{
  "version": "2026-09-24",
  "pageUrl": "https://sunnypatel.co.uk/blog/link-building-statistics/",
  "statistics": [
    {
      "id": "stats-pages-total-rd",
      "value": "31",
      "label": "Unique referring domains held by sunnypatel.co.uk's stats and data pages",
      "scope": "Own site",
      "topic": "Page type",
      "statement": "sunnypatel.co.uk's 5 stats and data pages held 31 unique referring domains combined, each page's count deduplicated across its own live URL variants.",
      "period": "Checked 24 September 2026",
      "sample": "Ahrefs API v3, referring-domains, mode=exact, sunnypatel.co.uk.",
      "source": "Sunny Patel",
      "sourceUrl": "https://sunnypatel.co.uk/blog/link-building-statistics/",
      "caveat": "Own-site dataset, the author's own site. Page age and promotion not controlled for.",
      "checked": "2026-09-24",
      "sourceDate": "2026-09-24",
      "sourceDateType": "Published"
    },
    {
      "id": "other-pages-total-rd",
      "value": "24",
      "label": "Referring domains held by all other non-homepage page types combined",
      "scope": "Own site",
      "topic": "Page type",
      "statement": "Articles, service pages, landing pages and portfolio pages on sunnypatel.co.uk held 24 referring domains combined across 21 pages, summed from Ahrefs' per-page counts.",
      "period": "Checked 24 September 2026",
      "sample": "Ahrefs API v3, pages-by-backlinks, sunnypatel.co.uk.",
      "source": "Sunny Patel",
      "sourceUrl": "https://sunnypatel.co.uk/blog/link-building-statistics/",
      "caveat": "A sum of per-page counts, not checked for a domain repeating across two different pages in the sum. Page age and promotion not controlled for.",
      "checked": "2026-09-24",
      "sourceDate": "2026-09-24",
      "sourceDateType": "Published"
    },
    {
      "id": "tools-rd",
      "value": "0",
      "label": "Referring domains found for any tool URL",
      "scope": "Own site",
      "topic": "Page type",
      "statement": "No tool URL appeared with a referring domain in this pull.",
      "period": "Checked 24 September 2026",
      "sample": "Ahrefs API v3, pages-by-backlinks, sunnypatel.co.uk.",
      "source": "Sunny Patel",
      "sourceUrl": "https://sunnypatel.co.uk/blog/link-building-statistics/",
      "caveat": "Own-site dataset.",
      "checked": "2026-09-24",
      "sourceDate": "2026-09-24",
      "sourceDateType": "Published"
    },
    {
      "id": "articles-rd",
      "value": "8",
      "label": "Referring domains held by general articles and guides",
      "scope": "Own site",
      "topic": "Page type",
      "statement": "6 article/guide pages on sunnypatel.co.uk held 8 referring domains combined, summed from Ahrefs' per-page counts.",
      "period": "Checked 24 September 2026",
      "sample": "Ahrefs API v3, pages-by-backlinks, sunnypatel.co.uk.",
      "source": "Sunny Patel",
      "sourceUrl": "https://sunnypatel.co.uk/blog/link-building-statistics/",
      "caveat": "Own-site dataset.",
      "checked": "2026-09-24",
      "sourceDate": "2026-09-24",
      "sourceDateType": "Published"
    },
    {
      "id": "services-rd",
      "value": "5",
      "label": "Referring domains held by service pages",
      "scope": "Own site",
      "topic": "Page type",
      "statement": "4 service pages on sunnypatel.co.uk held 5 referring domains combined, summed from Ahrefs' per-page counts.",
      "period": "Checked 24 September 2026",
      "sample": "Ahrefs API v3, pages-by-backlinks, sunnypatel.co.uk.",
      "source": "Sunny Patel",
      "sourceUrl": "https://sunnypatel.co.uk/blog/link-building-statistics/",
      "caveat": "Own-site dataset.",
      "checked": "2026-09-24",
      "sourceDate": "2026-09-24",
      "sourceDateType": "Published"
    },
    {
      "id": "landing-rd",
      "value": "9",
      "label": "Referring domains held by landing pages",
      "scope": "Own site",
      "topic": "Page type",
      "statement": "9 root-level landing pages on sunnypatel.co.uk held 9 referring domains combined, one each.",
      "period": "Checked 24 September 2026",
      "sample": "Ahrefs API v3, pages-by-backlinks, sunnypatel.co.uk.",
      "source": "Sunny Patel",
      "sourceUrl": "https://sunnypatel.co.uk/blog/link-building-statistics/",
      "caveat": "Own-site dataset.",
      "checked": "2026-09-24",
      "sourceDate": "2026-09-24",
      "sourceDateType": "Published"
    },
    {
      "id": "portfolio-rd",
      "value": "2",
      "label": "Referring domains held by portfolio pages",
      "scope": "Own site",
      "topic": "Page type",
      "statement": "2 portfolio pages on sunnypatel.co.uk held 2 referring domains combined, one each.",
      "period": "Checked 24 September 2026",
      "sample": "Ahrefs API v3, pages-by-backlinks, sunnypatel.co.uk.",
      "source": "Sunny Patel",
      "sourceUrl": "https://sunnypatel.co.uk/blog/link-building-statistics/",
      "caveat": "Own-site dataset.",
      "checked": "2026-09-24",
      "sourceDate": "2026-09-24",
      "sourceDateType": "Published"
    },
    {
      "id": "sunnypatel-seo-stats-refdomains",
      "value": "12",
      "label": "Unique referring domains to sunnypatel.co.uk's UK SEO statistics page",
      "scope": "Own site",
      "topic": "Statistics pages",
      "statement": "sunnypatel.co.uk/blog/seo-statistics-uk/ held 12 unique referring domains, deduplicated across all live URL variants.",
      "period": "Checked 24 September 2026",
      "sample": "Ahrefs API v3, referring-domains, mode=exact, sunnypatel.co.uk.",
      "source": "Sunny Patel",
      "sourceUrl": "https://sunnypatel.co.uk/blog/link-building-statistics/",
      "caveat": "Own-site dataset.",
      "checked": "2026-09-24",
      "sourceDate": "2026-09-24",
      "sourceDateType": "Published"
    },
    {
      "id": "sunnypatel-local-seo-stats-refdomains",
      "value": "8",
      "label": "Unique referring domains to sunnypatel.co.uk's local SEO statistics page",
      "scope": "Own site",
      "topic": "Statistics pages",
      "statement": "sunnypatel.co.uk/blog/local-seo-statistics/ held 8 unique referring domains, deduplicated across all live URL variants.",
      "period": "Checked 24 September 2026",
      "sample": "Ahrefs API v3, referring-domains, mode=exact, sunnypatel.co.uk.",
      "source": "Sunny Patel",
      "sourceUrl": "https://sunnypatel.co.uk/blog/link-building-statistics/",
      "caveat": "Own-site dataset.",
      "checked": "2026-09-24",
      "sourceDate": "2026-09-24",
      "sourceDateType": "Published"
    },
    {
      "id": "sunnypatel-ai-search-stats-refdomains",
      "value": "7",
      "label": "Unique referring domains to sunnypatel.co.uk's AI search statistics page",
      "scope": "Own site",
      "topic": "Statistics pages",
      "statement": "sunnypatel.co.uk/blog/ai-search-statistics/ held 7 unique referring domains, deduplicated across all live URL variants.",
      "period": "Checked 24 September 2026",
      "sample": "Ahrefs API v3, referring-domains, mode=exact, sunnypatel.co.uk.",
      "source": "Sunny Patel",
      "sourceUrl": "https://sunnypatel.co.uk/blog/link-building-statistics/",
      "caveat": "Own-site dataset.",
      "checked": "2026-09-24",
      "sourceDate": "2026-09-24",
      "sourceDateType": "Published"
    },
    {
      "id": "panel-dr-gte-2",
      "value": "10 of 28",
      "label": "Panel sites with a Domain Rating of 2 or higher",
      "scope": "Portfolio",
      "topic": "Method",
      "statement": "10 of the 28 owned portfolio sites have a Domain Rating of 2 or higher.",
      "period": "Pulled 24 September 2026",
      "sample": "Ahrefs API v3, batch-analysis, n=28.",
      "source": "Sunny Patel",
      "sourceUrl": "https://sunnypatel.co.uk/blog/link-building-statistics/",
      "caveat": "Panel context for the Method section.",
      "checked": "2026-09-24",
      "sourceDate": "2026-09-24",
      "sourceDateType": "Published"
    },
    {
      "id": "panel-spike-share",
      "value": "6 of 9",
      "label": "Reviewed panel sites with a month of referring-domain growth over 130",
      "scope": "Portfolio",
      "topic": "Method",
      "statement": "6 of the 9 reviewed panel sites had a single month where referring domains increased by more than 130, within the 12 months to 24 September 2026.",
      "period": "12 months to 24 September 2026",
      "sample": "Ahrefs API v3, refdomains-history, reviewed subset n=9.",
      "source": "Sunny Patel",
      "sourceUrl": "https://sunnypatel.co.uk/blog/link-building-statistics/",
      "caveat": "Small n; reviewed subset selected by Domain Rating, not randomly.",
      "checked": "2026-09-24",
      "sourceDate": "2026-09-24",
      "sourceDateType": "Published"
    },
    {
      "id": "panel-anchor-flag-share",
      "value": "8 of 9",
      "label": "Reviewed panel sites with a flagged anchor pattern",
      "scope": "Portfolio",
      "topic": "Method",
      "statement": "The saved anchor review flagged sampled anchors containing backlink-sales terms or references to the same SEO vendor on 8 of 9 reviewed sites.",
      "period": "Pulled 24 September 2026",
      "sample": "Ahrefs API v3, site-explorer-anchors, reviewed subset n=9.",
      "source": "Sunny Patel",
      "sourceUrl": "https://sunnypatel.co.uk/blog/link-building-statistics/",
      "caveat": "Sample of the largest anchor clusters per site, not exhaustive. Anchor wording cannot prove who placed a link.",
      "checked": "2026-09-24",
      "sourceDate": "2026-09-24",
      "sourceDateType": "Published"
    },
    {
      "id": "panel-median-dr",
      "value": "0.6",
      "label": "Median Domain Rating across the 28-site portfolio panel",
      "scope": "Portfolio",
      "topic": "Method",
      "statement": "Median Domain Rating across 28 owned portfolio sites was 0.6.",
      "period": "Pulled 24 September 2026",
      "sample": "Ahrefs API v3, batch-analysis, mode=subdomains, protocol=both, n=28.",
      "source": "Sunny Patel",
      "sourceUrl": "https://sunnypatel.co.uk/blog/link-building-statistics/",
      "caveat": "Domain Rating is Ahrefs' own third-party metric, not a Google ranking signal.",
      "checked": "2026-09-24",
      "sourceDate": "2026-09-24",
      "sourceDateType": "Published"
    },
    {
      "id": "panel-median-refdomains",
      "value": "601.5",
      "label": "Median referring domains across the 28-site portfolio panel",
      "scope": "Portfolio",
      "topic": "Method",
      "statement": "Median referring domains across the same 28-site panel was 601.5.",
      "period": "Pulled 24 September 2026",
      "sample": "Ahrefs API v3, batch-analysis, n=28.",
      "source": "Sunny Patel",
      "sourceUrl": "https://sunnypatel.co.uk/blog/link-building-statistics/",
      "caveat": "Includes the anchor pattern described in the post; not a link building benchmark on its own.",
      "checked": "2026-09-24",
      "sourceDate": "2026-09-24",
      "sourceDateType": "Published"
    },
    {
      "id": "panel-median-dofollow-share",
      "value": "10.5%",
      "label": "Median dofollow share of referring domains across the panel",
      "scope": "Portfolio",
      "topic": "Method",
      "statement": "Median dofollow share was 10.5%, calculated per site as dofollow referring domains divided by total referring domains, then taking the median of those 28 ratios.",
      "period": "Pulled 24 September 2026",
      "sample": "Ahrefs API v3, batch-analysis, n=28.",
      "source": "Sunny Patel",
      "sourceUrl": "https://sunnypatel.co.uk/blog/link-building-statistics/",
      "caveat": "Panel context for the Method section.",
      "checked": "2026-09-24",
      "sourceDate": "2026-09-24",
      "sourceDateType": "Published"
    }
  ]
}