urlcap

AhrefsBot

SEO / marketing analytics crawler

Identification

User-Agent token
AhrefsBot
Published IP ranges
81

Requests claiming this User-Agent are verified against the operator's published ranges.

robots.txt behaviour

Honours robots.txt
Yes
Honours crawl-delay
Yes
Honours Allow rules
Yes
Reads Sitemap directives
Yes

Observed activity

Distinct IPs observed
871
TLS fingerprints observed
16
First seen
2026-05-29
Last seen
2026-10-16

Aggregated across traffic monitored by urlcap. Updated continuously.

Where it crawls from

Top countries (by distinct IPs)

GB 483
FR 211
US 121
CA 47
DE 4
IN 2
FI 1
MX 1
BR 1

Top networks

Unknown network 871

Verify AhrefsBot on your own traffic

One API call checks a visitor's IP against published ranges, reverse DNS and TLS fingerprints — so spoofed User-Agents don't fool you.