Similarweb Scraper

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GET/websites/referrals

Website Referrals

Get the websites and categories that send traffic to a website, and where its visitors go next.

QUERY PARAMS

Website domain or any link on it (a similarweb.com/website/ link works too). www. is dropped; subdomains are kept.

Examples:

  • Domain: github.com
  • URL: https://www.github.com/
  • Similarweb link: https://www.similarweb.com/website/github.com/
{
  "domain": "github.com",
  "link": "https://github.com",
  "similarweb_link": "https://www.similarweb.com/website/github.com/",
  "description": "Join the world's most widely adopted, AI-powered developer platform where millions of developers, businesses, and the largest open source community build software that advances humanity.",
  "category": {
    "id": "computers-electronics-and-technology/programming-and-developer-software",
    "name": "Computers Electronics and Technology > Programming and Developer Software"
  },
  "favicon": "https://site-images.similarcdn.com/image?url=github.com&t=2&s=1&h=6525c30f1af9ea5ee8912788b611744e1debcba39a2d0dd3d410b2916169883b",
  "screenshots": {
    "desktop": "https://site-images.similarcdn.com/image?url=github.com&t=1&s=1&h=6525c30f1af9ea5ee8912788b611744e1debcba39a2d0dd3d410b2916169883b",
    "mobile": "https://site-images.similarcdn.com/image?url=github.com&t=4&s=1&h=6525c30f1af9ea5ee8912788b611744e1debcba39a2d0dd3d410b2916169883b"
  },
  "referrals": {
    "incoming": {
      "sites_count": 920,
      "top_sites": [
        {
          "domain": null,
          "link": null,
          "similarweb_link": null,
          "favicon": null,
          "share": 0.0434,
          "is_locked": true
        },
        {
          "domain": null,
          "link": null,
          "similarweb_link": null,
          "favicon": null,
          "share": 0.0292,
          "is_locked": true
        },
        {
          "domain": null,
          "link": null,
          "similarweb_link": null,
          "favicon": null,
          "share": 0.0259,
          "is_locked": true
        },
        {
          "domain": "linux.do",
          "link": "https://linux.do",
          "similarweb_link": "https://www.similarweb.com/website/linux.do/",
          "favicon": "https://site-images.similarcdn.com/image?url=linux.do&t=2&s=1&h=a84e942682f82b04e1102797514572eb46091cc0067b50502977c3a011fc1ea8",
          "share": 0.0208,
          "is_locked": false
        },
        {
          "domain": "zhihu.com",
          "link": "https://zhihu.com",
          "similarweb_link": "https://www.similarweb.com/website/zhihu.com/",
          "favicon": "https://site-images.similarcdn.com/image?url=zhihu.com&t=2&s=1&h=813fdcaed1a945c07a1deeb0d27d8f35bc1207351edb9376ce331d8b60191139",
          "share": 0.0194,
          "is_locked": false
        },
        {
          "domain": "huggingface.co",
          "link": "https://huggingface.co",
          "similarweb_link": "https://www.similarweb.com/website/huggingface.co/",
          "favicon": "https://site-images.similarcdn.com/image?url=huggingface.co&t=2&s=1&h=81ad9165688473482c13533054361efaeb003df20d52eb796618c51b1fc1224b",
          "share": 0.0188,
          "is_locked": false
        }
      ],
      "top_categories": [
        {
          "category": {
            "id": "computers-electronics-and-technology/programming-and-developer-software",
            "name": "Computers Electronics and Technology > Programming and Developer Software"
          },
          "share": 0.2856
        },
        {
          "category": {
            "id": "games/video-games-consoles-and-accessories",
            "name": "Games > Video Games Consoles and Accessories"
          },
          "share": 0.1958
        },
        {
          "category": {
            "id": "computers-electronics-and-technology/computers-electronics-and-technology",
            "name": "Computers Electronics and Technology"
          },
          "share": 0.1406
        },
        {
          "category": {
            "id": "computers-electronics-and-technology/computer-security",
            "name": "Computers Electronics and Technology > Computer Security"
          },
          "share": 0.0494
        },
        {
          "category": {
            "id": "computers-electronics-and-technology/social-networks-and-online-communities",
            "name": "Computers Electronics and Technology > Social Networks and Online Communities"
          },
          "share": 0.0467
        }
      ]
    },
    "outgoing": {
      "sites_count": 797,
      "top_sites": [
        {
          "domain": null,
          "link": null,
          "similarweb_link": null,
          "favicon": null,
          "share": 0.2184,
          "is_locked": true
        },
        {
          "domain": null,
          "link": null,
          "similarweb_link": null,
          "favicon": null,
          "share": 0.1018,
          "is_locked": true
        },
        {
          "domain": null,
          "link": null,
          "similarweb_link": null,
          "favicon": null,
          "share": 0.0368,
          "is_locked": true
        },
        {
          "domain": "claude.ai",
          "link": "https://claude.ai",
          "similarweb_link": "https://www.similarweb.com/website/claude.ai/",
          "favicon": "https://site-images.similarcdn.com/image?url=claude.ai&t=2&s=1&h=a3b3778e02952b653132fb6d019ed0361cff7850429377787fbdc4c86ce1565e",
          "share": 0.0264,
          "is_locked": false
        },
        {
          "domain": "raw.githubusercontent.com",
          "link": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com",
          "similarweb_link": "https://www.similarweb.com/website/raw.githubusercontent.com/",
          "favicon": "https://site-images.similarcdn.com/image?url=raw.githubusercontent.com&t=2&s=1&h=45fdc2f577517edaa7c865f44739d2da2fde0ca3d639f7e60bb6d02965a4c95b",
          "share": 0.0212,
          "is_locked": false
        },
        {
          "domain": "okta.com",
          "link": "https://okta.com",
          "similarweb_link": "https://www.similarweb.com/website/okta.com/",
          "favicon": "https://site-images.similarcdn.com/image?url=okta.com&t=2&s=1&h=b556a912daa99c3ef6cca105b98fd32e4704bf39c8e80adf073ea9e3b731ae15",
          "share": 0.0149,
          "is_locked": false
        }
      ],
      "top_categories": [
        {
          "category": {
            "id": "computers-electronics-and-technology/programming-and-developer-software",
            "name": "Computers Electronics and Technology > Programming and Developer Software"
          },
          "share": 0.2136
        },
        {
          "category": {
            "id": "computers-electronics-and-technology/search-engines",
            "name": "Computers Electronics and Technology > Search Engines"
          },
          "share": 0.1747
        },
        {
          "category": {
            "id": "computers-electronics-and-technology/computers-electronics-and-technology",
            "name": "Computers Electronics and Technology"
          },
          "share": 0.1202
        },
        {
          "category": {
            "id": "arts-and-entertainment/tv-movies-and-streaming",
            "name": "Arts and Entertainment > TV Movies and Streaming"
          },
          "share": 0.1034
        },
        {
          "category": {
            "id": "ai-chatbots-and-tools",
            "name": "AI Chatbots and Tools"
          },
          "share": 0.0769
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "snapshot_date": "2026-08-01"
}