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10.7%
10.7% -- cold email reply rate top tier for top-tier cold email senders (2025)
Top-tier cold email senders achieve a reply rate of 10.7% or higher.
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10.7%
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2025
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60
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60
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30
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45
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95
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Instantly.ai
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https://www.datamagnet.co/post/best-outbound-sales-platforms-sdr-teams-2026/ ↗
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9 Best Outbound Sales Platforms for SDR Teams (2026)
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9 Best Outbound Sales Platforms for SDR Teams in 2026
The average cold email now pulls a 3.43% reply rate, while the top tier of senders clears 10.7% or better (Instantly.ai, Cold Email Bench…
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Instantly.ai
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Instantly.ai Cold Email Benchmark Report 2026
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top-tier cold email senders: 10.7% cold email reply rate top tier. Source: Instantly.ai (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/top-tier-cold-email-reply-rate-2025
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