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Why is the number of referring domains on my dashboard different from the Site Explorer Overview?
Why is the number of referring domains on my dashboard different from the Site Explorer Overview?

Find out why the number of referring domains differs from your dashboard and your referring domains report

Si Quan Ong avatar
Written by Si Quan Ong
Updated over a week ago

If you've added your website to Ahrefs' Dashboard, you'll be able to see the number of referring domains you have:

However, when you click through to Site Explorer, you'll see that the number of referring domains is different:

Why?

Dashboard

Please note that these numbers shown on Dashboard are not real-time, and they are only updated once a day. 

Site Explorer Overview

The numbers on Site Explorer > Overview are the latest values, which you can also see if you visit the Referring Domains report:

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