Indirect (and direct) dark matter searches at the ICRC 2019

The nature of dark matter remains one of the most important outstanding problems of astroparticle physics and cosmology. Progress on indirect and direct searches for non-gravitational signals from dark matter has been reported in over 50 contributions to the 36th International Cosmic-Ray Conference in Madison. Besides updates on well-established searches for Weakly Interacting Massive Particle dark matter, which continue to improve in sensitivity by 1-2 orders of magnitude per decade, a wide range of new/alternative dark matter search strategies were discussed. These include new detection strategies, new targets, and searches for, e.g., hidden photons, axion-like particles, primordial black holes and strange quark nuggets. Here, I provide a succinct overview of these contributions, including expectations for the upcoming years.