• 81% of brands rely on affiliate programs to improve their business.
• Awin affiliates earned over $700 million last year
• Affiliate marketing worth $12 billion as of now.
• Affiliate programs contribute 30% of revenue for the companies.
• For marketers and advertisers, affiliate programs generate 15%–30 % of sales
• Affiliate marketing hit $6.8 billion by 2020.
• Since 2015, revenue from affiliate marketing programs grows by 10% annually. The projections are this impressive trend to continue at least until 2021.
• About 48.36% of affiliate marketers are earning $20k per year while only 3% are earning over $150k per year
• Companies have allocated 15% of all marketing budgets to affiliate marketing.
• Some of the best affiliate programs are to be found in web hosting
• Around 84% of content publishers monetize their web traffic by leveraging affiliate marketing.
• Affiliate marketing is suitable for all ages
• The majority of affiliate marketers promote between 1 to 10 products only.
• 84% of bloggers use affiliate marketing to grow the audience.
• 84% of publishers use affiliate marketing.
• 80% of brands use affiliate marketing to generate leads.
• 40% of marketers think that affiliate marketing is a crucial skill to have.
• 73% of the merchants reported that their affiliate revenue met their needs.
• The affiliate marketer’s content pool has grown by 175%.
• 67.32% of affiliate marketers connect with customers using social media.
• 64.48% of the affiliate marketers blog to generate traffic.

(Source: Hosting Tribunal)