Referral Candy & Affiliate Shopify App – Market Share & Install Footprint
(Updated September 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. Refer a friend, referral & affiliate marketing, all in one app.
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 |
|---|---|---|
Keywordrefer a friend | 46.93%1.42 | Declining |
KeywordReferral management | 5.21%3.83 | Growing |
Keywordcandles | 4.98%0.97 | Growing |
Keywordreferrals | 3.32%2.08 | Growing |
Collectionreferral-apps | 3.18%0.29 | Growing |
CategoryAffiliate programs Marketing and conversion > Advertising > Affiliate programs | 2.46%0.27 | Growing |
KeywordPage creation | 1.68%0.03 | Declining |
Collectionthank-you-order-status-loyalty | 0.88%0.10 | Growing |
Keywordreferral program | 0.64%1.17 | Declining |
Collection | 0.60%0.04 | Growing |
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Key Insights:
- Referral Candy & Affiliate captures 46.9% of installs in refer a friend — its strongest position among the 10 Shopify groups shown (45 groups in total).
- Over the past 30 days, 7 gained share and 3 lost share — net positive share momentum.
- Referral management is the biggest gainer (+3.83pp) — strongest share momentum this month.
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 | Apr 2026 | May 2026 | Jun 2026 | Jul 2026 | Aug 2026 | Sep 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candles | 2.44% | 2.40%0.04 | 3.99%1.59 | 4.84%0.85 | 7.90%3.06 | 60.03%52.13 |
| Referral-Apps | 2.66% | 2.74%0.08 | 2.87%0.13 | 3.08%0.21 | 2.71%0.37 | 2.79%0.08 |
| Referral Management | — | 4.32% | 1.37%2.95 | 5.07%3.7 | 2.46%2.61 | 2.59%0.13 |
| Referral Program | 0.07% | 0.76%0.69 | 1.81%1.05 | 0.63%1.18 | 0.69%0.06 | 2.34%1.65 |
| Affiliate Programs | 1.85% | 2.03%0.18 | 2.18%0.15 | 2.39%0.21 | 2.11%0.28 | 2.24%0.13 |
Key Insights:
- Referral Candy & Affiliate's biggest share gain is in Candles — expanded from 15.0% to 60.0% 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
- Keywordrefer a friend — Holds 46.9% market share in this keyword (-1.42pp this month) — slipping in this keyword.
- KeywordReferral management — Holds 5.2% market share in this keyword (+3.83pp this month) — Referral Candy & Affiliate's growing footprint here.
- Keywordcandles — Holds 5.0% market share in this keyword (+0.97pp this month) — Referral Candy & Affiliate's growing footprint here.
- Keywordreferrals — Holds 3.3% market share in this keyword (+2.08pp this month) — Referral Candy & Affiliate's growing footprint here.
- Collectionreferral-apps — Holds 3.2% market share in this collection (+0.29pp this month) — Referral Candy & Affiliate's growing footprint here.
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 refer a friend — 46.9% of the group's tracked install base, followed by 5.2% in Referral management and 5.0% in candles. 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 is gaining share in more groups than it's losing. Referral management is the biggest gainer this month — switch the table sub-tab to "Market Share Changes" to see the full set of gainers and losers 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 45 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. Referral Candy & Affiliate's current trajectory shows expanding share across multiple Shopify groups — the chart's Monthly granularity smooths weekly noise; switch to Weekly to see the inflection points.
