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title: "impact.com vs PartnerStack: Which is searched more?"
description: "Is impact.com or PartnerStack more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Partner marketing platforms set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
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# impact.com vs PartnerStack: Which is searched more?

Is impact.com or PartnerStack more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Partner marketing platforms set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Compared**: impact.com and PartnerStack
- **Competitive set**: Partner marketing platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **impact.com Share of Search**: 20.5%
- **PartnerStack Share of Search**: 25.8%

## Is impact.com or PartnerStack more popular in search?

- In September 2026, PartnerStack had more branded searches than impact.com among partner marketing platforms worldwide. PartnerStack had about 18,500 branded searches, while impact.com had 14,700. PartnerStack made up 25.8% of all partner marketing platform searches we track, and impact.com accounted for 20.5%.
- PartnerStack was ahead of impact.com in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, impact.com’s share of searches among partner marketing platforms worldwide moved from 21.2% to 20.5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 14.7K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, PartnerStack’s share of searches among partner marketing platforms worldwide moved from 26.6% to 25.8%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 18.4K to 18.5K.

## Top partner marketing platforms in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, PartnerStack appeared in all five answers. impact.com was mentioned in four out of five: in all three ChatGPT answers and in one of the two Google AI Overviews. PartnerStack was listed before impact.com in three out of four answers.

Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options.

| Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PartnerStack | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| impact.com | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Everflow | 3rd | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Rewardful | 4th | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Partnerize | 5th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Refersion | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Tune | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |

## Every AI answer about partner marketing platforms

- Asked ChatGPT "Which partner marketing platform should I use?": 1. PartnerStack, 2. impact.com, 3. Everflow, 4. Rewardful
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best partner marketing platforms?": 1. PartnerStack, 2. impact.com, 3. Everflow, 4. Rewardful
- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best partner marketing platform for partner programmes?": 1. PartnerStack, 2. impact.com
- Searched Google, AI Overview "partner management software": 1. PartnerStack
- Searched Google, AI Overview "partner marketing platform": 1. impact.com, 2. PartnerStack, 3. Partnerize

Not named in any answer: Refersion and Tune.

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 21, 2026.

## How did search popularity change for partner marketing platforms worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Everflow overtook PartnerStack to become the leader among partner marketing platforms worldwide, with 31% of the searches.
- In September 2026, PartnerStack lost share of searches among partner marketing platforms worldwide, from 27.7% to 25.8%.
- In September 2026, impact.com lost share of searches among partner marketing platforms worldwide, from 21.9% to 20.5%.

## Month by month

| Month | impact.com estimated searches | impact.com Share of Search | impact.com rank | PartnerStack estimated searches | PartnerStack Share of Search | PartnerStack rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 14.7K | 21.2% | 3 | 18.4K | 26.6% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 14.7K | 21% | 3 | 18.4K | 26.3% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 13.2K | 19.9% | 3 | 18.4K | 27.8% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 14.7K | 19.2% | 3 | 22.7K | 29.6% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 14.7K | 20.8% | 3 | 18.5K | 26.2% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 14.7K | 18.4% | 3 | 28K | 35% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 14.7K | 19.6% | 3 | 22.8K | 30.4% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 14.7K | 19.6% | 3 | 22.7K | 30.2% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 13.2K | 18.7% | 3 | 22.7K | 32.2% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 14.7K | 21.4% | 3 | 18.6K | 27.1% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 14.7K | 21.9% | 3 | 18.6K | 27.7% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | 14.7K | 20.5% | 3 | 18.5K | 25.8% | 2 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using impact.com’s and PartnerStack’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **impact.com**: Measured on the search terms “impact affiliate” and “impact.com”, summed into one figure.
- **PartnerStack**: Measured on the search terms “partnerstack” and “partnerstack affiliate”, summed into one figure.

- [impact.com profile](/demand/global-en/brands/impact-com)
- [PartnerStack profile](/demand/global-en/brands/partnerstack)
- [All partner marketing platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/partner-marketing-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 7 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is impact.com or PartnerStack more popular in search?

In September 2026, PartnerStack had more branded searches than impact.com among partner marketing platforms worldwide. PartnerStack had about 18,500 branded searches, while impact.com had 14,700. PartnerStack made up 25.8% of all partner marketing platform searches we track, and impact.com accounted for 20.5%.

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