Content Explorer
Search engine made for marketers
Discover top-performing content in your niche and find thousands of link prospects.
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Find content ideas and link prospects in our database of 18 billion web pages.
18.0B
pages in our content index today
10
M
new pages discovered every 24 hours
300
M
pages updated every 24 hours
Ahrefs’ Content Explorer helps you with
Content Marketing
Analyze what ranks, gets shares, and drives traffic—then create with confidence.
Link Building
Find high-authority, relevant prospects to fuel your outreach campaigns.
PR
Track brand mentions, find journalists, and pitch stories that resonate.
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Content Marketing
Explore top-performing pages, spot content gaps, and plan content backed by performance data.
Filter by SEO metrics to identify proven ideas for your next marketing campaign.
Website traffic
Page traffic
Traffic value
Domain Rating
Referring domains
Language
Author
Word count
Platform
Publication date
Page status
Find low-competition topics with strong organic traffic and few (or no) backlinks.
Discover link-worthy topics by analyzing content that’s already earned backlinks.
Spot outdated link-bait content ideas that haven't been refreshed in years.
Monitor your competitors’ publishing frequency so you don’t get outpaced.
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Link Building
Surface relevant, high-authority prospects and build curated outreach lists that earn you quality backlinks.
Explore the best guest blogging opportunities
Search for niche relevant websites to pitch a guest contribution.
Discover unlinked brand mentions
Search for websites that mention your brand but aren't linking to you.
Find broken link building opportunities by topic
Spot high-value broken pages with lots of backlinks—only possible with our unique 404 page index.
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Public Relations
Spot coverage. Start conversations. Find brand mentions and media opportunities to grow your public presence.
More reasons to use Ahrefs as your go-to marketing platform
AI Content Helper
Create high-quality content that ranks
Eliminate manual research with AI‑powered search intents
Grade your content against competitors and fill in topical gaps
Optimize content for SEO and AI search with proven titles, meta tags, and structure insights
Brand Radar
Track your brand’s performance in AI search and beyond
Compare your visibility against competitors in AI chatbots and the web
Find and fill in AI content gaps
Identify key topics and conversations that drive AI traffic
Turn content research into real results. Find what ranks, earns links, and gets talked about.
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