Join the mission: independent search that discovers the long tail.

13+ years independent

Million Short is ad-free, private, and built to surface what the big engines bury. Your membership keeps us independent and helps us keep pushing on novel filters, controls, and Topicals (mini search engines).

  • No ads. No trackers. Not SEO-driven.
  • Boost/Block sites to shape results
  • Filter like never before—date, TLD, filetype, language, and more
  • Use or create Topicals for deep, topic-specific discovery
What are Topicals?
Topicals are curated, mini search engines—built by us or by you—to explore a topic through focused sources and filters.

Please choose a plan


Explorer Standard

  • $5 

    /month
  • 300 searches per month, 1.5¢ per query thereafter
  • Ad-free & private • Not SEO-driven
  • Boost/Block sites • Powerful filters • Topicals
Researcher Pro

  • $10 

    /month
  • 700 searches per month, 1.5¢ per query thereafter
  • For deep dives, librarians, and power users
  • Everything in Explorer with more monthly queries
Teams Teams

  • $20 

    /month
  • 1500 searches per month (pooled), 1.5¢ per query thereafter
  • *Unlimited* number of users
  • Perfect for classrooms, labs, and teams
Included in every plan: Ad-free & private search · Results shaped by you (Boost/Block) · Unique filters & Topicals · Built to surface the web’s long tail