{"id":"search-payload-size-2026-07-12","title":"Search payload size benchmark","description":"A three-query comparison of provider task-result payloads, AgentSEO normalized JSON, and AgentSEO enriched agent output.","runAt":"2026-07-12T09:27:57.242Z","methodology":{"sampleSize":3,"queries":["seo api","rank tracking api","content gap analysis api"],"location":"United States","language":"English","device":"desktop","depth":10,"measurement":"UTF-8 bytes of minified JSON","providerScope":"Provider task result array only. The provider response wrapper was excluded.","normalizedScope":"AgentSEO normalized SERP JSON with organic results, detected features, search parameters, and available metrics.","enrichedScope":"Normalized JSON plus AgentSEO agent_support and markdown_summary fields."},"rows":[{"query":"seo api","latencyMs":4267,"providerResultBytes":32265,"providerLeafValues":642,"normalizedCoreBytes":2576,"normalizedCoreLeafValues":72,"enrichedOutputBytes":6166,"enrichedOutputLeafValues":98,"coreReductionPercent":92,"enrichedReductionPercent":80.9,"organicResults":8,"serpFeatures":4},{"query":"rank tracking api","latencyMs":1348,"providerResultBytes":39897,"providerLeafValues":699,"normalizedCoreBytes":2697,"normalizedCoreLeafValues":69,"enrichedOutputBytes":6525,"enrichedOutputLeafValues":95,"coreReductionPercent":93.2,"enrichedReductionPercent":83.6,"organicResults":8,"serpFeatures":3},{"query":"content gap analysis api","latencyMs":1264,"providerResultBytes":13087,"providerLeafValues":370,"normalizedCoreBytes":2538,"normalizedCoreLeafValues":68,"enrichedOutputBytes":6102,"enrichedOutputLeafValues":93,"coreReductionPercent":80.6,"enrichedReductionPercent":53.4,"organicResults":7,"serpFeatures":5}],"averages":{"providerResultBytes":28416.3,"normalizedCoreBytes":2603.7,"enrichedOutputBytes":6264.3,"coreReductionPercent":88.6,"enrichedReductionPercent":72.6,"latencyMs":2293},"limitations":["This is a small directional sample, not a guarantee for every query or endpoint.","Payload size varies with result count, SERP features, and provider response shape.","Latency is reported for reproducibility but is not a latency benchmark; the run was not repeated enough to support a performance claim.","Byte reduction is not the same as token reduction. No tokenizer-specific claim is made.","The enriched output intentionally repeats selected information in Markdown for direct use by agents and humans."]}