Ahrefs tools

Count the answers in which each AI platform cites the target: ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews (plus its keyword count), Grok, and Perplexity, plus an all-platform total with distinct cited pages deduplicated across platforms, in one object. Supports an optional date and country filter and target scope. Suited for AI-visibility (GEO) audits and share-of-answer tracking.

Aggregate a target's backlinks by anchor text, one row per distinct anchor. Returns the anchor, the number of unique referring domains using it, total links to the target, and first/last seen dates. Supports target scope, filtering, sorting, and a row budget via limit. Suited for anchor-text distribution audits and over-optimization checks.

Get the backlink-profile totals for a domain or URL in one object: live backlinks, all-time backlinks, live referring domains, and all-time referring domains as of the given date. Supports target scope and protocol. Suited for a quick link-profile size check before pulling row-level reports.

List the individual backlinks pointing at a domain or URL, one row per link. Returns source and destination URLs, anchor text, source page title, source Domain Rating and URL Rating, first/last seen dates, dofollow flag, and link type. Supports target scope (exact/prefix/domain/subdomains), filtering and sorting on the returned fields, and a row budget via limit. Suited for link audits, outreach prospecting, and competitor link-profile analysis.

Analyze up to 100 domains or URLs in one call, one row per target. Returns each target's Domain Rating, Ahrefs Rank, backlink and referring-domain counts, organic keywords, and estimated organic traffic. Supports per-target scope and an optional country filter. Suited for bulk domain vetting and prospect-list scoring.

List backlinks whose destination on the target no longer resolves, one row per link. Returns source URL, broken destination URL, anchor text, source page title, source Domain Rating, first seen date, the destination HTTP code, redirect code, and dofollow flag. Supports target scope, filtering, sorting, and a row budget via limit. Suited for broken-link reclamation and link-equity recovery.

List the target's pages present in the crawl index, one row per page. Returns the URL, page title, URL Rating, HTTP code, first seen date, last crawl date, detected languages, page type, page category, and publish date. Supports target scope, filtering, sorting, and a row budget via limit. Suited for indexation checks, site-structure inventories, and content audits.

Get a domain's Domain Rating — the 0-100 backlink-authority score the SEO industry quotes — and its global rank by that score, as of the given date. Suited for authority checks in outreach vetting, domain valuation, and competitor comparisons.

Track how a domain's Domain Rating (0-100 link authority) evolved between two dates. Returns the date and Domain Rating per bucket. Suited for spotting authority gains and losses over time. One billed row per history_grouping bucket (daily, weekly, or monthly); the range may span at most 60 buckets per request.

Aggregate the target's internal links by anchor text, one row per distinct anchor. Returns the anchor, the number of internal links using it, the number of pages linked, and the first seen date. Supports target scope, filtering, sorting, and a row budget via limit. Suited for internal anchor-text optimization.

Get the full metric bundle for a list of keywords in one country, one row per keyword. Returns search volume, keyword difficulty, traffic potential of the top-ranking page, search intents, and CPC. Suited for keyword shortlisting, difficulty triage, and content prioritization.

Track how many keywords the target ranks for in each position band (top 3, 4-10, 11-20, 21-50, 51+) between two dates. Returns the date and the five band counts per bucket. Supports target scope and an optional country filter. Suited for ranking-distribution trend analysis. One billed row per history_grouping bucket (daily, weekly, or monthly); the range may span at most 60 buckets per request.

Track a keyword's search volume month by month between two dates in one country. Returns the date and volume per month, one billed row each; the range may span at most 60 months per request. Suited for seasonality and demand-trend analysis.

Expand seed keywords into ideas that CONTAIN the seed terms, one row per idea. Returns the keyword, search volume, keyword difficulty, and CPC. Supports filtering and sorting on the returned fields and a row budget via limit. Suited for building keyword lists around a topic.

Split a target's search metrics by country, one row per country with data. Returns the country code, organic keywords, estimated organic traffic, paid keywords, and paid traffic as of the given date. Supports target scope and a row budget via limit (defaults to every country with data). Suited for international SEO prioritization. Organic traffic figures use the adaptive traffic model (the upstream default since 2026-09-04; earlier responses used the static model).

Find the domains competing with a target for the same organic keywords, one row per competitor. Returns the competitor domain, its Domain Rating, the number of common keywords, the keyword-overlap share, and the competitor's estimated traffic. Supports a report date, country, target scope, filtering, sorting, and a row budget via limit. Suited for competitive landscape mapping. Organic traffic figures use the adaptive traffic model (the upstream default since 2026-09-04; earlier responses used the static model).

List the organic keywords a domain or URL ranks for, one row per keyword. Returns the keyword, best position, ranking URL, search volume, estimated monthly traffic, and CPC. Supports a report date, country filter, target scope, filtering and sorting on the returned fields, and a row budget via limit. Suited for competitor keyword research and rank tracking snapshots. Organic traffic figures use the adaptive traffic model (the upstream default since 2026-09-04; earlier responses used the static model).

Aggregate the target's outbound external links by anchor text, one row per distinct anchor. Returns the anchor, the number of links from the target using it, and the linked domain and page counts with first seen date. Supports target scope, filtering, sorting, and a row budget via limit. Suited for outbound anchor audits.

List the external domains a target links to, one row per linked domain. Returns the domain, its Domain Rating, the number of links from the target, and the number of the target's pages linking out. Supports target scope, filtering, sorting, and a row budget via limit. Suited for outbound-link audits and partnership discovery.

Get the outgoing-link totals for a target in one object: external and internal link counts and their dofollow subsets. Supports target scope and protocol. Suited for a quick outbound-profile check before pulling row-level outgoing reports.

List the target's pages that attract the most external links, one row per page. Returns the page URL, its title, total links to the page, and unique referring domains. Supports target scope, filtering, sorting, and a row budget via limit. Suited for finding a site's most linkable assets.

List the target's pages that receive the most internal links, one row per page. Returns the page URL, its title, and the number of internal links pointing at it. Supports target scope, filtering, sorting, and a row budget via limit. Suited for internal-linking audits and PageRank-flow analysis.

List the landing pages a target runs search ads to, one row per page. Returns the page URL, estimated monthly paid traffic, the top paid keyword, and the number of ads pointing at the page. Supports a report date, country filter, target scope, filtering, sorting, and a row budget via limit. Suited for competitor PPC landing-page research.

Track the number of the target's pages ranking in organic search between two dates. Returns the date and ranking-page count per bucket. Supports target scope and an optional country filter. Suited for content-footprint trend analysis. One billed row per history_grouping bucket (daily, weekly, or monthly); the range may span at most 60 buckets per request.