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34%
34% -- click through rate lift for Branded short links vs generic shorteners (2026)
Branded short links achieve roughly a 34% click-through rate lift compared to generic shorteners.
- Estimated as 'roughly 34%' / 'around 34%' across multiple industry studies rather than a single specific measurement
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34%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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B
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50
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60
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20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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u2l.ai
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Tier C
https://u2l.ai/blog/click-through-rate-guide ↗
Source Article
Click-Through Rate (CTR): What It Is and How to Improve It (2026) | U2L AI Blog
Click-Through Rate (CTR): What It Is and How to Improve It (2026)
What CTR means, how to calculate it, real 2026 benchmarks by channel, and 10 proven ways to raise your click-through rate without inflating bad clicks.
Click-through rate (CTR) is the percentage of people who click a link out of every…
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Branded short links vs generic shorteners: 34% click through rate lift. Source: u2l.ai (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/branded-short-link-ctr-lift
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/branded-short-link-ctr-lift" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>34%</strong> -- click through rate lift for Branded short links vs generic shorteners<br><small>Source: u2l.ai (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/branded-short-link-ctr-lift" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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