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91% -- consumer preference for promotional emails for US adults (2025)

2025  · mercermackay.com

91% of US adults say they like to receive promotional emails from companies they do business with.

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91%
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Data Vintage
2025
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US adults
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Source Trust
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Independence
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Methodology
45
Freshness
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mercermackay.com Primary Tier C
https://mercermackay.com/thinking/blog/email-list-personalization/ ↗
Confidence: 48/100 Vintage: 2025 Channel: Deep Crawl
Source Article
How to Revive a Neglected Email List with Personalization
“It is better to have 100 raving fans on your list than 10,000 ‘we don’t really care about your company’ email addresses.” Your email list. It is still one of the best strategies for connecting and communicating with your customers and prospects. Did you know that 91% of adults in the US say they li…
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mercermackay.com · Original study ↗

Cited statistic in vendor blog; original survey not identified

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Period Value Change
2017 91%
2025 (current) 91% 0%
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US adults: 91% consumer preference for promotional emails. Source: mercermackay.com (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/us-adults-like-promotional-emails
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