I would guess more of Google's landing page is cached, and it's a smaller page.
I'm getting Google in 0.5-3 secounds, DuckDuckGo in 3-4 secounds, StartPage in 2 secounds. USA 4G 3:30AM
On another note, both Google and DuckDuckGo seem to link directly to search results but actually redirect your broswer to capture the link you clicked. StartPage links directly to search results.
I've asked DuckDuckGo about this and they can't provide a sastifactory answer. Maybe someone could clue me in why that redirect is nessicary, but until then I consider them untrustworthy.
I'm getting Google in 0.5-3 secounds, DuckDuckGo in 3-4 secounds, StartPage in 2 secounds. USA 4G 3:30AM
On another note, both Google and DuckDuckGo seem to link directly to search results but actually redirect your broswer to capture the link you clicked. StartPage links directly to search results.
I've asked DuckDuckGo about this and they can't provide a sastifactory answer. Maybe someone could clue me in why that redirect is nessicary, but until then I consider them untrustworthy.