Realurls

DuckDuckGo

Wikidata Q12805. GitHub duckduckgo.

Official domains: duckduckgo.com

Identity anchored by wikidata:Q12805/P856 wikidata:Q12805/P1324. Display name from wikidata:Q12805.

duckduckgo.com verified primary · confidence 0.98 · verified 2026-09-06

3 independent anchor(s) + 3 independent corroboration(s): meets the verified threshold

EvidenceWhat it shows
A1 anchor GitHub verified this organization's domain (DNS-level check performed by GitHub)
org=duckduckgo org_verified=true blog=https://duckduckgo.com
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A9 anchor App Store history: an established app by an Apple-verified company named like the entity, seller URL points here
app=DuckDuckGo, optional Duck.ai track_id=663592361 seller=Duck Duck Go, Inc. artist=DuckDuckGo, Inc. seller_url=https://duckduckgo.com/ released=2013-06-27 age_days=4818 ratings=2389998 apps_for_domain=1 apps=[{"app":"DuckDuckGo, optional Duck.ai","seller":"Duck Duck Go, Inc.","released":"2013-06-27","age_days":4818,"ratings":2389998}]
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A3 not counted Corporate registrar fingerprint (brand-protection registrar, long prepaid term, registry locks)
registrar=NameCheap, Inc. created=2007-11-11 expires=2027-06-23 remaining_days=289 locks=["transfer"]
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A4 anchor TLS certificate carries the organization name (OV/EV)
subject_org=Duck Duck Go, Inc. validation_type=OV issuer=DigiCert Inc san_count=2
 TLS handshake duckduckgo.com:443
B1 corroboration Wikidata official-website claim (P856) on the anchored item
qid=Q12805 label=DuckDuckGo kind=software site=https://duckduckgo.com sitelinks=65 competing_items=1
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B5 corroboration Tranco top-1M ranking
rank=532 source=top-1m list
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B4 corroboration Wayback Machine history
first_snapshot=2008-08-20 history_days=6591
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1 piece(s) of evidence not counted — why
  • A3: registrar (NameCheap, Inc.) is not a brand-protection registrar
Reproduce this yourself
# A1 — GitHub verified this org's domain
curl -s https://api.github.com/orgs/duckduckgo | jq '{name, blog, is_verified}'

# A3 — registrar / dates / locks
curl -sL https://rdap.org/domain/duckduckgo.com | jq '{status, events, registrar: [.entities[]|select(.roles[]=="registrar")|.vcardArray[1][1][3]]}'

# B1 — Wikidata P856
curl -s "https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=wbgetclaims&entity=Q12805&property=P856&format=json"

# B5 — Tranco rank
curl -s https://tranco-list.eu/api/ranks/domain/duckduckgo.com

# B4 — first Wayback snapshot
curl -s "http://web.archive.org/cdx/search/cdx?url=duckduckgo.com&limit=1&output=json"

# Re-run the whole pipeline for this domain
git clone https://github.com/zhouchungong/realurls-registry && cd realurls-registry && pip install -e . && python -m src.verify duckduckgo.com

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