Gaming affiliate commission rates
The median Gaming affiliate program publishes a top commission rate of 4%, measured across the 301 Gaming programs in this registry that publish a percentage — half of them fall between 3% and 7%, and the top tenth publish 12% or more. Figures as of 2026-08-29.
How Gaming commission rates are distributed
| Published rate | Programs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 0–10% | 256 | 85% |
| 10–20% | 24 | 8% |
| 20–30% | 9 | 3% |
| 30–40% | 3 | 1% |
| 40–50% | 3 | 1% |
| 50–60% | 2 | 1% |
| 60–70% | 3 | 1% |
| 80–90% | 1 | 0% |
Bands cover the 301 programs with a published percentage. A program publishing a span is placed by the top of it.
Percentage rates or flat payouts?
Of the 1,959 Gaming programs tracked, 301 publish a percentage and 957 publish a flat payout in US dollars. The median flat payout is $0.55, with the top tenth from $7.32. 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 95 programs that state one (5% of the category).
Gaming commission rates by specialism
| Specialism | Programs with a rate | Median top rate | Top 10% from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online Games | 190 | 3% | 9% |
How Gaming compares with other niches
By median top rate, Gaming ranks 21 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% |
Gaming affiliate commission: common questions
What is the average Gaming affiliate commission?
- The median is 4% across the 301 Gaming affiliate programs in this registry that publish a percentage. Half pay between 3% and 7%, and the top tenth publish 12% 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 Gaming?
- The 0–10% band holds the most programs: 256 of 301 (85%).
Do Gaming affiliate programs pay a percentage or a flat fee?
- Both, and flat fees are common here: 301 programs publish a percentage and 957 publish a flat payout in US dollars. The median flat payout is $0.55, with the top tenth from $7.32.
How long is a Gaming affiliate cookie?
- The median published cookie window is 30 days, across the 95 Gaming programs that state one. The rest publish no window, which is not the same as having none.
Does Gaming pay more than other affiliate niches?
- By median top rate, Gaming ranks 21 of the 21 categories measured here. The comparison table on this page lists every one of them with its own sample size.
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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