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Voice of the Affiliate Nation 2026: Publisher & Affiliate Survey
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Welcome to the Affiliate & Partner Marketing Association's 2026 publisher survey.
Your anonymised feedback is used to shape our annual 'Voice of the Affiliate Nation' report, the industry's only qualitative survey that explores the state of the affiliate industry in the UK. We also consider it when deciding our future project roadmap.
There are 23 questions, and you can skip any you don't want to answer. You can also fill in the survey anonymously, but we'll send you a full digest of the results if you provide your contact details.
We will not share the data with any third parties, and no comments or answers will be attributed to you or your business.
As a thank you we will donate £1 for every fully completed survey to the KSS Air Ambulance Service (
https://aakss.org.uk/
).
You'll also receive a FREE copy of the 90+ page State of the Affiliate Nation Report, previously only available to APMA members.
Last year's Voice of the Affiliate Nation report is also available here
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A. About your business
Name
Company Name
Q1. What best describes the size of your business (by total number of employees)?
A
1-10 employees
B
11-50 employees
C
51-200 employees
D
201+ employees
Q2. During the past 12 months, has the number of people working in your UK affiliate and partner marketing business…?
A
Increased significantly
B
Increased slightly
C
Stayed approximately the same
D
Decreased slightly
E
Decreased significantly
Q3. If you had to classify your affiliate business by a primary method of promotion, which one would you choose (Please select only the primary method)?
A
Content, editorial or reviews
B
Cashback or loyalty
C
Voucher, discount or promotional codes
D
Comparison or CSS
E
Influencer or creator activity
F
Technology partner or SaaS
G
Email or newsletter
H
Paid search
I
Display or retargeting
J
Brand-to-brand partnerships
K
Card-linked offers
L
Employee benefits or closed-user groups
M
Lead generation
N
Subnetwork
O
Other
Q4. Which of the following methods and activities, if any, does your affiliate business use to promote advertisers (Select ALL that apply)?
SEO
Emails/Newsletters
PPC
TikTok
Instagram
Facebook
WhatsApp
Other social media
CSS
Vouchers/Coupons
Price Comparison
Card-linked Offers
Editorial
Technology (e.g. onsite abandonment)
AI
Toolbars
Display
Mobile App
Lead Generation
Blogs
YouTube
Promotions/Community
Remarketing
Dedicated referral platform
Reviews
Bing advertisement
Other
Q5. Does classifying publishers by one primary promotional method accurately reflect how your business operates?
A
Yes, accurately
B
Partially, but it oversimplifies our activity
C
No, our activity spans several models
D
No, the current classifications are outdated
E
Not sure
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