That’s essentially what I was asking
Didn’t see you answer on whether you’re using Goggles with Brave Search. If you don’t know what that is, check out https://search.brave.com/help/goggles and https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/6959189556237-How-do-I-use-Goggles-
It’s the way to refine results even further. If you’re just doing a basic search, it’s going to go with what’s “most popular.”
You may also want to check out Results seem politically skewed - #27 by sampson and Results seem politically skewed - #28 as they kind of explain that a little better.