Q3 2026 Edition
Affiliate Cookie Duration Benchmarks
Disclosed cookie windows overall and by niche, with unknown values excluded. This edition analyzes 140 live programs frozen on August 17, 2026.
Methodology and limitations
Scope: The verified live programs in AffRanker's index; these figures are not a claim about the entire affiliate industry.
Inclusion: Live programs only. Each brand-network variant is one program. Unknown values are excluded from field-specific calculations.
Small samples: Rows with fewer than 5 known observations are suppressed.
Limits: Coverage varies by field and network. Headline terms may differ from approved or negotiated terms.
Data range: 2026-08-03 to 2026-08-17 · 15 real daily snapshots.
Edition rule: Numbers are frozen for this edition and update only when a new edition is published.
Frozen edition chart
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| Category | Value |
|---|---|
| AI Chatbots | 60 · n=7 |
| Marketing Tools | 60 · n=11 |
| SaaS & B2B | 60 · n=26 |
| Software & Apps | 60 · n=15 |
| AI Tools | 45 · n=13 |
| Hosting & Domains | 45 · n=8 |
Cookie windows differ by niche
This edition compares only disclosed cookie windows. Programs without a public duration remain in the index but are excluded from the distribution.
A longer cookie is not the only conversion signal
Cookie duration matters most when consideration cycles are long. Brand demand, landing-page quality, and attribution rules can outweigh the headline window.
Source table
Edition data
| p25 | p75 | name | median | average | known n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37.5 | 60 | AI Chatbots | 60 | 57.9 | 7 |
| 45 | 75 | Marketing Tools | 60 | 70.9 | 11 |
| 45 | 82.5 | SaaS & B2B | 60 | 70.4 | 26 |
| 37.5 | 75 | Software & Apps | 60 | 66 | 15 |
| 30 | 60 | AI Tools | 45 | 48.5 | 13 |
| 30 | 67.5 | Hosting & Domains | 45 | 63.8 | 8 |
Cite this
Use the frozen edition
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AffRanker, “Affiliate Cookie Duration Benchmarks,” Q3 2026 Edition, 140 programs analyzed, https://affranker.com/data/cookie-duration-benchmarks.<a href="https://affranker.com/data/cookie-duration-benchmarks"><img src="https://affranker.com/data-assets/cookie-duration-benchmarks.png" alt="Affiliate Cookie Duration Benchmarks" /></a>
Edition history
Changelog
Inaugural edition. Data range 2026-08-03 to 2026-08-17.
Data-to-catalog authority paths