---
title: "Domain Rating Checker"
description: "Check the Domain Rating (DR) of any website. Look up DR for up to 25 domains at once, sort the results, and export to CSV or JSON. No signup, no limits. Domain Rating by Ahrefs."
url: https://findutils.com/seo/domain-rating-checker/
category: seo
---

# Domain Rating Checker

Check the Domain Rating (DR) of any website. Look up DR for up to 25 domains at once, sort the results, and export to CSV or JSON. No signup, no limits. Domain Rating by Ahrefs.

**Use this tool:** [Domain Rating Checker](https://findutils.com/seo/domain-rating-checker/)

## Programmatic access

- REST id `domain-rating-checker`: POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/domain-rating-checker/execute (reference: https://findutils.com/api/domain-rating-checker/)
- MCP tool `domain_rating_checker` on https://mcp.findutils.com (reference: https://findutils.com/mcp/domain-rating-checker/)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### What is a good Domain Rating?

It depends on your niche and competitors, not an absolute threshold. As a rough guide, DR 0–20 is new or low-authority, 21–40 is an established small site, 41–60 is a solid mid-size site, 61–80 is a strong brand, and 81–100 is reserved for the most-linked sites on the web. The number that matters is your DR relative to the sites you are competing with for the same keywords.

### Is Domain Rating the same as Domain Authority?

No. Domain Rating (DR) is Ahrefs' metric and Domain Authority (DA) is Moz's metric. They measure the same concept — backlink-based authority on a 0–100 logarithmic scale — but use different link indexes and models, so a site's DR and DA usually differ. This tool reports Domain Rating by Ahrefs.

### Is Domain Rating a Google ranking factor?

No. DR is a third-party metric, not something Google uses. Google has stated it does not have a single "domain authority" ranking signal. DR is a useful estimate of link strength for comparing sites, but a high DR does not guarantee high rankings, and relevance, content quality, and search intent all matter.

### How many domains can I check at once?

Up to 25 domains per check. Paste them one per line or comma-separated. The tool removes duplicates and skips invalid entries automatically, then returns a sortable table you can export.

### Does this Domain Rating checker require a signup?

No. There is no signup, no email gate, and no usage cap on the tool itself. Lookups are rate-limited only to keep the service fair for everyone. The score shown is Domain Rating by Ahrefs.

### Why does a domain show 'Rate limited' or 'No data'?

'Rate limited' means too many lookups happened in a short window — wait a minute and re-run that domain. 'No data' means the upstream source has no Domain Rating for that exact host (check for typos, or try the root domain without a subdomain). Invalid entries are flagged separately and skipped.

### How do I increase my Domain Rating?

Earn links from authoritative, relevant sites by publishing genuinely linkable content — original research, data, tools, and definitive guides — and doing real outreach and digital PR. Avoid low-quality directory, comment, and link-farm links, which can hurt more than help. On-page SEO supports rankings but does not raise DR on its own.

### Does Domain Rating count subdomains differently?

Domain Rating is calculated at the root-domain level, so blog.example.com and example.com generally share the same DR. If you check a subdomain and get unexpected results, try the root domain instead. The tool keeps whatever host you enter so you can compare them side by side.

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