B
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59%
59% -- agencies citing client feedback wait as biggest bottleneck for marketing agencies (2026)
59% of agencies surveyed identified waiting for client feedback as their single biggest bottleneck on client work.
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59%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Sample Size
104
Evidence Quality
B
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95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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Magnetic
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Magnetic's Agency Benchmarking Survey of 104 agencies
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marketing agencies: 59% agencies citing client feedback wait as biggest bottleneck. Source: Magnetic (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/client-feedback-bottleneck-agencies
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