# SearchScene – The Charitable Search Engine

> SearchScene is a search engine that donates 95% of its profits to major international charities, especially those that focus on climate change. By adding this extension, you make SearchScene your homepage, your new tab and your default search engine.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/searchscene](https://chrome-stats.com/d/searchscene)

## Overview

- **ID:** `searchscene`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** SearchScene
- **Category:** search-tools,tabs
- **Daily users:** 9
- **Rating:** 4.56 / 5 (18 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.10
- **Last updated:** 2021-11-29
- **First published:** 2020-02-14
- **Size:** 6.60 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/searchscene/)
- **Website:** [https://www.searchscene.com](https://www.searchscene.com/)

## Description

SearchScene - The Charitable Search Engine is a Firefox add-on that provides a first-class search experience and donates 95% of its profits to major international charities, particularly those fighting climate change. It offers stunning scenery on the homepage, allows customization of homepage, new tab, and default search engine, and provides transparency, privacy, and dark mode features.

## Rankings

- #33,867 — Overall
- #14 — searchable
- #117 — engine

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `cookies`
- `https://www.searchscene.com/*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Can change search providers, which could redirect searches to malicious sites, posing moderate risk.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/searchscene)