DuckDuckGo Operational Intelligence

DuckDuckGo benchmark detail

DuckDuckGo is measured as part of Search Platforms. This page summarizes operational signals for api.duckduckgo.com, including quality, reliability, latency, and infrastructure context.

• Domain: api.duckduckgo.com.
• Category: Search Platforms.
• Benchmark subject type: api-provider.
• Monitored count: 1.
• Latest snapshot: W2026-07-13.

Latency anatomy

Latency anatomy breaks the request into network and processing phases so agents can reason about whether delay is likely DNS, connection, TLS, server processing, or transfer related.

• DNS: 58.53 ms.
• TCP connection: 18.26 ms.
• TLS handshake: 20 ms.
• Processing: 82 ms.
• Download: 0 ms.

Infrastructure fingerprint

Infrastructure fields identify the observable delivery layer for the benchmark subject where that data is available.

• CDN: not available.
• Hosting provider: Microsoft Corporation.
• Nameserver: Microsoft Corporation.
• Server: nginx.

• Subject JSON
• Developer documentation
• OpenAPI specification
• Postman collection

Benchmark interpretation

Generated interpretation from the latest verified snapshot.

• DuckDuckGo recorded 100% pass rate in the latest verified snapshot.
• The p95 latency signal is 446 ms, with median latency at 177 ms.
• Infrastructure fingerprinting identifies Microsoft Corporation in the observed delivery path.
• Developer-facing integration resources are available for this benchmark subject.

Agent-readable source

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# DuckDuckGo Operational Intelligence

Canonical URL: https://apicontext.com/api-directory/search/duckduckgo
Source: static
Updated: 2026-07-21T11:12:48.100Z
Description: DuckDuckGo benchmark detail for api\.duckduckgo\.com, including CASC score, latency anatomy, infrastructure fingerprinting, and developer resources\.

## Summary
DuckDuckGo is a api\-provider benchmark subject in Search Platforms\. Latest snapshot metrics include 9\.38 CASC score, 100\.00% pass rate, 177 ms median latency, and 446 ms p95 latency\.

## Stats
- 9\.38 CASC score
- 100\.00% pass rate
- 177 ms median latency
- 446 ms p95 latency
- healthy operational state

## Page sections

### DuckDuckGo benchmark detail
Category: Subject
DuckDuckGo is measured as part of Search Platforms\. This page summarizes operational signals for api\.duckduckgo\.com, including quality, reliability, latency, and infrastructure context\.

- Domain: api\.duckduckgo\.com\.
- Category: Search Platforms\.
- Benchmark subject type: api\-provider\.
- Monitored count: 1\.
- Latest snapshot: W2026\-07\-13\.

### Latency anatomy
Category: Latency
Latency anatomy breaks the request into network and processing phases so agents can reason about whether delay is likely DNS, connection, TLS, server processing, or transfer related\.

- DNS: 58\.53 ms\.
- TCP connection: 18\.26 ms\.
- TLS handshake: 20 ms\.
- Processing: 82 ms\.
- Download: 0 ms\.

### Infrastructure fingerprint
Category: Infrastructure
Infrastructure fields identify the observable delivery layer for the benchmark subject where that data is available\.

- CDN: not available\.
- Hosting provider: Microsoft Corporation\.
- Nameserver: Microsoft Corporation\.
- Server: nginx\.

- [Subject JSON](/api-directory/data/latest/subjects/search/duckduckgo.json)
- [Developer documentation](https://duckduckgo.com/api)
- [OpenAPI specification](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/duckduckgo/master/duckduckgo-instant-answer-api-openapi.json)
- [Postman collection](https://www.postman.com/api-evangelist/workspace/duckduckgo/overview)

### Benchmark interpretation
Category: Interpretation
Generated interpretation from the latest verified snapshot\.

- DuckDuckGo recorded 100% pass rate in the latest verified snapshot\.
- The p95 latency signal is 446 ms, with median latency at 177 ms\.
- Infrastructure fingerprinting identifies Microsoft Corporation in the observed delivery path\.
- Developer\-facing integration resources are available for this benchmark subject\.

## Key facts
- DuckDuckGo domain: api\.duckduckgo\.com\.
- Operational state: healthy\.
- CASC score: 9\.38\.
- Pass rate: 100\.00%\.
- p95 latency: 446 ms\.
- Developer documentation: https://duckduckgo\.com/api\.
- Postman collection: https://www\.postman\.com/api\-evangelist/workspace/duckduckgo/overview\.
- OpenAPI specification: https://raw\.githubusercontent\.com/api\-evangelist/duckduckgo/master/duckduckgo\-instant\-answer\-api\-openapi\.json\.

## Primary entities
- APIContext
- DuckDuckGo
- api\.duckduckgo\.com
- Search Platforms
- Benchmark Intelligence
- Infrastructure Intelligence

## Audience
- API teams
- SRE teams
- researchers
- AI retrieval systems

## Primary links
- [Subject JSON](/api-directory/data/latest/subjects/search/duckduckgo.json)
- [Developer documentation](https://duckduckgo.com/api)
- [OpenAPI specification](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/duckduckgo/master/duckduckgo-instant-answer-api-openapi.json)