Ahrefs Backlinks Scraper

🚀 Ahrefs Backlinks Scraper

Get the top backlinks Ahrefs shows for any website or page. The Ahrefs Backlinks Scraper returns the strongest links pointing at a domain: the linking page and its title, the linking site's Domain Rating, the anchor text and the text around it, the exact target URL and any redirects. Use it for competitor backlink research, link-building prospecting, PR mention tracking and SEO audits. No Ahrefs account needed.

✨ Features

• 🔗 Top Backlinks per Domain: Up to 20 of the strongest links Ahrefs knows for each domain or page, ranked as Ahrefs ranks them.
• 🏆 Authority of Each Link: The Domain Rating of every linking site, so the best prospects stand out.
• 📝 Link Context: Anchor text, the text before and after the link, the exact target URL and the redirect chain.
• 📊 Target Totals on Every Row: The target's own DR, total backlinks and referring domains, ready for pivot tables.
• 📋 Many Domains in One Run: Check a whole competitor list at once; repeated domains are checked once and links are never duplicated.

🛠️ How It Works

1. Add domains or page URLs – a domain (apify.com) covers the site and its subdomains; a page URL (https://apify.com/store) covers that exact page.
2. Set the maximum number of backlinks – the default is 100.
3. Run the Scraper – download the links as JSON, CSV or Excel, or pull them through the API.

⚙️ Input

Field	What it does
Domains or URLs	Domains or page URLs. Up to 20 top backlinks are returned for each.
Max results	Stop after this many backlinks across all domains. Default 100.

With an empty input the scraper returns the top backlinks of apify.com.

{
    "domains": ["competitor-one.com", "competitor-two.com", "https://example.com/blog/best-post"],
    "maxItems": 500
}

💰 Pricing

Pay only for the backlinks you get — no monthly rental.

Event	Price	What you get
Backlink	$0.001 per backlink ($1 per 1,000)	Linking page URL and title, linking site DR, anchor and surrounding text, target URL, redirect chain, plus the target's DR and totals
Actor start	$0.00005 per run	Charged once when the run starts.

Examples: the top 20 backlinks of one domain = $0.02 · 50 competitors (up to 1,000 links) = up to $1.00.

📊 Sample Output Data

{
    "targetDomain": "apify.com",
    "rank": 2,
    "sourceUrl": "https://github.com/docling-project/docling",
    "sourceTitle": "GitHub - docling-project/docling: Get your documents ready for gen AI · GitHub",
    "sourceDomainRating": 97,
    "targetUrl": "https://apify.com/vancura/docling",
    "anchor": "Docling Actor",
    "textBefore": null,
    "textAfter": null,
    "redirectChain": [],
    "foundInRenderedHtml": false,
    "foundInRawHtml": true,
    "targetDomainRating": 82,
    "targetBacklinks": 3978770,
    "targetReferringDomains": 16892,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-14T08:09:35.470Z"
}

❓ FAQ

How many backlinks do I get per domain? Up to 20: the top links Ahrefs shows publicly for that domain or page. Domains with no known links return no rows and are not charged.

Do I need an Ahrefs account? No. The scraper uses the data Ahrefs shows publicly in its free tools.

Only need DR for a long list of domains? The Ahrefs Domain Rating Scraper is cheaper per domain. For traffic estimates see the Ahrefs Traffic Scraper.

🔗 More SEO Actors

• Ahrefs Domain Rating Scraper: Domain Rating, backlink and referring-domain counts for a list of domains.
• Ahrefs Traffic Scraper: monthly organic traffic, traffic value, top pages, countries and keywords.
• Ahrefs Keyword Difficulty Scraper: Keyword Difficulty plus the top-10 Google results with DR and traffic.
• Google Keyword Volume Scraper: monthly Google search volume, CPC and competition for your keyword list.
• Google Keyword Suggestions Scraper: related keyword ideas around a seed, with volume and difficulty.
• Google Ranked Keywords Scraper: every keyword a domain ranks for on Google, with position and URL.

This actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by Ahrefs.