B
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59.5%
59.5% -- unsolicited email spam rate for Mailgun survey (2021)
59.5% of surveyed people classify unsolicited email as spam.
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Value
59.5%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2021
Entity
Sample Size
2,000
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
95
Source Trust
50
Citation Chain
90
Independence
70
Methodology
45
Freshness
86
Source
Mailgun
Primary
Tier A
https://www.pathwire.com/research/email-engagement-2021 ↗
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Mailgun
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Methodology
Survey conducted across the US, UK, France, Spain & Germany.
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Channelrss_feed
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Mailgun survey: 59.5% unsolicited email spam rate. Source: Mailgun (2021). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/email-engagement-report-2021
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