Dating affiliate commission rates
The median Dating affiliate program publishes a top commission rate of 50%, measured across the 588 Dating programs in this registry that publish a percentage — half of them fall between 24% and 80%, and the top tenth publish 90% or more. Figures as of 2026-08-29.
How Dating commission rates are distributed
| Published rate | Programs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 0–10% | 17 | 3% |
| 10–20% | 31 | 5% |
| 20–30% | 114 | 19% |
| 30–40% | 42 | 7% |
| 40–50% | 83 | 14% |
| 50–60% | 106 | 18% |
| 60–70% | 19 | 3% |
| 70–80% | 18 | 3% |
| 80–90% | 17 | 3% |
| 90–100% | 141 | 24% |
Bands cover the 588 programs with a published percentage. A program publishing a span is placed by the top of it.
Percentage rates or flat payouts?
Of the 8,467 Dating programs tracked, 588 publish a percentage and 4,621 publish a flat payout in US dollars. The median flat payout is $3.40, with the top tenth from $23. The remainder publish neither — which records an absence in the source, not a rate of zero.
Cookie windows and recurring commission
The median published cookie window is 30 days, across the 51 programs that state one (1% of the category). 12 publish recurring commission and 5 publish lifetime attribution.
How Dating compares with other niches
By median top rate, Dating ranks 4 of the 21 categories measured.
| Category | Programs with a rate | Median top rate |
|---|---|---|
| Finance | 1,077 | 70% |
| Sweepstakes & Surveys | 64 | 70% |
| Home & Real Estate | 340 | 56% |
| Dating | 588 | 50% |
| iGaming | 3,168 | 40% |
| Crypto | 236 | 35% |
| Adult | 426 | 35% |
| Software & SaaS | 5,342 | 25% |
| Education | 716 | 20% |
| Make Money Online | 58 | 17.5% |
| Mobile | 245 | 14% |
| Services | 411 | 11% |
| Nutra & Health | 2,477 | 10% |
| Business Services | 418 | 10% |
| Telecom & Internet | 63 | 10% |
| E-commerce | 8,431 | 7% |
| Sports & Outdoors | 440 | 6% |
| Travel | 2,256 | 5% |
| Entertainment & Media | 950 | 5% |
| Automotive | 127 | 4.8% |
| Gaming | 301 | 4% |
Dating affiliate commission: common questions
What is the average Dating affiliate commission?
- The median is 50% across the 588 Dating affiliate programs in this registry that publish a percentage. Half pay between 24% and 80%, and the top tenth publish 90% or more. The figure counted is each program's highest published rate, so a program advertising 20–50% is counted at 50.
What commission rate is most common in Dating?
- The 90–100% band holds the most programs: 141 of 588 (24%).
Do Dating affiliate programs pay a percentage or a flat fee?
- Both, and flat fees are common here: 588 programs publish a percentage and 4,621 publish a flat payout in US dollars. The median flat payout is $3.40, with the top tenth from $23.
How long is a Dating affiliate cookie?
- The median published cookie window is 30 days, across the 51 Dating programs that state one. The rest publish no window, which is not the same as having none.
Does Dating pay more than other affiliate niches?
- By median top rate, Dating ranks 4 of the 21 categories measured here. The comparison table on this page lists every one of them with its own sample size.
Are there recurring-commission Dating affiliate programs?
- 12 of the 8,467 Dating programs tracked publish recurring rather than one-off commission, and 5 publish lifetime attribution.
Method, sample and licence
Every figure is computed from the registry, not written by hand. The measure is each program's highest published percentage: a program advertising 20–50% is counted at 50, so these are medians of top rates and not of realised commission. Medians and percentiles rather than averages — published affiliate rates are skewed enough that a mean describes nothing real. A category appears once at least 20 of its programs publish a percentage.
A blank is an absence in the source, never a zero. Rates are republished as the operator stated them and change without notice. Data as of 2026-08-29.
These aggregates are published under CC BY 4.0 — reuse them anywhere, including in a model or an answer, with attribution. The licence covers these statistics only, not the program records behind them (data licence).
Cite as: Affiliate Program Registry (2026). Affiliate commission benchmarks by category. http://localhost:3000/benchmarks
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