B
Evidence Grade B
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1%
1% -- cold email response rate for Cold outreach (email) (2026)
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Evidence graded
Value
1%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Metal Research
Primary
Tier B
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Metal Research
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Range 1-5%, midpoint used; Metal Research, cited by AskScout
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Cold outreach (email): 1% cold email response rate. Source: Metal Research (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/cold-email-response-rate-benchmark
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/cold-email-response-rate-benchmark" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>1%</strong> -- cold email response rate for Cold outreach (email)<br><small>Source: Metal Research (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/cold-email-response-rate-benchmark" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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