Ich spreche (offensichtlich) fließend deutsch und lerne noch englisch und französisch. Weiter so!

[WishTheBeat]

Ecosia is really good. It was proposed to me by a friend, and now I've reached 424 Web Searches. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to change our World from our homes, and continue your excellent work!

[leasolerieu]

I suggest an idea: make a contest where everyone could participate (even artists), a clothing design contest, that is, each participant creates a drawing that you can add to the clothes you sell. This will allow more choices of designs and may attract more people to buy your clothes and plant more trees.
Participation in this contest could be free and all the winners could win a piece of clothing from their drawing or a trip as a volunteer to plant trees or what you want is just a suggestion. I hope you will read this message anyway you are doing incredible things, well done!

[Ecosia]

Hi team! Did we forget to ask Christian any pressing questions you might still have? Let us know or browse our website or our blog for more details on what Ecosia does (you'll find all relevant links in the description of the video).

[e.m.p.i.r.e-experte]

Lang leben ECOSIA, ECOSIAs Team und Christian!

[faithcritchfield]

To spread the awareness Ecosia could start making #shorts on YouTube, thank you for this informational video!! Love you Ecosia

[oliwiabieniek]

Congrats Ecosia Team, and cheers for another 10 successful years! You're doing fantastic job.

[matthiasm]

Ecosia is such a cool company, it`s unbelievable :D

[tiger_powers]

amazing <3 using ecosia for lil more than 3-4 years and I´llkeep going

[bluerosefury]

Ecosia is absolutely wonderful! Let's save the Earth and plant trees!

[myina]

Ich habe bevor ich Ecosia benutzt habe, 2x davon die Werbung gesehen.
Ich war sofort interessiert wo ich gehört habe, dass man Bäume damit pflanzt per Suchergebnis.
Ich finde Ecosia echt toll und habe meine Freunde damit ´´angesteckt´´.
Sie benutzten das jetzt auch :D

[LolaRuizGhigliani-csuh]

Me: recommends Ecosia to my friends
Them: SO HOW DO YOU KNOW IT IS REAL?!?!
Me: well, they post videos about their progress, and they also are very active in social medi-
Them: ITS TOTALLY FAKE!LIKE....THEY ARE LYING
Me: b-but they also share how they donate to tree-planting charities and-
Them: F A K E !

[andrestoro]

As a native Spanish speaker, I approve Christian's Spanish. Great video, pals.

[tristanmoller]

Dude. Can we all appreciate that this guy uses his mental and physical capabilities to save the world. Someone who can speak that many languages is smart enough to become a millionaire and live a rich and wealthy life with a great career. Instead he chose to make this world a better place with trees and the joy they bring to the communities that they are planted in

[caden-reynolds]

You guys are such homies and I say that implying the highest esteem

Edit:
También que mierda él habla tan muchas lenguas?? Cuando empezó hablando en español me emocioné 😤