> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.referly.so/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Influencer discovery overview > Find and recruit creators with Referly's Influencer Discovery: search a network of vetted, revenue-proven affiliates, read their match score, save your shortlist, and invite them to your program. Influencer Discovery is where you find creators to recruit into your program. Instead of cold-emailing strangers and hoping they can sell, you browse a directory of people who are **already affiliates on Referly** — creators who have connected their social channels, promoted other programs, and in many cases driven real revenue. You can see how each one performs, how well they fit your program, and invite the ones you like to join yours. Think of it as a warm talent pool. Everyone here has already opted into affiliate marketing and been active somewhere on the network, so you're starting from a much stronger position than a blank outreach list. ## What you can do here Influencer Discovery gives you one place to run your whole recruiting workflow: * **Browse and search** a network of vetted creators, filtered down to the ones that fit your niche, audience size, and revenue history. * **Read a match score** on every creator — an estimate of how well they'd do in *your* program specifically. * **Save** the ones worth a closer look into folders, so you can build a shortlist before you reach out. * **Invite** creators to join your program, and track who accepted. Each of those steps has its own page in this section — this article is the map. ## Where to find it Open the **Grow** section in your dashboard sidebar and select **Influencer Discovery**. It opens on the **Discover** tab, with a toolbar for searching and filtering at the top and a grid of creator cards below. Influencer Discovery is part of Referly's Grow tools. If you don't see it in your sidebar, your current plan may not include it yet — you'll be shown an option to upgrade when you open the page. ## How the tabs are organized The page is split into four tabs that follow a creator from first sighting to fully recruited. The number on each tab shows how many creators are in it. * **Discover** — the full directory. This is where you search, filter, and find new creators. * **Saved** — creators you've bookmarked, organized into folders. Your shortlist lives here. * **Invited** — creators you've invited to your program, including any who declined. * **Recruited** — creators who accepted your invitation and are now affiliates in your program. The **Saved**, **Invited**, and **Recruited** tabs are your recruiting pipeline — see [Saved, invited, and recruited](/docs/help-center/grow/influencer-discovery/pipeline) for how creators move through them. ## What each card tells you Every creator in the directory is shown as a card, so you can compare people at a glance before opening anyone's full profile. On each card you'll see: * **Their name and photo**, plus a country flag showing where they're based. * **A status badge**, so you always know whether you've already saved, invited, or recruited this person. * **A `% match` chip** in the top right — how well this creator fits your program. Select it to see the full breakdown of how that number is calculated. See [How the match score works](/docs/help-center/grow/influencer-discovery/match-score). * **Social channels** — chips for the platforms they've connected (such as YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, or X), with a check mark on verified accounts. * **Categories** — the niches they create in and have earned in, so you can tell whether they're a fit for your product. * **A stats footer** — headline numbers like total audience, revenue they've generated across programs, and their return on investment. Select any card to open that creator's full profile, where you can dig into their audience, channel-by-channel stats, and estimated earnings before you decide to reach out. ## A typical workflow Most programs use Influencer Discovery in the same rhythm: On the **Discover** tab, search and filter down to creators in your niche, at the audience size and revenue level you're after. See [Search and filter](/docs/help-center/grow/influencer-discovery/search). Sort by **Best match** and open the creators that look strongest. Their [match score](/docs/help-center/grow/influencer-discovery/match-score) tells you who's most likely to perform in your program. **Save** the promising ones into folders so you can review them as a group before reaching out. They'll show up on your **Saved** tab. Send an invitation to the creators you want. See [Invite an influencer](/docs/help-center/grow/influencer-discovery/invite). Anyone who accepts moves to your **Recruited** tab and becomes an affiliate in your program, ready to start promoting. ## Where the data comes from The creators you see aren't scraped from the open web — they're real affiliates who joined programs on Referly and connected their own social accounts. Their audience and performance numbers are refreshed daily, and their match score is calculated live against your program's categories, customers, and revenue. That means the directory stays current, and the fit you're shown reflects your program as it looks today. ## Related Narrow the directory by niche, platform, audience size, and revenue. See the criteria behind every creator's fit score. Reach out and bring a creator into your program. Track creators as they move through your recruiting pipeline.