Apple Search Application

The following page provides details on domains, networks, IPs, hosting services, and content delivery networks used by Apple Search.

Description

Apple Search provides search services for Siri, Spotlight, Lookup, Safari, News, Messages, and Music.

Category	Business
Web Link	Apple Search - Home Page

Application Domains

The application domains data shown here is available in our Netify Data Feeds solution. The data is accessible via our IP API as well as downloadable datasets.

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Domains

Primary Domains

Primary Domains are owned and managed by the application vendor.

Platform Domains are often provided by hosting providers, content delivery networks, SaaS platforms and other third parties. It is important to identify these domains for DNS filters and hostname blocklists.

Core Networks

Applications are sometimes deployed on partner networks, parent company networks, or regional hosting providers. The following is a sample of Apple Search IP addresses deployed on this type of network.

Network	PoP	Category	Location	IP
Apple	Core Network	Business	Sweden	17.253.39.131
Apple	Core Network	Business	Sweden	17.253.39.132
Apple	Core Network	Business	Sweden	17.253.39.133
Apple	Core Network	Business	Sweden	17.253.39.134
Apple	Core Network	Business	Sweden	17.253.39.135
and 12 more

Other Networks

There are tens of thousands of Internet network providers and we make an effort to track as many as we can, but we have less coverage for niche and local providers. The following is a sample of Apple Search IP addresses on this type of network.

ASN Description	ASN	Route	Location	IP	Shared
AboveNet Communications Taiwan	AS17408	119.31.191.0/24	Taiwan	119.31.191.80
Academia Nacional de Ciencias	AS263779	200.10.177.0/24	Costa Rica	200.10.177.176

Hosting

Cloud hosting vendors like AWS and Microsoft Azure provide cloud-based computing and network resources to deliver applications. The hosting platforms used by Apple Search are summarized below by geographical points-of-presence (PoP). Each PoP can host many IPs to deliver an application.

Cloud Hosts	# of IPs
Amazon AWS	37

Host	PoP	Location	IPs
Amazon AWS	Tokyo	Japan	5 IPs
Amazon AWS	Columbus	United States	3 IPs
Amazon AWS	Ashburn	United States	3 IPs
Amazon AWS	Stockholm	Sweden	2 IPs
Amazon AWS	Zaragoza	Spain	2 IPs
Amazon AWS	Singapore	Singapore	6 IPs
Amazon AWS	Sao Paulo	Brazil	1 IP
Amazon AWS	Dublin	Ireland	6 IPs
Amazon AWS	Boardman	United States	7 IPs
Amazon AWS	Sydney	Australia	1 IP
Amazon AWS	Mumbai	India	1 IP

Content Delivery Network - Company CDN

Apple Search uses an in-house company content delivery network (CDN). The CDN delivers content to very edge of the network and is often hosted inside Internet Service Provider (ISP) networks.

Edge CDN	# of IPs
Apple CDN	787

Network	PoP	Location	Category	Sample IP
Aussie Broadband	Sydney	Australia	ISP/Telco	144.6.0.80
TalkTalk	London	United Kingdom	ISP/Telco	62.24.158.144
NOS	Lisbon	Portugal	ISP/Telco	195.23.111.144
Angola Cables	Fortaleza	Brazil	ISP/Telco	45.225.191.208
Ufinet	Guayaquil	Ecuador	ISP/Telco	177.234.202.16
Ohio IX	Columbus	United States	ISP/Telco	134.195.207.48
EdgeUno	Sao Paulo	Brazil	Hosting	200.25.91.48
Swisscom	Luzern	Switzerland	ISP/Telco	193.5.6.16
TalkTalk	London	United Kingdom	ISP/Telco	62.24.158.240
StarHub	Singapore	Singapore	ISP/Telco	203.117.135.240
Mercury	Auckland	New Zealand	ISP/Telco	103.241.58.208
TalkTalk	Manchester	United Kingdom	ISP/Telco	62.24.216.16
Vodacom	Cape Town	South Africa	ISP/Telco	105.255.3.16
Arelion	San Jose	United States	ISP/Telco	209.170.121.176
StarHub	Singapore	Singapore	ISP/Telco	203.117.83.48