I tried using DuckDyckGo (lol) for a few weeks recently, but its results are just as bad or worse than Google's are usually. It's the same problem of endless worthless listicle noise.
Yeah, I used it for years and it used to be better but it turned pretty trashy, which is why I switch to Brave a couple of months ago and I'm pretty satisfied now. Still glad DDG exists though as an alternative protest vote.