B
Evidence Grade B
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17%
17% -- cold email bounce rate for cold emails (2026)
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Value
17%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
50
Citation Chain
60
Independence
30
Methodology
30
Freshness
95
Source
Prospeo
Primary
Tier B
https://prospeo.io/s/i-hope-this-email-finds-you-well ↗
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cold emails: 17% cold email bounce rate. Source: Prospeo (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/cold_email_bounce_rate
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/cold_email_bounce_rate" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>17%</strong> -- cold email bounce rate for cold emails<br><small>Source: Prospeo (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/cold_email_bounce_rate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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