How to Find Your Domain Rating (DR) in Ahrefs
Domain Rating (DR) is Ahrefs' proprietary metric that measures the strength of a website's backlink profile on a scale from 0 to 100. This tutorial shows you how to quickly find your site's DR.
Quick summary
In this tutorial, we'll explore how to find your Domain Rating (DR) in Ahrefs. You'll open Site Explorer, enter your domain, and locate the DR score on the overview dashboard to gauge your site's backlink authority.
Why this matters
Domain Rating is a key benchmark for understanding your site's overall backlink authority. Tracking DR over time helps you measure the impact of your link-building efforts and compare your authority against competitors.
Step-by-step guide
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Go to Site Explorer
Open Ahrefs and navigate to Site Explorer from the main menu.
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Enter your domain
Type your website's domain into the search bar and press enter.
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Find your DR score
Your Domain Rating is displayed prominently at the top of the overview page, along with other key metrics.
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View DR history
Scroll to the Domain Rating chart to see how your DR has changed over time.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about how to find your domain rating (dr) in ahrefs.
What is a good domain rating score in Ahrefs?
DR is a relative metric on a logarithmic 0 to 100 scale, so there is no universal good score. A DR above 50 is competitive in most B2B niches, and DR 70 and above usually puts a site in the top tier of its category. The only reliable benchmark is the DR of the sites actually ranking for your target keywords.
How often does Ahrefs update domain rating?
Ahrefs recalculates DR roughly every 15 to 30 minutes as its crawler discovers and re-indexes links. Meaningful movements usually take weeks, because DR responds to changes in the broader link graph rather than single new backlinks. Daily fluctuations of a point or two are normal and should not be treated as signal. The same freshness principle applies to the documentation around your SEO work: per Supademo's State of Interactive Demos 2026 report, teams updating their workflow documentation weekly or monthly report ~80% impact compared to 67% for teams updating only during major releases.
Why did my domain rating drop even though I gained backlinks?
DR is calibrated on a curve against the rest of the web, so your score can slip when other sites gain links faster than yours. Lost links from previously high DR referring domains will also drag the score down. Check the Lost Backlinks report to see whether recent drops are driven by churn rather than slow growth.
Does domain rating directly affect Google rankings?
No. Google does not use Ahrefs DR, and has publicly said it does not maintain an equivalent internal score. DR still correlates with the underlying link signals Google cares about, so it works well as a proxy for authority. Treat it as a diagnostic metric rather than a ranking factor.
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