Ahrefs Top Websites Scraper

Scrapes Ahrefs' "Top Websites" list to extract ranked domain data including traffic estimates and categories. Useful for lead generation, SEO analysis, and market research.

Key Features

• Filter by Country: Get the most visited websites for a specific country.
• Filter by Category: Extract top websites within categories like News, Games, or Science.
• Combined Filters: Target a specific category within a chosen country.
• Paginated Results: Use page numbers to extract large lists or resume a previous scrape.
• Structured Data: Output includes rank, domain, traffic estimates (numeric and formatted strings), and category information.

How to Use

Configure the actor run with the following input parameters:

• countryCode: (Optional) The two-letter country code (e.g., us, gb, de). Leave empty for the global list.
• category: (Optional) The website category filter (e.g., News, Games). Leave empty for all categories.
• maxPages: (Optional) The number of listing pages to scrape (each page contains 25 websites). Default is 1.

To paginate, you can run the actor multiple times, incrementing the starting page number in subsequent runs.

Input & Output

Input Example (JSON):

{
  "countryCode": "us",
  "category": "News",
  "maxPages": 2
}

Output Sample:
The dataset contains an array of objects, each representing a website.

[
  {
    "rank": 1,
    "categories": ["Arts_and_Entertainment"],
    "rankPrev": null,
    "domain": "youtube.com",
    "traffic": 543292937,
    "trafficPrev": 451839022,
    "url": "https://youtube.com",
    "category": "Arts and Entertainment",
    "traffic_string": "543.29M",
    "trafficPrev_string": "451.84M"
  },
  {
    "rank": 2,
    "categories": ["Reference"],
    "rankPrev": null,
    "domain": "wikipedia.org",
    "traffic": 420206766,
    "trafficPrev": 389878528,
    "url": "https://wikipedia.org",
    "category": "Reference",
    "traffic_string": "420.21M",
    "trafficPrev_string": "389.88M"
  }
]

Find the actor on the Apify platform: https://apify.com/your-actor-profile/ahrefs-top-websites-scraper?fpr=python_automation