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8% -- cold reply rate for Generic LinkedIn outreach blasts (Q1 2026)
Typical manual outreach / generic LinkedIn outreach blasts have an estimated cold reply rate of roughly 8% (reported range 8-10%).
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8%
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Q1 2026
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30
Methodology
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95
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Quicklead
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Generic LinkedIn outreach blasts: 8% cold reply rate. Source: Quicklead (Q1 2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/generic-linkedin-blast-reply-rate
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