Adult traffic tiers are the country groups a cam program uses to price your traffic: tier 1 pays the most per signup, tier 3 the least, and countries on no tier pay nothing. There is no single list. On the two adult tables I checked, the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland are tier 1 on both, and past those seven the programs disagree. This page lists both tables country by country, as published on 29 September 2026, and shows what each tier means for payouts and for buying traffic. It sits in my adult affiliate marketing guide.
The spread is large. Chaturbate pays $1.00 for a tier-1 signup, $0.10 for tier 2, $0.01 for tier 3 and nothing for a country not on its list. Two affiliates can send the same number of signups and one can earn a hundred times more than the other, so count your traffic in dollars by country, not in clicks.
Adult traffic tiers in one table
These are the per-signup rates on the two published tier tables I use as the reference. AWEmpire (the LiveJasmin program) pays its pay-per-lead (PPL) rate for a signup with a confirmed email address.
| Tier | Chaturbate, per free signup | AWEmpire PPL, per confirmed signup |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 | $1.00 (32 countries) | $5 (7 countries) |
| Tier 2 | $0.10 (22 countries) | $3 (13 countries) |
| Tier 3 | $0.01 (30 countries) | $1.50 (18 countries) |
| Everywhere else | $0 | $0 |
Chaturbate’s terms put the last row plainly: “No commission will be paid for a Referred User residing in a country not found in Tier 1, Tier 2, or Tier 3.” AWE’s table calls it tier 4, “All others”, at $0. AWE also runs a PPL-plus-revshare plan (PPLR) on the same countries at $3.50, $2.50 and $1. Sources: Chaturbate’s Appendix B to its terms and AWE’s LiveJasmin program page, both read on 29 September 2026. Both programs say they can change the rates and the country lists at any time.
Tier 1, tier 2 and tier 3 countries on Chaturbate
Chaturbate’s list is the wider one: 84 countries and territories get paid, including a lot of small islands.
| Tier | Countries |
|---|---|
| Tier 1 ($1.00) | United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Japan, Singapore, Qatar, San Marino, plus Guernsey, Jersey, Gibraltar, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, the Falkland Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, the US Virgin Islands and the US Minor Outlying Islands |
| Tier 2 ($0.10) | Spain, Italy, Portugal, Greece, Cyprus, Slovenia, Brazil, Israel, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, South Korea, Hong Kong, Macau, Brunei, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, Aruba, the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, the Isle of Man, French Polynesia, Equatorial Guinea |
| Tier 3 ($0.01) | Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Russia, Turkey, Mexico, Chile, Uruguay, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Lebanon, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Seychelles, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, New Caledonia, the Cook Islands |
| No tier ($0) | Everything else, including India, China, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa, Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Romania, Ukraine and Bulgaria |
Tier 1, tier 2 and tier 3 countries on AWEmpire
AWE’s list is shorter and stricter at the top. Only seven countries make tier 1.
| Tier | Countries |
|---|---|
| Tier 1 ($5) | United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Australia, Netherlands, Switzerland |
| Tier 2 ($3) | Belgium, New Zealand, Monaco, Cyprus, Ireland, Austria, Israel, Denmark, France, Finland, Spain, Italy, Norway |
| Tier 3 ($1.50) | Hong Kong, Bulgaria, South Africa, Croatia, United Arab Emirates, Slovenia, Malta, Estonia, Greece, Iceland, Poland, Latvia, Singapore, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Portugal, Slovakia, Japan |
| Tier 4 ($0) | All others, which includes all of Latin America, Sweden, Russia, Turkey, India, China and most of Asia |
Where the tier lists disagree
The same country can sit two tiers apart depending on the program. These are the ones that matter most for cam traffic:
| Country | Chaturbate | AWEmpire |
|---|---|---|
| France | Tier 1 | Tier 2 |
| Japan | Tier 1 | Tier 3 |
| Denmark, Norway, Finland | Tier 1 | Tier 2 |
| Ireland, Austria, Belgium, New Zealand | Tier 1 | Tier 2 |
| Singapore, Iceland | Tier 1 | Tier 3 |
| Sweden | Tier 1 | Not listed ($0) |
| Qatar | Tier 1 | Not listed ($0) |
| Brazil | Tier 2 | Not listed ($0) |
| Portugal, Greece | Tier 2 | Tier 3 |
| Mexico, Russia, Turkey | Tier 3 | Not listed ($0) |
| South Africa, Bulgaria | Not listed ($0) | Tier 3 |
| Colombia, India | Not listed ($0) | Not listed ($0) |
So “tier 1” is only meaningful next to a program name. French traffic is top tier on Chaturbate and second tier on LiveJasmin. Japan, which sent Stripchat more desktop visits than any other country in August 2026 by Similarweb’s count (my cam countries post has the numbers), is tier 1 on one table and tier 3 on the other.
Why generic tier 1 country lists don’t fit adult
Most “tier 1 countries” lists you’ll find are built for mainstream ads and sort countries by income. Lunio’s list (updated 16 September 2025) puts 19 countries in tier 1, Spain, Italy and Sweden among them, and leaves Japan out. Neither cam table agrees: Spain and Italy are tier 2 on both, Japan is tier 1 on Chaturbate, and Sweden is off AWE’s table altogether. Mainstream lists also put Colombia, India and Indonesia in tier 2 or 3, which sounds like “pays less”. On both cam tables they pay nothing per signup. Use the table of the program you’re promoting, not a general list.
Tiers price signups, not revshare
On both programs the country tiers only apply to the flat per-signup payout. Chaturbate’s Appendix B ties the $1.00 / $0.10 / $0.01 table to “Commissions on Number of Signups” and pays its 20% revshare on what referred users spend, with no country condition in that clause. AWE’s revshare is 35 to 45% of credits sold, and its tiers there go by how many credits your users buy in a period, not by where they live (the full rates are in my LiveJasmin review and Chaturbate review).
That is why geo and payout model have to be decided together. A signup from Colombia or India earns $0 on either PPL table. The same user on revshare earns you a cut of whatever they spend.
Sweden is a special case
Since 1 July 2025 it has been illegal in Sweden to pay for live sexual acts performed remotely, which covers cam shows. AWEmpire took Sweden out of its tier table, and its media buying guide says cam products and their promotion are not allowed for adult traffic in Sweden. Chaturbate still lists Sweden in tier 1. A tier listing doesn’t make the traffic legal to promote. Leave Sweden out of cam campaigns whatever the table says.
What each tier means for buying traffic
Tier 1 countries
On freemium cam sites you don’t earn when someone watches free rooms. You earn when they spend. Tier-1 users have the money, cards that work on adult billing, and the habit of buying tokens and private shows, so here both a signup bounty and revshare pay well. Everyone fights over the US, which pushes up what paid traffic costs there. Canada, Australia, Germany and the Netherlands are tier 1 on both tables and get less attention than the US, so test them before you assume the US is the only geo worth buying.
Tier 2 countries
Tier 2 is where the program choice moves your money most. Spain and Italy pay a tenth of tier 1 on Chaturbate ($0.10) but more than half of it on AWE ($3 of $5). France and the Nordics flip the other way. Before buying tier-2 traffic, look up each country on the table of the offer you’ll send it to.
Tier 3 and unlisted countries
Cheap, high-volume traffic can still make money if you send it to the right place:
- Check the tier table before the offer. Free-signup (PPL) offers pay a cent or nothing on tier-3 and unlisted countries. Revshare pays on what a user actually spends, wherever they live.
- Use a smartlink for what’s left. A network smartlink sends each visitor to the offer that pays best for their country, so these clicks land somewhere that can pay. Smartlinks vs direct offers covers when that beats picking the offer yourself.
- Watch your costs. Cheap paid traffic only makes money if what you earn per visitor beats what you pay per click, and you only know that if you track by country.
The usual mistake is sending unlisted-country traffic to a signup offer, earning nothing, and deciding the offer is bad. The offer is fine. It just doesn’t pay for those countries. If you have no traffic yet, where to get adult traffic covers the sources.
How to apply this
- Split your traffic by country in your tracking from day one. You can’t fix a geo mix you don’t measure.
- Read the tier table of every program you promote, and drop any country the program pays $0 for from its signup offers.
- Route tier-1 traffic to high-value revshare cam offers (Chaturbate, premium brands).
- Route tier-3 and unlisted traffic to revshare offers, or to a smartlink, and never to a PPL offer that prices those countries at zero.
- Test tier-1 geos other than the US before you assume the US is the only one worth buying.
- Check the numbers monthly and move budget to whichever country and offer pair is paying.
New to all this? Start with the beginner’s guide, then pick your network in the CPA networks guide. Most beginners never look at geo, and it’s the cheapest thing to fix.
FAQ
Is France a tier 1 country?
On Chaturbate, yes: a French signup pays $1.00. On AWEmpire, France is tier 2 at $3 against $5 for tier 1.
Is India tier 3?
Not on either cam table. India is on no tier at Chaturbate or AWEmpire, so a signup from India pays $0 on their per-signup plans. Revshare still pays on what an Indian user spends.
How many tier 1 countries are there?
It depends on who is counting. Chaturbate lists 32 countries and territories as tier 1, AWEmpire lists 7, and Lunio’s mainstream advertising list has 19.
Update log
- 29 September 2026: rebuilt the tiers on Chaturbate’s published table (unlisted countries pay nothing, tier 3 pays a cent per signup, Sweden excluded) and added the full country lists from Chaturbate’s Appendix B and AWE’s LiveJasmin page, the countries where the two disagree, why mainstream tier lists don’t fit adult, and the FAQ. Corrected France (tier 1 on Chaturbate) and the Nordics.
Where the facts in this guide come from: methodology.