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Top 100 indexable startup directories ranked by Ahrefs DR - prioritise high-DR dofollow targets before you burn hours on submissions.

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Highest DR on the board: 100

79 elite (DR 80+) · 21 strong (60-79) · 0 solid (40-59) · 38 dofollow · 74 free to submit in this Top 100

Leaderboard

Top 100 by Ahrefs DR

Each row links to our indexable directory review. DR scores prefer the live Ahrefs cache when available.

01

Chrome Web Store

chromewebstore.google.com·elite

100DR
FreeNo
02

Google Business Profile

google.com·elite

100DR
FreeYes
03

Trustpilot

trustpilot.com·elite

94DR
FreemiumNo
04

Unsplash

unsplash.com·elite

94DR
FreeYes
05

Women in Technology

witchat.github.io·elite

94DR
FreeNo
06

Better Business BureaU

bbb.org·elite

93DR
FreeYes
07

FMHY

fmhy.pages.dev·elite

93DR
FreeYes
08

SourceForge

sourceforge.net·elite

93DR
FreeYes
09

AI Toolhouse

aitoolhouse.gumroad.com·elite

92DR
PaidYes
10

Notion Marketplace

notion.so·elite

92DR
FreemiumNo
11

Slack App Directory

slack.com·elite

92DR
FreeNo
12

Tech | Time

time.com·elite

92DR
FreeNo
13

BostInno Startups, Tech News and Events

bizjournals.com·elite

91DR
FreeNo
14

Capterra

capterra.com·elite

91DR
FreemiumYes
15

Clutch

clutch.co·elite

91DR
FreeNo
16

Crunchbase

crunchbase.com·elite

91DR
FreemiumNo
17

CrunchBase News

news.crunchbase.com·elite

91DR
FreeNo
18

DEV Community

dev.to·elite

91DR
FreeYes
19

G2

g2.com·elite

91DR
FreemiumYes
20

Hacker News

news.ycombinator.com·elite

91DR
FreeNo
21

Neil Patel AI Tools Directory

neilpatel.com·elite

91DR
FreeNo
22

Product Hunt

producthunt.com·elite

91DR
FreeNo
23

Spotlight by Y Combinator

ycombinator.com·elite

91DR
FreeNo
24

Zapier App Directory

zapier.com·elite

91DR
FreeNo
25

Angie's List

angieslist.com·elite

90DR
FreeYes
26

Firebase

firebase-community.appspot.com·elite

90DR
FreeNo
27

Make App Directory

make.com·elite

90DR
FreeNo
28

MIT Technology Review

technologyreview.com·elite

90DR
FreeNo
29

n8n Integrations

n8n.io·elite

90DR
FreeYes
30

Smashing Magazine

smashingmagazine.com·elite

90DR
FreeNo
31

Awwwards

awwwards.com·elite

89DR
PaidNo
32

Open Collective

opencollective.com·elite

89DR
FreeNo
33

BuzzFeed News

buzzfeednews.com·elite

88DR
FreeNo
34

Devpost

devpost.com·elite

88DR
FreeNo
35

Angellist

angel.co·elite

87DR
FreeYes
36

FinancesOnline

financesonline.com·elite

87DR
FreeNo
37

GoodFirms

goodfirms.co·elite

87DR
FreeNo
38

MakeUseOf

makeuseof.com·elite

87DR
FreeNo
39

Software Advice

softwareadvice.com·elite

87DR
PaidYes
40

Wellfound (AngelList)

wellfound.com·elite

87DR
FreeNo
41

Built In

builtin.com·elite

86DR
PaidNo
42

Cloud Native Computing Foundation

slack.cncf.io·elite

86DR
FreeNo
43

Geek Wire

geekwire.com·elite

86DR
PaidYes
44

Manta

manta.com·elite

86DR
FreeYes
45

SitePoint Forums

sitepoint.com·elite

86DR
FreeNo
46

Softonic

softonic.com·elite

86DR
FreeNo
47

The Register UK

theregister.co.uk·elite

86DR
FreeNo
48

Babel Slack

slack.babeljs.io·elite

85DR
FreeNo
49

GetApp

getapp.com·elite

85DR
FreemiumYes
50

TrustRadius

trustradius.com·elite

85DR
FreemiumNo
51

Yourstory

yourstory.com·elite

85DR
PaidNo
52

Fazier

fazier.com·elite

84DR
FreeYes
53

Startup Fame

startupfa.me·elite

84DR
FreeYes
54

AppSumo

appsumo.com·elite

83DR
PaidConditional
55

Business Insider India

businessinsider.in·elite

83DR
FreeNo
56

CodeProject

codeproject.com·elite

83DR
FreeYes
57

F6S

f6s.com·elite

83DR
FreeNo
58

Hashnode

hashnode.com·elite

83DR
FreeNo
59

MarketingProfs

marketingprofs.com·elite

83DR
FreeNo
60

Pipedream Sources

pipedream.com·elite

83DR
FreeNo
61

Dang.ai

dang.ai·elite

82DR
FreeNo
62

Findly.tools

findly.tools·elite

82DR
FreeNo
63

Indie Hackers

indiehackers.com·elite

82DR
FreeNo
64

Sitejabber

sitejabber.com·elite

82DR
FreemiumNo
65

Startup Digest: More Than Just a Newsletter | Techstars

techstars.com·elite

82DR
FreeNo
66

Tech in Asia

techinasia.com·elite

82DR
FreeYes
67

Tech.co

tech.co·elite

82DR
PaidNo
68

AlternativeTo

alternativeto.net·elite

81DR
FreeNo
69

EZLocal

ezlocal.com·elite

81DR
FreeYes
70

Hotfrog

hotfrog.com·elite

81DR
FreeNo
71

Inc42

inc42.com·elite

81DR
FreeNo
72

OECD AI

oecd.ai·elite

81DR
FreeYes
73

Read.cv

read.cv·elite

81DR
FreeYes
74

Smart Customer

smartcustomer.com·elite

81DR
PaidYes
75

Turbo0

turbo0.com·elite

81DR
PaidYes
76

Bing Places

bingplaces.com·elite

80DR
FreeNo
77

Brownbook

brownbook.net·elite

80DR
FreeYes
78

Css Design Awards

cssdesignawards.com·elite

80DR
PaidYes
79

SaaSHub

saashub.com·elite

80DR
FreeYes
80

Comparably

comparably.com·strong

79DR
FreeYes
81

EU Tech

tech.eu·strong

79DR
FreeNo
82

Geekflare Tools

geekflare.com·strong

79DR
PaidNo
83

Index by Dodo Payments

index.dodopayments.com·strong

79DR
FreemiumYes
84

One Page Love

onepagelove.com·strong

79DR
PaidNo
85

Stackshare

stackshare.io·strong

79DR
FreeYes
86

ToolPilot.ai

toolpilot.ai·strong

79DR
FreeYes
87

WeWorkRemotely Resources

weworkremotely.com·strong

79DR
PaidNo
88

Betakit

betakit.com·strong

78DR
PaidYes
89

Changelog

changelog.com·strong

78DR
FreeNo
90

Designspiration

designspiration.com·strong

78DR
FreeNo
91

EU-Startups

eu-startups.com·strong

78DR
FreeYes
92

People Ops & HR Community

lattice.com·strong

78DR
FreeNo
93

Show Me Local

showmelocal.com·strong

78DR
FreeYes
94

SoftwareSuggest

softwaresuggest.com·strong

78DR
FreeNo
95

Technology Advice

technologyadvice.com·strong

78DR
PaidYes
96

Tracxn

tracxn.com·strong

78DR
FreeYes
97

BetaList

betalist.com·strong

77DR
FreemiumNo
98

e27

e27.co·strong

77DR
FreeNo
99

findstack

findstack.com·strong

77DR
FreeYes
100

Growth Hackers

growthhackers.com·strong

77DR
FreeNo

FAQ

About this leaderboard

How is this leaderboard ranked?

By Ahrefs Domain Rating (0-100), highest first. Only directories that pass our indexable quality gate appear - media sites, social hosts, and thin duplicates are excluded. Live DR is merged when the Ahrefs cache has a fresher score.

Is this different from /directories?

Yes. /directories is the full filterable archive (~1k curated rows). This page is a focused Top 100 of indexable, high-DR submission targets with editorial context - built for the "highest DR directories" query.

What does dofollow mean here?

Dofollow means the directory's listing link can pass ranking equity. Prefer Yes when your goal is a real backlink; Conditional often means editorial or paid tiers only.

Is there a machine-readable version?

Yes. GET https://www.scrolllaunch.com/api/directories/leaderboard?limit=25 returns JSON, and MCP clients can call get_directories_dr_leaderboard on https://www.scrolllaunch.com/api/mcp. Prefer those over scraping this HTML table.

Skip the low-DR grind

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