B
Evidence Grade B
Graded
accuracy verified by the review judge
Safe to Cite
Current
20%
20% -- linkedin connection acceptance rate for LinkedIn cold outreach (industry benchmark) (Q1 2026)
Typical manual outreach connection acceptance rate is 20-25% as an industry benchmark.
- Described as public industry benchmarks for typical manual outreach in event marketing & conference outreach
- Reported as a range (20-25%)
Attribution:
View source
Lighthouse Research Team
Last verified:
·
How we verify data →
Source verified
Evidence graded
Value
20%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
Q1 2026
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
Strong, reliable evidence
Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.
Single source - not yet corroborated
Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
quicklead.io
Primary
Tier C
https://quicklead.io/linkedin-automation-for-event-marketing ↗
Source Article
LinkedIn Automation for Event Marketing & Conference Outreach
LinkedIn Automation for Event Marketing & Conference Outreach
Events and conferences are expensive investments. LinkedIn automation maximizes your ROI by helping you invite targeted prospects before the event, connect with attendees during, and follow up systematically after, turning event connectio…
Original Research
quicklead.io
· Original study ↗
Methodology
Range 20-25%, midpoint used; described as public industry benchmark
Methodology documented
Segmentation
Industrymarketing
Cite this stat
Plain Text
LinkedIn cold outreach (industry benchmark): 20% linkedin connection acceptance rate. Source: quicklead.io (Q1 2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/linkedin-connection-acceptance-industry-benchmark
HTML Embed
<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/linkedin-connection-acceptance-industry-benchmark" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>20%</strong> -- linkedin connection acceptance rate for LinkedIn cold outreach (industry benchmark)<br><small>Source: quicklead.io (Q1 2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/linkedin-connection-acceptance-industry-benchmark" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
Share
Related Statistics
Use this data in your work
Copy the citation, embed the widget, or explore thousands more verified marketing statistics -- all free.