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Domain Rating by Ahrefs · 100-point logarithmic scale
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Domain Rating (DR) is a metric developed by Ahrefs that measures the overall strength of a website's backlink profile on a 100-point logarithmic scale. The more high-quality, authoritative websites that link back to a domain, the higher its DR score. A DR of 0 means a domain has almost no quality backlinks, while a DR close to 100 (think Wikipedia, Google, or Facebook) represents one of the strongest link profiles on the internet.
DR doesn't measure traffic or content quality directly — it purely reflects how much "link authority" other websites are passing to a domain through backlinks. That's why it's one of the most widely trusted metrics among SEOs, digital marketers, and website owners when judging a site's authority at a glance.
Using our free DR Checker is simple and takes only a few seconds:
yourdomain.com).There's no signup, no email required, and no limit on how many domains you can check. The tool pulls live data directly from Ahrefs' official API, so every score you see is 100% authentic — never estimated or guessed.
DR is relative — a "good" score depends on your niche and how long your site has existed. As a general benchmark:
Domain Rating (DR) is Ahrefs' metric, while Domain Authority (DA) is a similar metric created by Moz. Both try to measure a website's overall backlink-based authority on a 0–100 scale, but they use different algorithms and different backlink databases — so a domain's DR and DA score are rarely identical.
In general, DR is considered slightly more "generous" at the higher end because of how Ahrefs' logarithmic scale is calculated, while DA is often used more heavily by content and link-building professionals. Neither metric is an official Google ranking factor — both are third-party estimates used to compare the relative authority of two or more websites.
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Yes, completely free. There's no signup, no credit card, and no limit on how many domains you can check.
All scores are pulled live from Ahrefs' official public API, so the numbers you see match exactly what you'd find on Ahrefs itself.
Ahrefs typically refreshes DR scores every few days as it recrawls the web. Our tool caches results for 24 hours to keep lookups fast.
No. DR is not an official Google ranking factor — it's a third-party estimate of backlink authority. It's a useful signal, but rankings depend on many other factors too.
Absolutely. Just enter any domain — yours or a competitor's — and get the same instant, accurate result.