Why do I get different results in the Ahrefs interface vs. the API?

Find out why results you get via API may differ from those you see with Site Explorer report

Written by Anna
Updated over a week ago

In order not to get confused by different stats reported, make sure you are using the same parameters, modes and targets for your queries:

API:

http://apiv2.ahrefs.com/?token=XXX&target=ahrefs.com&limit=1000&output=json&from=metrics_extended&mode=subdomains

Site Explorer:

https://ahrefs.com/site-explorer/overview/v2/subdomains/live?target=ahrefs.com

In above examples I analysed target ahrefs.com in 'subdomains' mode and got the same numbers for both requests.

Moreover, it is worth mentioning that API data is currently available for Live index only, so consider that when comparing results as well.