Referral Candy & Affiliate Shopify App – Market Share & Install Footprint
(Updated October 2026) Track Referral Candy & Affiliate's estimated install share within every Shopify App Store group it appears in — categories, keywords, and collections — with current %, 30-day change, and Growing / Stable / Declining status. Referral marketing: run a referral program & affiliate program.
Referral Candy & Affiliate — Market Share Across Shopify App Store Groups
Referral Candy & Affiliate's estimated install share within each Shopify App Store group it appears in — categories, keywords, and collections — with current %, status (Growing / Stable / Declining), and 30-day change. Filterable by date range and sortable by share or share change.
| Category/Keyword | Market Share | Status |
|---|---|---|
Keywordcandles | 70.22%4.19 | Growing |
Keywordreferral program | 3.06%2.58 | Growing |
Collectionreferral-apps | 2.73%0.00 | Declining |
CategoryAffiliate programs Marketing and conversion > Advertising > Affiliate programs | 2.14%0.01 | Declining |
KeywordReferral management | 1.92%0.62 | Declining |
Collectionthank-you-order-status-loyalty | 0.79%0.01 | Growing |
KeywordCard payouts | 0.74%0.74 | Growing |
Collection | 0.52%0.00 | Growing |
Keywordreferrals | 0.49%0.94 | Declining |
KeywordPage creation | 0.49%0.49 | Declining |
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Key Insights:
- Referral Candy & Affiliate captures 70.2% of installs in candles — its strongest position among the 10 Shopify groups shown (36 groups in total).
- Over the past 30 days, 5 gained share and 5 lost share — a mixed share picture.
Referral Candy & Affiliate — Market Share Trend Across Top Groups
Monthly market share trajectory for Referral Candy & Affiliate across its top 5 Shopify App Store groups over the past year — pick categories or keywords to plot, filter by country, and switch sub-tabs for absolute share or per-interval change.
Charts Data
| Category / Keyword | May 2026 | Jun 2026 | Jul 2026 | Aug 2026 | Sep 2026 | Oct 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candles | 2.47% | 4.07%1.6 | 4.89%0.82 | 8.05%3.16 | 51.67%43.62 | 43.75%7.92 |
| Referral Program | 0.77% | 1.83%1.06 | 0.63%1.2 | 0.71%0.08 | 2.31%1.6 | 2.96%0.65 |
| Referral-Apps | 2.76% | 2.88%0.12 | 3.08%0.2 | 2.77%0.31 | 2.69%0.08 | 2.86%0.17 |
| Affiliate Programs | 2.06% | 2.21%0.15 | 2.40%0.19 | 2.16%0.24 | 2.13%0.03 | 2.23%0.1 |
| Referral Management | 4.44% | 1.40%3.04 | 5.17%3.77 | 2.56%2.61 | 2.47%0.09 | 2.00%0.47 |
Key Insights:
- Referral Candy & Affiliate's biggest share gain is in Candles — expanded from 15.1% to 43.8% over the charted period.
- Across the 5 plotted groups, Referral Candy & Affiliate expanded share in 2 and contracted in 3.
Top Categories Referral Candy & Affiliate Ranks In on Shopify
- Keywordcandles — Holds 70.2% market share in this keyword (+4.19pp this month) — Referral Candy & Affiliate's growing footprint here.
- Keywordreferral program — Holds 3.1% market share in this keyword (+2.58pp this month) — Referral Candy & Affiliate's growing footprint here.
- Collectionreferral-apps — Holds 2.7% market share in this collection (-0.00pp this month) — slipping in this collection.
- CategoryAffiliate programs — Holds 2.1% market share in this category (-0.01pp this month) — slipping in this category.
- KeywordReferral management — Holds 1.9% market share in this keyword (-0.62pp this month) — slipping in this keyword.
Referral Candy & Affiliate on Shopify — Market Share FAQs
1. Where does Referral Candy & Affiliate have the most market share on Shopify?
Referral Candy & Affiliate captures the largest share of installs in candles — 70.2% of the group's tracked install base, followed by 3.1% in referral program and 2.7% in referral-apps. Sort the table by Share to see the full ordered list.
2. Which Shopify categories is Referral Candy & Affiliate gaining or losing share in?
Referral Candy & Affiliate's share movement is mixed this month — gaining in some groups, holding or slipping in others. Use the "Market Share Changes" sub-tab to find both the climbers and the decliners ordered by movement size.
3. How is Referral Candy & Affiliate's Shopify market share calculated?
Market share is estimated from each app's review velocity within a group, used as a proxy for install share. For category and collection groups, it's a straight share-of-reviews calculation; for keyword groups, ranking position is weighted (rank #1 ≈ 40× the weight of rank #22, with apps beyond #22 excluded) since search traffic concentrates heavily at the top. The Country filter on the table re-computes share using only that country's reviews.
4. In how many Shopify groups does Referral Candy & Affiliate hold market share?
Referral Candy & Affiliate appears in 36 Shopify App Store groups in total — categories, keywords, and collections combined. The table above lists the top 10 where it captures the largest share; paginate or sort by Change to see the rest.
5. How often does Referral Candy & Affiliate's Shopify market share update?
Share figures are recomputed weekly from the latest review data. Significant share changes typically take 2–4 weeks to manifest because the underlying review base moves slowly; switch the chart's granularity to Weekly to spot inflection points within the noise.
