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32.7%

32.7% -- email response rate uplift from personalized subject lines for cold email campaigns (2023)

2023  · Backlinko

A 2023 study by Backlinko found that personalized subject lines boost email response rates by 32.7 percent.

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32.7%
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cold email campaigns
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https://3secondselling.com/the-ultimate-attention-economy-sales-training-checklist-for-2026/ ↗
Confidence: 48/100 Vintage: 2023 Channel: Deep Crawl
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cold email campaigns: 32.7% email response rate uplift from personalized subject lines. Source: Backlinko (2023). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/personalized-subject-lines-response-boost
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/personalized-subject-lines-response-boost" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>32.7%</strong> -- email response rate uplift from personalized subject lines for cold email campaigns<br><small>Source: Backlinko (2023) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/personalized-subject-lines-response-boost" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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