Domain Rating (DR) is a metric developed by Ahrefs that scores a website’s overall backlink profile strength on a scale of 0 to 100, functioning similarly to Moz’s Domain Authority as a comparative benchmark rather than a Google ranking factor.
DR is calculated based on the quantity and quality of unique referring domains linking to a site, with links from other high-DR sites contributing more significantly than links from low-authority sources.
Because DR is a proprietary Ahrefs metric, it shouldn’t be directly compared to Moz’s Domain Authority score, since each platform uses its own distinct calculation methodology, even though both serve a similar comparative purpose.
We track DR growth as part of our ongoing Link Building service.