DuckDB is favored for data analysis due to its lightweight nature and ease of integration.Efficiency and fast execution are crucial beyond code writing ease.Performance optimization in DuckDB is explored using TOPN and COUNT DISTINCT operations.Testing DuckDB's performance optimization in realistic scenarios with large datasets.DuckDB excels in handling entire-set TOPN operations efficiently.Maintaining a small set of size N for performance improvement in DuckDB.Grouped TOPN operations reveal shortcomings as DuckDB excessively uses sorting.Users may need to optimize complex queries manually in DuckDB scenarios like grouped TOPN.COUNT DISTINCT operation in DuckDB may struggle with ordered data, lacking optimization.In comparison, esProc SPL showcases faster performance in handling ordered data scenarios.