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10.7%
10.7% -- reply rate for top 10% of cold email outreach (2026)
The top 10% of cold email outreach achieves a reply rate of 10.7% or higher.
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10.7%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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B
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95
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50
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90
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
86
Source
prospeo.io
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Tier A
https://prospeo.io/s/virtual-assistant-cold-email-template ↗
Source Article
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prospeo.io
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Top 10% of cold email outreach performance
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top 10% of cold email outreach: 10.7% reply rate. Source: prospeo.io (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/top-10-percent-reply-rate
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