diff --git a/src/app/(dashboard)/dashboard/analytics/SearchAnalyticsTab.tsx b/src/app/(dashboard)/dashboard/analytics/SearchAnalyticsTab.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d0e371bbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/(dashboard)/dashboard/analytics/SearchAnalyticsTab.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+/**
+ * Search Analytics Tab
+ *
+ * Shows search request stats from call_logs (request_type = 'search'),
+ * provider breakdown, cache hit rate, and cost summary.
+ */
+
+"use client";
+
+import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+
+interface SearchStats {
+  total: number;
+  today: number;
+  cached: number;
+  errors: number;
+  totalCostUsd: number;
+  byProvider: Record<string, { count: number; costUsd: number }>;
+  last24h: Array<{ hour: string; count: number }>;
+  cacheHitRate: number;
+  avgDurationMs: number;
+}
+
+function StatCard({
+  icon,
+  label,
+  value,
+  sub,
+}: {
+  icon: string;
+  label: string;
+  value: string | number;
+  sub?: string;
+}) {
+  return (
+    <div className="card p-4 flex flex-col gap-1">
+      <div className="flex items-center gap-2 text-text-muted text-sm">
+        <span className="material-symbols-outlined text-[18px]">{icon}</span>
+        {label}
+      </div>
+      <div className="text-2xl font-bold text-text">{value}</div>
+      {sub && <div className="text-xs text-text-muted">{sub}</div>}
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+function ProviderBar({
+  provider,
+  count,
+  total,
+  costUsd,
+}: {
+  provider: string;
+  count: number;
+  total: number;
+  costUsd: number;
+}) {
+  const pct = total > 0 ? Math.round((count / total) * 100) : 0;
+  return (
+    <div className="flex flex-col gap-1">
+      <div className="flex justify-between text-sm">
+        <span className="font-medium text-text">{provider}</span>
+        <span className="text-text-muted">
+          {count} queries · ${costUsd.toFixed(4)}
+        </span>
+      </div>
+      <div className="h-2 rounded-full bg-bg-muted overflow-hidden">
+        <div
+          className="h-full rounded-full bg-primary transition-all"
+          style={{ width: `${pct}%` }}
+        />
+      </div>
+      <div className="text-xs text-text-muted text-right">{pct}%</div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+export default function SearchAnalyticsTab() {
+  const [stats, setStats] = useState<SearchStats | null>(null);
+  const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    fetch("/api/v1/search/analytics")
+      .then((r) => r.json())
+      .then((d) => {
+        setStats(d);
+        setLoading(false);
+      })
+      .catch((e) => {
+        setError(e.message);
+        setLoading(false);
+      });
+  }, []);
+
+  if (loading) {
+    return (
+      <div className="flex items-center justify-center py-16 text-text-muted">
+        <span className="material-symbols-outlined animate-spin mr-2">progress_activity</span>
+        Loading search analytics…
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (error || !stats) {
+    return (
+      <div className="card p-6 text-center text-text-muted">
+        <span className="material-symbols-outlined text-[32px] mb-2 block">search_off</span>
+        {error || "No search data available yet."}
+        <p className="text-xs mt-2">
+          Search requests will appear here after the first search via /v1/search.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
+  const providers = Object.entries(stats.byProvider).sort(([, a], [, b]) => b.count - a.count);
+
+  return (
+    <div className="flex flex-col gap-6">
+      {/* KPI Cards */}
+      <div className="grid grid-cols-2 md:grid-cols-4 gap-4">
+        <StatCard
+          icon="manage_search"
+          label="Total Searches"
+          value={stats.total.toLocaleString()}
+          sub={`${stats.today} today`}
+        />
+        <StatCard
+          icon="cached"
+          label="Cache Hit Rate"
+          value={`${stats.cacheHitRate}%`}
+          sub={`${stats.cached} cached requests`}
+        />
+        <StatCard
+          icon="attach_money"
+          label="Total Cost"
+          value={`$${stats.totalCostUsd.toFixed(4)}`}
+          sub="search API costs"
+        />
+        <StatCard
+          icon="timer"
+          label="Avg Response"
+          value={`${stats.avgDurationMs}ms`}
+          sub={stats.errors > 0 ? `${stats.errors} errors` : "No errors"}
+        />
+      </div>
+
+      {/* Provider Breakdown */}
+      {providers.length > 0 && (
+        <div className="card p-5">
+          <h3 className="font-semibold text-text mb-4 flex items-center gap-2">
+            <span className="material-symbols-outlined text-primary text-[20px]">hub</span>
+            Provider Breakdown
+          </h3>
+          <div className="flex flex-col gap-4">
+            {providers.map(([prov, data]) => (
+              <ProviderBar
+                key={prov}
+                provider={prov}
+                count={data.count}
+                total={stats.total}
+                costUsd={data.costUsd}
+              />
+            ))}
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      )}
+
+      {/* Empty state */}
+      {stats.total === 0 && (
+        <div className="card p-8 text-center text-text-muted">
+          <span className="material-symbols-outlined text-[48px] mb-3 block text-primary opacity-50">
+            travel_explore
+          </span>
+          <p className="font-medium text-text">No searches yet</p>
+          <p className="text-sm mt-1">
+            Use <code className="bg-bg-muted px-1 rounded">POST /v1/search</code> to start routing
+            web searches.
+          </p>
+        </div>
+      )}
+
+      {/* Free tier note */}
+      <div className="text-xs text-text-muted border border-border rounded-lg p-3 flex items-start gap-2">
+        <span className="material-symbols-outlined text-[16px] text-green-500 mt-0.5">
+          check_circle
+        </span>
+        <span>
+          <strong>Free tier available:</strong> Serper (2,500/mo), Brave (2,000/mo), Exa (1,000/mo),
+          Tavily (1,000/mo) — total 6,500+ free searches/month with automatic failover.
+        </span>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/app/(dashboard)/dashboard/analytics/page.tsx b/src/app/(dashboard)/dashboard/analytics/page.tsx
index 262a14f9c2..3f97518466 100644
--- a/src/app/(dashboard)/dashboard/analytics/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(dashboard)/dashboard/analytics/page.tsx
@@ -3,15 +3,17 @@
 import { useState, Suspense } from "react";
 import { UsageAnalytics, CardSkeleton, SegmentedControl } from "@/shared/components";
 import EvalsTab from "../usage/components/EvalsTab";
+import SearchAnalyticsTab from "./SearchAnalyticsTab";
 import { useTranslations } from "next-intl";
 
 export default function AnalyticsPage() {
   const [activeTab, setActiveTab] = useState("overview");
   const t = useTranslations("analytics");
 
-  const tabDescriptions = {
+  const tabDescriptions: Record<string, string> = {
     overview: t("overviewDescription"),
     evals: t("evalsDescription"),
+    search: "Search request analytics — provider breakdown, cache hit rate, and cost tracking.",
   };
 
   return (
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ export default function AnalyticsPage() {
         options={[
           { value: "overview", label: t("overview") },
           { value: "evals", label: t("evals") },
+          { value: "search", label: "Search" },
         ]}
         value={activeTab}
         onChange={setActiveTab}
@@ -40,6 +43,7 @@ export default function AnalyticsPage() {
         </Suspense>
       )}
       {activeTab === "evals" && <EvalsTab />}
+      {activeTab === "search" && <SearchAnalyticsTab />}
     </div>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/app/api/v1/search/analytics/route.ts b/src/app/api/v1/search/analytics/route.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b224f6660a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/api/v1/search/analytics/route.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/**
+ * GET /api/v1/search/analytics
+ *
+ * Returns search request statistics from call_logs (request_type = 'search').
+ * Includes provider breakdown, cache hit rate, cost summary, and error count.
+ */
+
+import { NextResponse } from "next/server";
+import { getDbInstance } from "@/lib/db/core";
+import { enforceApiKeyPolicy } from "@/shared/utils/apiKeyPolicy";
+
+export async function GET(req: Request) {
+  const policy = await enforceApiKeyPolicy(req, "analytics");
+  if (policy.rejection) return policy.rejection;
+
+  try {
+    const db = getDbInstance();
+
+    // Total search requests
+    const totalRow = db
+      .prepare(`SELECT COUNT(*) as cnt FROM call_logs WHERE request_type = 'search'`)
+      .get() as { cnt: number };
+    const total = totalRow?.cnt ?? 0;
+
+    // Today's searches (UTC date)
+    const todayStart = new Date();
+    todayStart.setUTCHours(0, 0, 0, 0);
+    const todayRow = db
+      .prepare(
+        `SELECT COUNT(*) as cnt FROM call_logs WHERE request_type = 'search' AND timestamp >= ?`
+      )
+      .get(todayStart.toISOString()) as { cnt: number };
+    const today = todayRow?.cnt ?? 0;
+
+    // Errors
+    const errRow = db
+      .prepare(
+        `SELECT COUNT(*) as cnt FROM call_logs WHERE request_type = 'search' AND (status >= 400 OR error IS NOT NULL)`
+      )
+      .get() as { cnt: number };
+    const errors = errRow?.cnt ?? 0;
+
+    // Avg duration
+    const durRow = db
+      .prepare(
+        `SELECT AVG(duration) as avg FROM call_logs WHERE request_type = 'search' AND duration > 0`
+      )
+      .get() as { avg: number | null };
+    const avgDurationMs = Math.round(durRow?.avg ?? 0);
+
+    // Per-provider breakdown (provider column stores search provider id)
+    const provRows = db
+      .prepare(
+        `SELECT provider, COUNT(*) as cnt
+         FROM call_logs WHERE request_type = 'search'
+         GROUP BY provider ORDER BY cnt DESC`
+      )
+      .all() as Array<{ provider: string; cnt: number }>;
+
+    // Cost per search provider (matching searchRegistry.ts rates)
+    const COST_PER_QUERY: Record<string, number> = {
+      "serper-search": 0.001,
+      "brave-search": 0.003,
+      "perplexity-search": 0.005,
+      "exa-search": 0.01,
+      "tavily-search": 0.004,
+    };
+
+    const byProvider: Record<string, { count: number; costUsd: number }> = {};
+    let totalCostUsd = 0;
+    for (const row of provRows) {
+      const cost = (COST_PER_QUERY[row.provider] ?? 0.001) * row.cnt;
+      byProvider[row.provider] = { count: row.cnt, costUsd: cost };
+      totalCostUsd += cost;
+    }
+
+    // Cached: very fast responses (< 5ms) indicate cache hits
+    const cachedRow = db
+      .prepare(
+        `SELECT COUNT(*) as cnt FROM call_logs 
+         WHERE request_type = 'search' AND duration > 0 AND duration < 5`
+      )
+      .get() as { cnt: number };
+    const cached = cachedRow?.cnt ?? 0;
+    const cacheHitRate = total > 0 ? Math.round((cached / total) * 100) : 0;
+
+    return NextResponse.json({
+      total,
+      today,
+      cached,
+      errors,
+      totalCostUsd,
+      byProvider,
+      cacheHitRate,
+      avgDurationMs,
+      last24h: [],
+    });
+  } catch (err: unknown) {
+    const msg = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
+    console.error("[/api/v1/search/analytics]", msg);
+    return NextResponse.json({ error: "Internal server error" }, { status: 500 });
+  }
+}