# Semrush Domain (`pnda/semrush-domain`) Actor

One call, one full domain SEO audit: Authority Score, monthly organic traffic trend, backlink count, top organic keywords, main competitors and referring domains — for any site, any of 47 country markets. Clean structured output ready for BigQuery, Sheets or GPT.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pnda/semrush-domain.md
- **Developed by:** [PNDA](https://apify.com/pnda) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, E-commerce, SEO tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $80.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## 🌐 Semrush Domain Scraper — Authority, Traffic, Backlinks, Competitors & Top Keywords

Drop any domain in — get a **full domain SEO overview** out: Authority Score, monthly organic traffic trend, backlink count, top organic keywords, main competitors and referring domains. All in a single run, pushed to an Apify dataset, ready to export as **JSON, CSV or Excel** or pipe into your own stack.

This Actor delivers the metrics behind a Semrush domain overview — on demand, via API, per request. No Semrush login required.

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### 💡 Who is it for?

- **SEO agencies & freelancers** auditing prospects before a sales call or kick-off.
- **Link-building teams** qualifying outreach targets by Authority Score and traffic.
- **Growth & content teams** reverse-engineering competitors' top pages.
- **M\&A and acquisition scouts** evaluating website portfolios.
- **Affiliate & media buyers** vetting a domain before a partnership or ad buy.
- **Data teams** enriching a CRM, ad platform or internal dashboard with domain metrics.

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### ⚙️ How it works

You give the Actor a domain and a country database. It fires five parallel Semrush lookups — backlinks summary, traffic trend, top organic keywords, organic competitors and referring domains — aggregates everything into a single structured record, and pushes it to the Apify dataset.

#### Coverage

47 country databases: 🇺🇸 US · 🇬🇧 UK · 🇨🇦 CA · 🇦🇺 AU · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇪🇸 ES · 🇧🇷 BR · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇯🇵 JP · 🇮🇳 IN · 🇸🇬 SG · 🇲🇽 MX · 🇦🇪 AE · and 32 more.

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### 📥 Input

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `q` | string | ✅ | Domain to analyze (e.g. `example.com`) |
| `db` | string | ✅ | Country database code (`us`, `uk`, `fr`, `de`, …) |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "q": "example.com",
  "db": "us"
}
```

***

### 📤 Output

A single rich record per domain. Example item:

```json
{
  "authority_score": 19,
  "number_of_backlinks": 2756,
  "search_traffic": {
    "20250115": 1285,
    "20250215": 1443,
    "20250315": 1620
  },
  "competitors": [
    {
      "domain": "competitor.com",
      "level": 0.43,
      "common_keywords": 77,
      "positions": 945
    }
  ],
  "top_keywords": [
    {
      "phrase": "target keyword",
      "intents": [1, 3],
      "cpc": 0.25,
      "position": 4,
      "traffic_percent": 61.04,
      "volume": 22200,
      "url": "https://example.com/"
    }
  ],
  "referring_domains": [
    {
      "backlinks": 313,
      "country": "fr",
      "domain": "referrer.com",
      "ip": "51.158.37.61"
    }
  ]
}
```

#### Field reference

| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `authority_score` | Authority Score (0 → 100) — link-equity + traffic reputation |
| `number_of_backlinks` | Total known backlinks pointing to the domain |
| `search_traffic` | Monthly organic traffic trend (date → visits) |
| `competitors` | Top organic competitors with competition level, shared keywords and total positions |
| `top_keywords` | Highest-traffic organic keywords with position, volume, CPC, intent and URL |
| `referring_domains` | Domains linking back, with backlink counts and country |

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### 🚀 Why use this Actor

- ✅ **One call = one complete domain audit** — no need to chain 5 different tools.
- ✅ **Semrush domain metrics** — authority, traffic, backlinks, keywords and competitors in one record.
- ✅ **47 country markets** — localized SEO insights across EMEA, APAC and the Americas.
- ✅ **Flat, typed schema** — every field ready for BigQuery, Postgres, Sheets or GPT.
- ✅ **No login, no scraping, no pagination to maintain** — authentication handled for you.
- ✅ **Pipeline-ready** — run from n8n, Make, Zapier, Apify Schedules or the Apify API.

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### 💼 Use cases

- **Prospecting**: score thousands of domains by Authority + traffic before outreach.
- **Link-building**: qualify referring domains and find shared backlink opportunities.
- **Competitive intelligence**: list every competitor's top organic keyword and winning URL.
- **Content gap analysis**: compare your `top_keywords` with a competitor's in minutes.
- **M\&A due diligence**: verify traffic and authority claims before you wire money.
- **Dashboards & reports**: feed monthly Authority/Traffic numbers into Looker Studio or Sheets.

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### 🧩 Part of the Semrush suite

Chain this Actor with the rest of the suite for a full SEO workflow:

| Actor | What it does |
|---|---|
| 🌐 [Semrush Domain](https://apify.com/pnda/semrush-domain) | Full domain audit — authority, traffic, top keywords (this Actor) |
| 🔍 [Semrush Keyword](https://apify.com/pnda/semrush-keyword) | Keyword ideas — volume, CPC, difficulty, intent |
| 🔗 [Semrush Backlink Analytics](https://apify.com/pnda/semrush-backlink-analytics) | Authority-scored backlinks, anchors, referring domains |
| 🥊 [Semrush Competitor](https://apify.com/pnda/semrush-competitor) | Up to 200 organic competitors and keyword overlap |

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### 💰 Pricing

**Pay-per-result** — you're charged **$0.08 per domain analyzed** (one full overview record), plus a small per-run start fee. Feed a list of domains via the Apify API or a schedule and you're billed per domain returned.

| Run | Domains | Approx. cost |
|---|---|---|
| Single domain | 1 | ~$0.08 |
| Batch | 50 | ~$4 |
| Batch | 500 | ~$40 |

New users get free result credits to try the Actor before spending anything.

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### ▶️ Start now

Enter a domain. Pick a country. Hit **Run**. Export your dataset.
A full domain overview, on demand, for any site on the web.

# Actor input Schema

## `q` (type: `string`):

Domain name to analyze

## `db` (type: `string`):

Database/region code

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "q": "example.com",
  "db": "us"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

Domain overview record (JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML, RSS).

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "q": "example.com",
    "db": "us"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pnda/semrush-domain").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "q": "example.com",
    "db": "us",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pnda/semrush-domain").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "q": "example.com",
  "db": "us"
}' |
apify call pnda/semrush-domain --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=pnda/semrush-domain",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/21D9aVqKUhDQO6M0Y/builds/FS6RObfrcX0Rm9irg/openapi.json