iGaming affiliate commission rates
The median iGaming affiliate program publishes a top commission rate of 40%, measured across the 3,168 iGaming programs in this registry that publish a percentage — half of them fall between 30% and 50%, and the top tenth publish 50% or more. Figures as of 2026-08-29.
How iGaming commission rates are distributed
| Published rate | Programs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 0–10% | 20 | 1% |
| 10–20% | 61 | 2% |
| 20–30% | 529 | 17% |
| 30–40% | 527 | 17% |
| 40–50% | 954 | 30% |
| 50–60% | 828 | 26% |
| 60–70% | 193 | 6% |
| 70–80% | 34 | 1% |
| 80–90% | 14 | 0% |
| 90–100% | 8 | 0% |
Bands cover the 3,168 programs with a published percentage. A program publishing a span is placed by the top of it.
Percentage rates or flat payouts?
Of the 17,633 iGaming programs tracked, 3,168 publish a percentage and 6,874 publish a flat payout in US dollars. The median flat payout is $90, with the top tenth from $222. 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 510 programs that state one (3% of the category). 1,081 publish recurring commission.
iGaming commission rates by specialism
| Specialism | Programs with a rate | Median top rate | Top 10% from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Betting | 788 | 45% | 60% |
| Casino | 369 | 45% | 55% |
How iGaming compares with other niches
By median top rate, iGaming ranks 5 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% |
iGaming affiliate commission: common questions
What is the average iGaming affiliate commission?
- The median is 40% across the 3,168 iGaming affiliate programs in this registry that publish a percentage. Half pay between 30% and 50%, and the top tenth publish 50% 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 iGaming?
- The 40–50% band holds the most programs: 954 of 3,168 (30%).
Do iGaming affiliate programs pay a percentage or a flat fee?
- Both, and flat fees are common here: 3,168 programs publish a percentage and 6,874 publish a flat payout in US dollars. The median flat payout is $90, with the top tenth from $222.
How long is a iGaming affiliate cookie?
- The median published cookie window is 30 days, across the 510 iGaming programs that state one. The rest publish no window, which is not the same as having none.
Does iGaming pay more than other affiliate niches?
- By median top rate, iGaming ranks 5 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 iGaming affiliate programs?
- 1,081 of the 17,633 iGaming programs tracked publish recurring rather than one-off commission.
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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