We spend a lot of time talking about performance. Usually, that means conversions, customer quality, campaign economics, or what happens farther down the funnel.
This time, we are going to enjoy one number for a minute.
Five.
Affiliati has earned the #5 position in mThink’s 2025/2026 Blue Book ranking of Best CPA Networks, moving up from #7 in the previous cycle. For a company that believes the strongest growth comes from doing good work with good people and then doing it again tomorrow, seeing that progress recognized by the industry means a great deal to us.
We are proud of the ranking. We are even more grateful for the people behind it.
Because a place on a list is nice. Knowing that the people who work with you helped put you there? That hits differently.
A Move Worth Celebrating
The mThink Blue Book has become a longstanding reference point in performance marketing. Its current Best CPA Networks ranking evaluates hundreds of companies, with Affiliati now sitting among the top five.
Going from #7 to #5 matters to us because progress at Affiliati has never been about getting bigger simply for the sake of being bigger. We have focused on building a performance marketplace where strong relationships and measurable outcomes can coexist.
That means being selective about the partnerships we build. It means paying attention when something can be improved. It also means resisting the temptation to treat every relationship like another row in a spreadsheet.
We don’t mind spreadsheets. We just prefer that the people involved remain visible somewhere behind all those cells.
The upward movement feels especially rewarding because it reflects something harder to manufacture than reach: reputation.
Why This Recognition Carries Weight
mThink’s process goes deeper than simply asking which company has the largest footprint.
According to the Blue Book methodology published with the 2025/2026 rankings, mThink draws on an annual survey of more than 20,000 performance marketers, input from its Blue Ribbon Panel of industry experts, and its own research across more than 400 networks. Its evaluation considers factors including reputation, service, reliability, and consistent results.
That combination makes this recognition particularly meaningful.
Performance marketing is an industry where people quickly learn who follows through. Advertisers know when traffic quality holds up after the first conversion. Publishers know which relationships provide useful guidance and dependable support. Everyone remembers how a partner responds when a campaign needs attention.
Those everyday experiences eventually become reputation.
There is no shortcut for that part.
What We Hope Partners Experience From Affiliati
Awards and rankings are most valuable when they reflect what happens in the actual relationship.
For Affiliati, that starts with alignment. Advertisers are looking for qualified customers and measurable returns. Publishers want strong opportunities, useful intelligence, and a partner invested in helping good traffic succeed.
Our role is to help those interests meet productively.
Affiliati’s current offering is built around vetted partners, real-time performance visibility, hands-on optimization, and a compliance-first approach that includes fraud prevention and ongoing monitoring. Dedicated growth managers work with partners as campaigns evolve instead of simply getting an offer live and waving goodbye from the dock.
That last part matters more than it might sound.
Performance partnerships rarely follow a perfectly straight line. Consumer behavior changes. An audience segment surprises you. A campaign finds an unexpected pocket of opportunity, or something that looked promising needs another look.
Good support means being present for those moments.
Built Through Relationships, Proven Through Results
One reason this recognition feels personal is that Affiliati has always placed considerable value on the relationships behind the numbers.
Technology matters enormously. So does reporting. Yet neither can replace the judgment required to understand why one source is outperforming another or the conversation that helps two partners figure out what to do next.
That approach becomes especially important when working across specialized industries, where customer behavior and campaign requirements can differ dramatically from one vertical to another. Affiliati currently supports customer acquisition across areas including financial services, insurance, e-commerce, cybersecurity, legal services, and clinical research, with strategies designed around the realities of each market.
The common thread is pretty simple: understand the objective, pay attention to what the data is saying, and stay close enough to the work to act on it.
That philosophy has shaped how we grow.
Seeing Affiliati move two positions higher in the Blue Book tells us that people in this industry are noticing.
For that, we owe our partners a sincere thank you.
This One Belongs to the People We Work With
A ranking can carry a company name, but it is built on thousands of individual experiences.
It comes from Advertisers trusting us with meaningful acquisition goals. It comes from Publishers choosing to bring their audiences and expertise into the Affiliati Marketplace. It comes from our team staying engaged when an easy answer would be less useful than a thoughtful one.
So while we are absolutely taking a moment to celebrate #5, we see it as recognition of a much larger group.
If you have launched a campaign with us, optimized alongside us, challenged us to improve, referred someone our way, or simply trusted Affiliati with part of your business, you helped build the reputation this ranking represents.
Thank you.
And since performance marketers are constitutionally incapable of looking at a good result without asking how to improve it, naturally we have one more question:
What comes next?
Five Feels Good. We Are Still Climbing.
The next Blue Book survey is now live.
mThink describes the current survey as an opportunity for members of the performance marketing community to help shape the rankings the industry relies on. The survey invites participation from Publishers, Advertisers, agencies, lead buyers, networks, and other professionals across the ecosystem.
We would love to keep moving upward.
More importantly, we want to keep earning the support that makes movement possible.
That means continuing to improve the experience on both sides of the Marketplace. It means listening when our partners tell us what they need. It means staying focused on quality as Affiliati grows.
You can follow what we are learning, building, and talking about in the Affiliati Newsroom, but today we have a much simpler request.
If Affiliati has earned your confidence, we would be grateful for your support in the current Blue Book survey.
Help Us Take the Next Step
Moving from #7 to #5 is something we are genuinely proud of. Getting there with the support of the performance marketing community makes it even better.
Now the next voting cycle is underway, and we would love to see how far we can go together.
If you have worked with Affiliati and believe we have earned your vote, take a couple of minutes to support us in the current mThink Blue Book survey.
Vote for Affiliati in the 2026/2027 Blue Book survey
Thank you for helping us reach #5. We are excited to see where we go from here.
