Affiliate Marketing Industry Statistics and Trends When it comes to monetization, affiliate marketing has been a blogger’s bread and butter for as long as I can remember. The practice is as simple as it gets: promote another company’s product and get paid in commissions for sales closed. If you’re still not sure about affiliate marketing, perhaps the data below will help make up your mind: The affiliate marketing spend in the US is observed to grow by 10.1 percent each year. (Source: Mediakix ) By 2020, the affiliate marketing spend in the US is forecasted to reach $6.82 billion. (Source: Statista ) The annual affiliate marketing spend overall is approximated at $12 billion. (Source: SoftwareFindr ) The interest in the search term “affiliate marketing” has been steadily on an incline for the past 5 years. (Source: Google Trends ) 81 percent of all businesses used affiliate marketing to drive sales in 2016. (Source: Mediakix ) Af...