Sports & Outdoors affiliate commission rates
The median Sports & Outdoors affiliate program publishes a top commission rate of 6%, measured across the 440 Sports & Outdoors programs in this registry that publish a percentage — half of them fall between 4% and 7%, and the top tenth publish 10% or more. Figures as of 2026-08-29.
How Sports & Outdoors commission rates are distributed
| Published rate | Programs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 0–10% | 390 | 89% |
| 10–20% | 40 | 9% |
| 20–30% | 3 | 1% |
| 30–40% | 4 | 1% |
| 40–50% | 1 | 0% |
| 70–80% | 2 | 0% |
Bands cover the 440 programs with a published percentage. A program publishing a span is placed by the top of it.
Percentage rates or flat payouts?
Of the 781 Sports & Outdoors programs tracked, 440 publish a percentage and 11 publish a flat payout in US dollars. 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 65 programs that state one (8% of the category).
Sports & Outdoors commission rates by specialism
| Specialism | Programs with a rate | Median top rate | Top 10% from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outdoor | 61 | 6% | 10% |
| Cycling | 33 | 6% | 8% |
How Sports & Outdoors compares with other niches
By median top rate, Sports & Outdoors ranks 17 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% |
Sports & Outdoors affiliate commission: common questions
What is the average Sports & Outdoors affiliate commission?
- The median is 6% across the 440 Sports & Outdoors affiliate programs in this registry that publish a percentage. Half pay between 4% and 7%, and the top tenth publish 10% 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 Sports & Outdoors?
- The 0–10% band holds the most programs: 390 of 440 (89%).
How long is a Sports & Outdoors affiliate cookie?
- The median published cookie window is 30 days, across the 65 Sports & Outdoors programs that state one. The rest publish no window, which is not the same as having none.
Does Sports & Outdoors pay more than other affiliate niches?
- By median top rate, Sports & Outdoors ranks 17 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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