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8.5%
8.5% -- cold email response rate for B2B cold email campaigns (2019)
Cold email response rates were 8.5% in 2019 according to Backlinko's study.
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Value
8.5%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2019
Entity
Sample Size
12,000,000
Evidence Quality
B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Backlinko
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https://prospectout.com/cold-outreach-tools-for-b2b-sales-teams/ ↗
Source Article
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Backlinko
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Methodology
Baseline figure from Backlinko study of 12 million cold emails; declined to 5.1% by 2025
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IndustryB2B
RoleAll marketers
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B2B cold email campaigns: 8.5% cold email response rate. Source: Backlinko (2019). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/cold-email-response-rate-2019
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/cold-email-response-rate-2019" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>8.5%</strong> -- cold email response rate for B2B cold email campaigns<br><small>Source: Backlinko (2019) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/cold-email-response-rate-2019" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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