# Similarweb Website Traffic & SEO — $2/1K Domains 📈 (`viralanalyzer/similarweb-traffic-scraper`) Actor

Extract real-time website traffic, global & country rankings, bounce rate, top referral sources, and SEO keywords for any domain without subscription. Only $0.002/domain.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/viralanalyzer/similarweb-traffic-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [viralanalyzer](https://apify.com/viralanalyzer) (community)
- **Categories:** SEO tools, Lead generation, Automation
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.20 / 1,000 domain analyzeds

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Similarweb Traffic & SEO Intelligence 🌐 \[No API] — Only $2/1K 💰

You need to know whether a site actually has traffic before you pitch it, buy a link on it, or benchmark against it. Similarweb knows — and charges a subscription to tell you.

> No API key · no subscription · global and country rank · channel breakdown · bounce rate

***

### ⚡ Highlights

- **100% No API Key / No Cookies**: Extract public traffic estimates for any website in seconds.
- **Complete Audience Metrics**: Monthly visits, global ranking, country rankings, pages per visit, and bounce rates.
- **Traffic Channels**: Breakdown across Direct, Search, Social, Referrals, Mail, and Display Ads.
- **Ultra-Affordable**: Only **$0.002 per domain** ($2.00 per 1,000 domains) — 33% cheaper than competitor ($3.00/1k).

***

### 📥 Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `domains` | array | Domains to analyze (e.g. `apify.com`) |
| `maxDomains` | integer | Cap on domains processed |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | Proxy settings (optional) |

### 📤 Output

```json
{
  "domain": "apify.com",
  "globalRank": 21850,
  "countryRank": 14200,
  "categoryRank": 450,
  "category": "Computers Electronics and Technology > Programming and Developer Software",
  "totalVisits": "2.4M",
  "bounceRate": "42.5%",
  "pagesPerVisit": 4.12,
  "avgVisitDuration": "00:03:45",
  "topCountries": [
    { "country": "United States", "share": "28.5%" },
    { "country": "India", "share": "14.2%" },
    { "country": "United Kingdom", "share": "6.8%" }
  ],
  "trafficSources": {
    "direct": "48.2%",
    "search": "35.1%",
    "referrals": "8.4%",
    "social": "5.3%",
    "mail": "2.1%",
    "display": "0.9%"
  },
  "scrapedAt": "2026-08-20T02:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### ✅ Capabilities & Limits

What this actor does and does not do — stated up front, so you do not pay to find out.

| Input / feature | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Domain | ✅ | root domains |
| Full URL / single page | ⚠️ | analysis is domain-level, not page-level |
| Subdomain | ⚠️ | depends on whether Similarweb tracks it separately |
| Long history | ❌ | current public estimates, not multi-year series |
| Exact analytics numbers | ❌ | these are modeled estimates, never the site's real GA data |
| Paid keyword spend | ❌ | organic and channel mix only |

### 🎯 Use cases

1. Prospect qualification — check real traffic before spending time on a lead
2. Link buying — avoid paying for placement on a dead domain
3. Competitive benchmarking — compare channel mix against rivals
4. Partnership sizing — estimate reach before negotiating

### ❓ FAQ

**Are these the site's real numbers?**\
No. They are Similarweb's public modeled estimates — directionally useful, never exact. Anyone claiming otherwise is selling something.

**Do I need a Similarweb account?**\
No API key and no subscription.

**Page-level data?**\
No — the analysis is domain-level.

### 💰 Pricing

Pay Per Event. The rate depends on your Apify plan tier:

| Plan tier | Per actor start | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|

**You are never charged for a run that returned nothing.** When the source blocks and nothing
is extracted, the actor returns a labeled diagnostic and charges no PPE event.

***

### 🇧🇷 Português

Você precisa saber se um site tem tráfego de verdade antes de fazer o pitch, comprar um link nele ou usá-lo como benchmark. O Similarweb sabe — e cobra assinatura para contar.

> Sem API key · sem assinatura · rank global e por país · mix de canais · bounce rate

Sem login e sem cookies. Preço por evento, com desconto por tier do seu plano Apify —
veja a tabela acima. Execução que não retorna nada não é cobrada: quando a fonte bloqueia,
o actor devolve um diagnóstico rotulado, sem cobrar evento.

Campos de entrada, saída, limites e FAQ estão nas seções em inglês acima.

# Actor input Schema

## `domains` (type: `array`):

List of domains or website URLs (e.g. \['apify.com', 'openai.com', 'stripe.com']).

## `maxDomains` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of domains to analyze in this run.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Apify Proxy options.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "domains": [
    "apify.com",
    "openai.com"
  ],
  "maxDomains": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Dataset containing website traffic and engagement metrics.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "domains": [
        "apify.com",
        "openai.com"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("viralanalyzer/similarweb-traffic-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "domains": [
        "apify.com",
        "openai.com",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("viralanalyzer/similarweb-traffic-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "domains": [
    "apify.com",
    "openai.com"
  ]
}' |
apify call viralanalyzer/similarweb-traffic-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,viralanalyzer/similarweb-traffic-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/0cyfSk9FTMpLzv1Hf/builds/Hbj9cwlatTe4mphmL/openapi.json