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4.8%

4.8% -- bounce rate for B2B cold email (2026)

Name: Bounce Rate Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-06-26

2026 · n=184 · Visionary Marketing

In 2026, the median bounce rate for B2B cold email was 4.8%.

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Last verified: 2026-08-06 · How we verify data →

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Value

4.8%

Unit

Percentage

Data Vintage

2026

Entity

B2B cold email

Sample Size

184

Evidence Quality

Strong, reliable evidence

Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.

62/100 confidence

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Sources (6)

Visionary Marketing Primary Tier A

https://visionary-marketing.co.uk/blog/b2b-cold-email-statistics-2026 ↗

Confidence: 72/100 Vintage: 2026 Channel: Cc Extraction

Source Article

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Original Research

Visionary Marketing · Original study ↗

Methodology

Median bounce rate from a deliverability audit of 184 client domains.

Segmentation

Channelcommon_crawl

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