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 |
|---|---|---|
| Keyword candles | 49.74%5.62 | Climbing |
| Keyword referral program | 5.07%2.18 | Climbing |
| Collection referral-apps | 2.78%0.09 | Declining |
| Category Affiliate programs Marketing and conversion > Advertising > Affiliate programs | 2.05%0.17 | Declining |
| Keyword Referral management | 1.79%0.15 | Declining |
| Collection thank-you-order-status-loyalty | 0.80%0.01 | Declining |
| Keyword Card payouts | 0.77%0.02 | Declining |
| Keyword affiliate | 0.64%0.42 | Climbing |
| Keyword affiliate program | 0.63%0.31 | Climbing |
| Keyword Page creation | 0.58%0.06 | Climbing |
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Key Insights:
- Referral Candy & Affiliate captures 49.7% of installs in candles — its strongest position among the 10 Shopify groups shown (37 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 | Jun 2026 | Jul 2026 | Aug 2026 | Sep 2026 | Oct 2026 | Nov 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keyword Candles | 4.18% | 5.05%1 | 8.03%3 | 53.63%46 | 86.61%33 | 49.74%37 |
| Keyword Referral Program | 1.85% | 0.63%1 | 0.71%0 | 2.28%2 | 4.88%3 | 5.07%0 |
| Collection Referral-Apps | 2.92% | 3.14%0 | 2.81%0 | 2.71%0 | 2.82%0 | 2.78%0 |
| Category Affiliate Programs | 2.23% | 2.43%0 | 2.18%0 | 2.12%0 | 2.12%– | 2.05%0 |
| Keyword Referral Management | 1.43% | 5.23%4 | 2.56%3 | 2.41%0 | 2.45%0 | 1.79%1 |
Key Insights:
- Referral Candy & Affiliate's biggest share gain is in Candles — expanded from 15.1% to 49.7% 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
- Keyword candles — Holds 49.7% market share in this keyword (+5.62pp this month) — Referral Candy & Affiliate's growing footprint here.
- Keyword referral program — Holds 5.1% market share in this keyword (+2.18pp this month) — Referral Candy & Affiliate's growing footprint here.
- Collection referral-apps — Holds 2.8% market share in this collection (-0.09pp this month) — slipping in this collection.
- Category Affiliate programs — Holds 2.1% market share in this category (-0.17pp this month) — slipping in this category.
- Keyword Referral management — Holds 1.8% market share in this keyword (-0.15pp 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 — 49.7% of the group's tracked install base, followed by 5.1% in referral program and 2.8% 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 37 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.
