SEO Tools7 Straits View #08-02, Singapore, SingaporeFounded 2010CEO Dmytro Gerasymenko
Ahrefs is a Singapore-based SEO software company founded in 2010 by Dmytro Gerasymenko.
Ahrefs' annual recurring revenue passed $100M in December 2025 (LinkedIn). Ahrefs is #64 on the Latka List, level with 19 others. The list ranks the 1,307 companies Nathan Latka has interviewed by revenue.
| As of | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2011 | $1M | Confirmed by CEO |
| 2015 | $7M | Tim Soulo on cameraWatch at 1:54 |
| Jun 2016 | $12M | Confirmed by CEO |
| Jun 2018 | $37M | Confirmed by CEO |
| May 2019 | $50M | Press & News |
| Dec 2019 | $51M | Press & News |
| Jun 2020 | $65M | Confirmed by CEO |
| Mar 2023 | $100M | |
| 2024 | $149MEST | founderventures.io estimateapprox. |
| Oct 2024 | $149.1MEST | GetLatka estimate |
| Dec 2025 | $100M |
Ahrefs has never raised outside capital, according to the company.
Nathan Latka has interviewed Ahrefs once, speaking with Tim Soulo. Each figure links to the second it was said.
Watch: How Ahrefs Reached $100M+ ARR with 125 People and Zero VC Funding (Interview with CMO Tim Soulo)March 2024 · Tim Soulo, CMO
Growth tactics they described: PodcastWatch at 12:40Free ToolsWatch at 14:01Compare PagesWatch at 11:09Free ReportsWatch at 15:22Glossary, Directory, DictionaryWatch at 10:25
Ahrefs competes most directly with Similarweb, Advanced Web Ranking, Screaming Frog, Serpstat and 1 other.
| Company | Revenue | Employees | Customers | Founded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Similarweb | $282.6M | 1,312 | – | 2009 |
| Ahrefs | $100M | 147 | 50K | 2010 |
 Advanced Web Ranking | $9.7M | 15 | 24K | 2002 |
 Screaming Frog | $5.9M | 54 | – | 2010 |
 Serpstat | $3.9M | 82 | 1K | 2015 |
 Mangools | $2.6M | 36 | 1.1M | 2014 |
#2 of 589 SEO Tools companies by revenue · category median $880K · See the ranking
Dmitry Gerasimenko founded Ahrefs in 2010. Dmytro Gerasymenko is CEO. Ahrefs has 147 employees (September 2026, Press & News).
Also at AhrefsPatrick Stox, Pearl Linda, Si Ong, Kyriel Abad, Ryan Law, Liubomyr Mykhalchenko, Denis Strelkov, Vitalii Shapoval, Olivia Gasnier, Olajide Balikis Anuoluwapo, Huai En Constance Tan, Ripon Pal, Vince Tan, Nick Churick, Abdullah Sami, Lukasz Stafiniak, Md. Juel Rana, Bohang Li, Tyler Lodzinski, Stephanie Jamet, Haley Kieser, Sophie Mitchell, Muhammad Azeem, Christopher Winter, Despina Gavoyannis, Takanori Kawaharada, Brandon Hendricks, Fermin Reig, Ted Lindblom, Loveme Felicilda, Elysa Han, Rusty Key, Rob Delory, Sasha Gromenko, Erik Sarissky, Raman Varabets, Gerwyn N., Igor Gorbenko, Tipmanee N., CK Thum, Exequiel R., Nikita Sych, Oleksiy Golovko, Egor Chemokhonenko, Giulio Mauriello, Yong Yap, Alexandre Bourquelot, Alexander G., Aron Adler, Xibeijia Guan, Ahmad Tawa, Momona Takada, Dania E., Fedor Semenov, Anton Zhukov, Anna Ignatenko, Xiaohong Li, Remus Marcu, Alex Anderson, Shermin Lim, Kyrylo Zhylinskyi, Rebekah Bek, Leonardo São Thiago, Szabolcs F., Tom Ekander, KoonWen Lee, Olaf B., Elliott Cable, Vinh Nguyen, Pedro Braga, Steven Zheng, Ilya Yakimchuk, Duc-Canh Le, Nyi Than, Vaibhav Mishra, Bryan Chen, Ivan Kim, Yasunari Watanabe, Damon Breeden, Sergey Svetlichnyy, Sander S., Gordon M., Andrey Kirillov, Xinyu Luo, Asa Minter, Corentin Leruth, Ben S., Leonardo Mendes Santos, Lev Kowalski, Byron Karuppiah, Pia Tantamco, Clare Hoang, Snizhana Lebediuk, Elza Franco Lim
| As of | Employees | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 147 | Press & News |
| Jul 2026 | 143 | ahrefs.com |
| Mar 2024 | 125 | Tim Soulo on cameraWatch at 17:46 |
| Jan 2022 | 75 | – |
| 2021 | 90 | Tim Soulo on cameraWatch at 2:02 |
| 2018 | 45 | Tim Soulo on cameraWatch at 2:02 |
| 2015 | 15 | Tim Soulo on cameraWatch at 1:50 |
Ahrefs' annual recurring revenue passed $100M in December 2025, according to LinkedIn.
Ahrefs is bootstrapped and has never raised outside capital, according to ahrefs.com.
Ahrefs has 147 employees as of September 2026, according to a news report.
Dmytro Gerasymenko is the CEO of Ahrefs.
Dmitry Gerasimenko founded Ahrefs in 2010.
12 said on camera · 10 from public sources · 2 estimates. Founder figures link to the second they were said; public figures name their source; estimates are marked EST and say whose they are. Not financial advice. The Latka List ranks the private, operating companies Nathan Latka has interviewed by the latest revenue figure on each profile, reported or estimated; equal figures share a rank.
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