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title: "Impact vs Refersion: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Impact or Refersion? 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 vs Refersion: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Impact or Refersion? 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 and Refersion
- **Competitive set**: Partner marketing platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Impact Share of Search**: 18.6%
- **Refersion Share of Search**: 9.1%

## Which is more popular in search, Impact or Refersion?

- In August 2026, Impact had more branded searches than Refersion among partner marketing platforms worldwide. Impact was estimated to have 6.6K branded searches compared to Refersion’s 3.2K, and held an 18.6% Share of Search versus Refersion’s 9.1%.
- Impact was ahead of Refersion in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Impact’s estimated Share of Search among partner marketing platforms worldwide moved from 17.1% to 18.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 6.6K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Refersion’s estimated Share of Search among partner marketing platforms worldwide moved from 12.1% to 9.1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 4.7K to 3.2K.

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

- In August 2026, Impact gained estimated Share of Search among partner marketing platforms worldwide, from 17.8% to 18.6%.
- In August 2026, Refersion gained estimated Share of Search among partner marketing platforms worldwide, from 8.5% to 9.1%.

## Month by month

| Month | Impact estimated searches | Impact Share of Search | Impact rank | Refersion estimated searches | Refersion Share of Search | Refersion rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 6.6K | 17.1% | 3 | 4.7K | 12.1% | 4 |
| Nov 2025 | 6.6K | 17.1% | 3 | 4.6K | 11.9% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | 6.6K | 18.3% | 3 | 3.8K | 10.4% | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | 6.6K | 15% | 3 | 3.8K | 8.7% | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | 6.6K | 17.5% | 3 | 3.8K | 10.1% | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | 6.6K | 14% | 3 | 3.9K | 8.2% | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | 6.6K | 15.7% | 3 | 3.9K | 9.2% | 4 |
| May 2026 | 6.6K | 15.6% | 3 | 3.9K | 9.1% | 4 |
| Jun 2026 | 6.6K | 16.4% | 3 | 3.9K | 9.7% | 4 |
| Jul 2026 | 6.6K | 17.8% | 3 | 3.2K | 8.5% | 4 |
| Aug 2026 | 6.6K | 18.6% | 3 | 3.2K | 9.1% | 4 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Impact’s and Refersion’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**: Measured on the search term “impact affiliate”.
- **Refersion**: Measured on the search terms “refersion” and “refersion affiliate”, summed into one figure.

- [Impact profile](/demand/global-en/brands/impact)
- [Refersion profile](/demand/global-en/brands/refersion)
- [All partner marketing platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/partner-marketing-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 5 brands.

## Methodology

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

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is more popular in search, Impact or Refersion?

In August 2026, Impact had more branded searches than Refersion among partner marketing platforms worldwide. Impact was estimated to have 6.6K branded searches compared to Refersion’s 3.2K, and held an 18.6% Share of Search versus Refersion’s 9.1%.

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