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7%
7% -- outreach reply rate for Link building outreach across 13 sites (2026)
The outreach reply rate per address contacted across sites sending 100+ emails started from a low of 7.0%.
- Represents the lower bound of a range (7.0% to 15.5%, median 10.4%) across 13 sites
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7%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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13
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B
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95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
MentionAgent
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Tier A
https://mentionagent.ai/blog/backlink-builder-software/ ↗
Source Article
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Best Link Building Tools in 2026: 14 Compared, Free and Paid
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Range 7.0%–15.5%, midpoint 11.25%, median 10.4%; 13 sites with 100+ emails sent, same tool
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Link building outreach across 13 sites: 7% outreach reply rate. Source: MentionAgent (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/link-outreach-reply-rate-median
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