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78%

78% -- share of replies for Cold email sequences (first three emails) (2024)

2024  · n=12,000,000  · Reply.io

78% of all replies in cold email sequences come from the first three emails.

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Value
78%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2024
Entity
Cold email sequences (first three emails)
Sample Size
12,000,000
B
Strong, reliable evidence

Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.

61/100 confidence

Single source - not yet corroborated

Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Reply.io Primary Tier B
https://leadsblue.com/cold-email-open-rates-by-industry/ ↗
Confidence: 53/100 Vintage: 2024 Channel: Deep Crawl
Source Article
Cold Email Open Rates By Industry In 2026 — Benchmark Data And What Actually Moves The Needle
The highest cold email open rate ever recorded in a published study wasn\’t from a tech company with a polished brand or a Fortune 500 sales team with a $200K outreach stack. It was a solo recruiter sending 47-word plain-text emails to passive candidates on a Tuesday morning who hit 68% opens consis…
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Reply.io analysis of 12 million sequences

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Cold email sequences (first three emails): 78% share of replies. Source: Reply.io (2024). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/first-three-emails-replies-replyio
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/first-three-emails-replies-replyio" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>78%</strong> -- share of replies for Cold email sequences (first three emails)<br><small>Source: Reply.io (2024) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/first-three-emails-replies-replyio" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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