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35.63%

35.63% -- email open rate for emails across all industries (2026)

Name: Email Open Rate Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-08-18

2026 · Backlinko

The average open rate for emails across all industries is 35.63%.

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35.63%

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Data Vintage

2026

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emails across all industries

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Backlinko Primary Tier A

https://backlinko.com/email-marketing-stats ↗

Confidence: 60/100 Vintage: 2026 Channel: Common Crawl

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Backlinko readers get access for 14 days. 55+ tools. - Do keyword research - Audit your local listings - Perform competitor analyses - Manage social media accounts - And much more! Newsletter Sign Up Backlinko readers get access for 14 days. 55+ tools. Chapter 1 Subject Line & Open Rate Statistics &…

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Backlinko · Original study ↗

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Industrymarketing

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emails across all industries: 35.63% email open rate. Source: Backlinko (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/email-open-rate-average

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