TopRanked.io Weekly Affiliate Digest: What’s Hot in Affiliate Marketing [Affiliapub Review]

Quick Disclosure: We’re about to tell you how Affiliapub is pretty great. And we really mean it. Just know that if you click on an Affiliapub link, we may earn a small commission. Your choice.

Don’t ask me how, but somehow I fell upon this meme this week.

And that got me thinking.

What if I combined a “pub crawl” (i.e., visiting multiple establishments) with affiliate marketing.

Wanna know what I came up with?

TopRanked.io Affiliate Partner Program of the Week — Affiliapub Review

Smash “affiliate marketing” and “pub” together, and what do you get?

That’s right, you get Affiliapub.

And yes, Affiliapub is a real affiliate program.

And here’s the best bit — with Affiliapub…

Actually, I’ll save the reveal for the next section.

Affiliapub — The Product

Now, remember in the intro how I was talking about combining a “pub crawl” with affiliate marketing?

Well, Affiliapub is precisely that — a pub crawl in an affiliate program.

How so?

Well, when you sign up with Affiliapub, you don’t just get access to one affiliate program.

Affiliapub gives you access to multiple affiliate programs (see, just like an affiliate marketing pub crawl).

Anyway, with that bit out of the way, let’s get to what Affiliapub is actually about (i.e., what affiliate programs you’re gonna get access to once you join Affiliapub).

To do that, let me show you a screen grab right off of the Affiliapub website.

Recognize any of those brands?

Yeah, thought you might — they’re some of the top sportsbook brands (and affiliate programs) on the market.

And with Affiliapub, you can promote all of ‘em with one single signup.

Need I say more about Affiliapub?

Oh, yeah… commissions.

Affiliapub — The Commissions

Now, as Affiliapub is a multi-program affiliate program (and multi-region), there’s no set commission rate for Affiliapub affiliates.

Instead, things are going to vary, starting with your commission plan — CPL, CPA, or Rev Share.

As for the rates on each of those planes, Affiliapub will generally pay you anything up to around $250 on CPL/CPA plans (actual rates will vary depending on CPL vs CPA, brand, and region).

As for rev share, Affiliapub will pay you anywhere up to a 50% cut. But, again, how much Affiliapub actually pays you will depend on a couple of things. This time, on the brand you’re promoting and what you’re actual success rate’s like (more success = bigger commissions).

Finally, in case you didn’t notice in the banner, Affiliapub also has a once-off offer for new affiliates, and the best part is, this is basically free money — Affiliapub pays it in addition to your regular commissions.

The offer I’m talking about is (of course) that little $20 bonus you’ll get for joining Affiliapub.

Now, I know that’s not exactly much, but hey — when it’s free, it’s free. Gotta love Affiliapub for that, don’t ya?

Affiliapub — Next Steps

If any of this Affiliapub talk got you halfway interested (come on, I know it did), then you’ve got two options for what you do next.

Your first option is to head on over to TopRanked.io to check out our in-depth Affiliapub Affiliate Program review.

Alternatively, simply head here to sign up directly with Affiliapub today.

Affiliate News Takeaways

I was browsing YouTube this week, and kept seeing a video in the recommendations.

So I clicked it.

This is the video:

To save you the effort of watching it, video basically goes like this:

• Once upon a time, you followed people… friends, artists… weirdos… whatever/whoever you liked.
• You used to see their content.
• Now, you don’t really follow anyone, and no one really follows you… aside from the algorithm. (The algorithm decides what you see and who sees you)
• Now, less than 10% of your feed is people you know/follow. The rest is viral slop…
• Apparently, TikTok cracked the “don’t let people choose” code… in theory, it pioneered the whole “flood the zone” (and by zone, I mean your feed) with ragebait/booty dances/whatever.
• Now, most people hate it — polls say most young people think it does them more harm than good.
• Therefore, more and more people are quitting. Dumb phones. Offline clubs. Lock-your-phone-in-a-bag concerts. “Digital detoxes” sold like juice cleanses.
• And yet, the platforms can’t stop. They have to juice for infinite growth, so the decline will just go on.

Now, I know, I know.

None of this is especially “new”. We’ve been covering stuff like this for ages, like that one time in our TextMagic Affiliate Program Review edition where we caught the TikTok-in-decline trend before most people were even aware such a thing was possible. (And then the story started to hit more mainstream parts of the press the year after.)

And, and PS… speaking of past editions, there’s something you should know.

Notice that bit in the summary above about “digital detoxes” and stuff like that?

Wanna know how to sell that sort of stuff? (And how to create markets/niches you can own out of thin air?)

Then go take a look at our Health Trader Affiliates Review edition. There, we do a deep dive into “victimhoods” — how they start, how they catch on, and how to sell to them (and how to create them). And just in case you don’t see the victimhood tie-in, think “I’m a victim of the algorithm” (nothing’s too pathetic for the snowflakes these days).

Anyway, I digress.

To get back on topic, people are quitting (or at least, dialling back their use of) social media.

And, this probably isn’t just a temporary trend.

Even Gen Alpha (who’s apparently more cooked than any previous generation… what a surprise…) actually prefer heading outdoors than being online.

True story.

Now, just to be clear here, this isn’t saying they’re not spending time online (they are… a lot…). But, what it is saying is their preferences lean outdoors — 36% want to spend more time with their screens vs 55% who want to be spending more time playing outdoors.

And no, I’m not talking about boomers here.

Those figures come from the same generation that gave us skibidi toilet. (Okay, maybe Gen Alpha really is cooked…)

Anyway, there’s a bit more to this quitting social media thing than just people wanting to go outside and “touch grass”.

If you were paying attention to the video summary I gave before, one of the biggest drivers was “the algorithm”.

People are just sick of getting force-fed rage/click/whatever-bait and AI slop (more on this later).

And that means, some of them are simply migrating elsewhere (online… not outdoors).

So, where are they all going?

Well, this is where it gets harder to track, because, truth be told, they’re kinda going “everywhere”.

There are some obvious candidates here. E.g., Discord keeps ticking up — it grew 12% in the last year, from 585 million users in 2024 to 656 million this year.

But there’s also plenty of other stuff happening too. And maybe one of the biggest trends here is towards more niche-/creator-oriented platforms.

A recent Axios report highlighted this exodus. It noted people heading to alternate platforms like Substack, Patreon, Beehiiv, and OnlyFans (which, BTW, is pivoting towards a more all-inclusive platform… or, at least its founder is… he’s now building Subs).

And Axios isn’t the only one noting this trend, either.

Here’s another report from Favs HQ about the exodus towards “private social apps”.

And here’s another one from Patreon itself — its State of Create report.

Oh, and that report is interesting for more than one reason. Notably, it includes “fan” surveys, which found a few interesting things.

For example, here’s one finding on “what people want vs what people get”:

Here’s the bit about “what they get”:

And here’s the bit about “what they want”:

That alone gives us at least some insight into what peoples’ problems with “the algorithm” actually are (besides the cliched “because I don’t see who I followed” line we’ve all heard before).

But that’s not the only thing that’s driving people away from “the algorithm”.

There’s a very specific type of content “the algorithm” has been increasingly serving up that’s starting to get more and more of a backlash.

And no, it’s not those short-form Shorts/Reels/etc. we saw above.

What I’m talking about here is AI slop. (Even if boomers apparently still love it…)

Now, this isn’t a “new” thing by any means — “creators” have been revolting against AI for a while now.

And people have been “less engaged” by AI content for a while now, too — there’s plenty of studies about this, like this one from last year.

But now, this “less engaged” thing is starting to take a harder turn.

Users are no longer just feeling less engaged.

They’re actually starting to experience “fatigue”, if I can borrow a word from a MarTech headline from this week.

Here’s that headline: AI fatigue is real, and it’s costing brands more than engagement

Now, granted. That article is about AI hurting brands’ marketing efforts, so it’s not really to do with social media content. (Even if it does open with a social media anecdote from the author.)

Now, whether this backlash is permanent or not is another question. The MarTech article’s author seems to write it off as the “Gartner Hype Cycle”.

But I’m reluctant to think it’s that.

Here’s the thing. The AI backlash isn’t a “tech adoption” problem. Gen Z, for instance, actually kinda loves using AI.

Rather, the AI backlash is more of a culture problem — it’s the mass-produced slop that people are starting to get fatigued with.

And that makes it more of a taste/trend/culture type of problem, which, need I remind you, doesn’t follow the “Gartner Hype Cycle”, even if the front end growth looks similar.

Usually, when it’s taste/trends/culture/etc., things just fizzle out and don’t make a comeback for decades…

Kinda like how this haircut disappeared for decades, then suddenly made a comeback a couple of years ago.

Yeah, that’s basically what AI slop is becoming.

A mullet.

It was a fun party for a while. But now people are getting tired of it.

And it’s not just MarTech claiming this.

Here’s another article from Search Engine Journal from this week on a LinkedIn study:

The headline: LinkedIn Study: Professionals Trust Their Networks Over AI & Search

And here’s the “key finding”:

“LinkedIn’s research indicates that professional networks rank ahead of AI and search for advice at work, with 43% naming their network as the first stop.”

Now, there’s an interesting crossover here.

Notice how when we were looking at social platforms, we saw a trend towards smaller “communities” (e.g., Discord, Patreon, etc.)?

Notice how LinkedIn’s research also seems to point towards the same thing… only this time, it’s “networks”?

Also, while we’re on the topic of AI and social media content, maybe now’s a good time to bring up the recent South Park episode — Sycophancy.

In case you missed it (and in case you haven’t noticed), it’s probably worth being a little on guard when spitballing ideas with your favorite chatbot.

Why?

Because it loves to stroke your ego and tell you you’re amazing/creative/innovative/whatever, no matter what you say.

Here’s an example I just cooked up.

And just for lolz…

Yeah… I’m a bold and creative genius.

Oh, and just in case you thought the sycophant thing was the only problem, here’s an experiment you can try…

• Copy-paste in a paragraph of text with some prompt about needing help to improve it.
• Copy paste its “improved” text with the same prompt.
• Repeat x1000

Do that, and you’ll notice something — it always gives a similar response: “This is a strong start, but if we tweak x, y, z, it will be stronger…”

See the problem here?

It will always tell you your ideas are good when it thinks you’re looking for validation.

And it will always tell you something needs fixing when it thinks you’re looking for fixing.

See the pattern here?

Anyway, I’m slowly falling into a rabbit hole here, so probably time to wrap things up.

Takeaway

There are two big takeaways from this week’s “news”.

• “Big platform” social media use is declining.
• AI content fatigue is starting to set in (and likely contributing to the above).

Now, of course, this isn’t to say that either of those things are actually “dying”. For the foreseeable future at least, most people will still live on big platforms. And most of them will still drink up your AI slop.

But, we’re not interested in “most people” here — “most people” usually means “oversaturated”. And the whole point of this news section is to find “undersaturated” niches/corners of the internet where you stand a chance to make some real money.

And that usually means looking where people are “migrating” to, and catching them in their migration. (PS: See last week’s Gambling Affiliation Review edition for a multi-billion dollar “migration” story.)

And everything above was about “migration” in the ‘people moving to other parts of the internet’ (and looking for other types of content) sense.

So, do with that what you will. There’s a billion opportunities here if you think about it. And maybe one of them will be for you (or maybe none of them will be… and that’s cool, too).

In any case, whatever you do, there’s one thing I do know that’ll apply to your situation.

You need a good affiliate program.

Affiliapub can help you with that.

Closing Thought

When researching this week’s news, I came across a lot of “Gen Z” stuff.

And one thing that kept cropping up (but had no relevance to the news above) was the idea of Nihilism.

Here’s one of the many think pieces you’ll see on this topic.

Now, what’s interesting here is that, for all the ‘panic’ over Gen Z/Millennial nihilism, this isn’t a new, nor fatal problem.

If you need proof, cast your mind back to our Health Trader Affiliates Review edition and ask, “Which famous person did we talk about who might be relevant here?”

The answer, of course, is Friedrich Nietzsche.

He thought the people of his day were suffering a case of nihilism, too.

He also warned about the dangers of it too (although he was much more poetic — and positive, but we’ll get to that — than Cosmo’s, “nihilism equals alcohol and cigarettes” take).

Now, this is all very gloomy.

But here’s the good part — Nietzsche also reckons you (well, some people) can overcome it.

How?

Simple — give up on nihilism and embrace active nihilism.

In other words, don’t just be a passive victim — embrace the void and see it as the liberating force that it is.

In other words, you become the Übermensch.

But not the whiny manosphere sort that we looked at in our Health Trader Affiliates Review. Simply doing Übermensch cosplay doesn’t make you an Übermensch.

Instead, you become a real Übermensch — someone who creates their own values, lives authentically and courageously, and embraces the eternal recurrence with open arms. (As in, can you affirm your life so hard that you’d live it all over again.)

So there you have it.

If you’re one of the growing number of nihilistic doomers, Nietzsche might just have the answers you need.

About the only answer he doesn’t have is how you’re going to monetize your next project. Lucky for you, I have that answer — Affiliapub.

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