Ahref Wesite Traffic Checker

Scrape website traffic and authority overview data from Ahrefs for any list of domains at scale. This actor collects traffic estimates, keyword rankings, top-performing pages, country distribution, and historical traffic trends directly from Ahrefs traffic overview endpoints and exports the data in structured JSON format.

Caption: Ahref website traffic checker manual search method
Image Credit: https://ahrefs.com/

✨ Features

• Website traffic data extraction — Extracts estimated monthly traffic, traffic value, keyword rankings, top pages, and country-level traffic distribution
• Proxy support — Supports Apify proxy configuration for reliable large-scale scraping
• Max results filtering — Limit how many domains are processed in a single run
• Captcha bypass — Automatically handles captcha-protected requests during scraping

🔧 Input Configuration

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
startUrls	array	✅	https://react-spring.dev/	List of domain URLs to scrape traffic data for. Accepts plain domain URLs or Ahrefs traffic-checker URLs.
maxResults	integer	—	1	Maximum number of domains to scrape.
proxyConfiguration	object	—	{"useApifyProxy":true,"apifyProxyGroups":["RESIDENTIAL"]}	Proxy settings for the scraper.

Supported URL types:

• Plain domain URLs Example: https://react-spring.dev/
• Website homepage URLs Example: https://www.notebookcheck.net/
• Ahrefs traffic-checker URLs

Sample input:

{
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://react-spring.dev/"
        }
    ],
    "maxResults": 3,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
    }
}

📦 Output

Contains URLs, monthly traffic averages, estimated traffic cost, top keywords, top pages, top countries, and historical traffic trends.

Sample output:

[
    {
        "url": "https://www.notebookcheck.net/",
        "normalized_url": "https://notebookcheck.net",
        "traffic_history": [
            {
                "date": "2025-12-01",
                "organic": 260697
            },
            {
                "date": "2026-01-01",
                "organic": 260211
            }
        ],
        "traffic": {
            "trafficMonthlyAvg": 492374,
            "costMontlyAvg": 8471493
        },
        "top_pages": [
            {
                "url": "https://www.notebookcheck.net/GTA-6-Fans-have-rarely-been-this-disappointed-with-Rockstar.1307643.0.html",
                "traffic": 10939,
                "share": 8.550569438690564
            },
            {
                "url": "https://www.notebookcheck.net/Vivo-V50-Design-color-options-and-other-key-details-revealed.948817.0.html",
                "traffic": 9032,
                "share": 7.059945440191351
            }
        ],
        "top_countries": [
            {
                "country": "in",
                "share": 26.370937051487292
            },
            {
                "country": "us",
                "share": 25.798960051986647
            }
        ],
        "top_keywords": [
            {
                "keyword": "gta 6",
                "position": 1,
                "traffic": 224000
            },
            {
                "keyword": "vivo v50",
                "position": 7,
                "traffic": 1350000
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "url": "https://react-spring.dev/",
        "normalized_url": "https://react-spring.dev",
        "traffic_history": [
            {
                "date": "2026-04-01",
                "organic": 12045
            },
            {
                "date": "2026-05-01",
                "organic": 13782
            }
        ],
        "traffic": {
            "trafficMonthlyAvg": 18420,
            "costMontlyAvg": 22419
        },
        "top_pages": [
            {
                "url": "https://react-spring.dev/docs/components/use-spring",
                "traffic": 1930,
                "share": 12.4
            },
            {
                "url": "https://react-spring.dev/docs",
                "traffic": 1588,
                "share": 10.8
            }
        ],
        "top_countries": [
            {
                "country": "us",
                "share": 31.2
            },
            {
                "country": "de",
                "share": 7.1
            }
        ],
        "top_keywords": [
            {
                "keyword": "react spring",
                "position": 2,
                "traffic": 54000
            },
            {
                "keyword": "use spring react",
                "position": 5,
                "traffic": 9200
            }
        ]
    }
]

💡 Uses of This Data

• SEO competitor analysis across multiple domains
• Estimating website traffic and traffic value for lead generation
• Tracking organic keyword opportunities and rankings
• Discovering high-performing content pages on competitor websites
• Analyzing geographic traffic distribution by country

🚀 How to Use

1. Sign up for a free Apify account — includes $5 monthly credit.
2. Open the actor page and click Try for free.
3. Fill in the Input fields (start URL or search query is required).
4. Click Start and wait for the run to complete.
5. Download results from the Output tab in JSON, CSV, or Excel format.

You can also run this actor via the Apify API or integrate it directly into your workflows using Zapier, Make, or n8n.

⚠️ Limitations & Known Issues

• Traffic and keyword metrics are estimates provided by Ahrefs and may vary from actual analytics data.

📝 Notes

• Proxy recommended for large-scale scraping — For high-volume runs, enable the Apify Residential or Datacenter proxy to avoid blocks.
• API integration — This actor can be called as an API from any automation platform (Zapier, Make, n8n, custom scripts).

💬 Support & Contact

Need help or a custom scraper?

• 📧 info@parsedom.com
• 🌐 https://parsedom.com
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• 🤖 Apify expert page: https://apify.com/partners/find/parsedom-inc