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Domain Rating Feedback

Enter a domain to compare its old (DR3) and new (DR4) score.

Your searches are not saved. You can also search for subdomains, e.g. blogs.microsoft.com

Sample changes

DR increased with DR4

# Domain DR3 DR4 Change
1 ulta.com 84 88 +4 Open
2 bhg.com 88 90 +2 Open
3 cosmopolitan.com 89 91 +2 Open
4 gq.com 88 90 +2 Open
5 tripadvisor.de 89 91 +2 Open
6 affirm.com 92 93 +1 Open
7 dribbble.com 93 94 +1 Open
8 goodhousekeeping.com 90 91 +1 Open
9 howtogeek.com 89 90 +1 Open
10 joomla.org 91 92 +1 Open
11 justgiving.com 91 92 +1 Open
12 nasdaq.com 90 91 +1 Open
13 rtings.com 79 80 +1 Open
14 woocommerce.com 92 93 +1 Open
15 wordstream.com 90 91 +1 Open

DR decreased with DR4

# Domain DR3 DR4 Change
1 learn.g2.com See FAQ 91 86 −5 Open
2 nhlbi.nih.gov See FAQ 95 91 −4 Open
3 nimh.nih.gov See FAQ 95 91 −4 Open
4 fivetran.com 82 79 −3 Open
5 expertise.com 88 86 −2 Open
6 priv.gc.ca 91 89 −2 Open
7 eff.org 91 90 −1 Open
8 health.clevelandclinic.org See FAQ 92 91 −1 Open
9 jetbrains.com 91 90 −1 Open
10 nvidia.com 92 91 −1 Open
11 panasonic.com 90 89 −1 Open
12 plesk.com 93 92 −1 Open
13 printful.com 89 88 −1 Open
14 redhat.com 91 90 −1 Open
15 teamviewer.com 92 91 −1 Open

Frequently asked questions

Why is DR being updated?

This isn't the first time Domain Rating scores have been overhauled. We always want DR to accurately reflect the relative quality of a site's link profile, and felt there were some opportunities to improve the current system.

What's the biggest change?
By popular request, subdomains now have their own rating and no longer take on the rating of the overall domain. For example, microsoft.com has a DR of 94, whereas blogs.microsoft.com has a DR of 87.
Is there anything else you can share?

You can learn more about DR in the Ahrefs help center, this past post from Ahrefs CMO Tim Soulo, and our latest DR4 announcement on the Ahrefs blog.

My score dropped. Did I do anything wrong?

Ahrefs Domain Rating aims to score the strength of your backlink profile compared to others in our database. It's not a measure of the quality of your content, design, value to your audience, or any other similar criteria.

How can I give feedback?

We've spent weeks testing the new model and sharing feedback with our development team. We also asked some active SEOs for their thoughts. Special thanks to Joe Manna, Carl Hendy, Jess Joyce, Ian Howells, Rajesh Namase, and Peter Rota (among others) for their early feedback.

I've temporarily opened up a Google Form for feedback, which you can find in this announcement article.