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🇮🇳 India Cold Email Benchmarks 2026
Open rate: 20–30% ·
Reply rate: 2.5–6.5% ·
Compliance: Permissive ·
Best days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
B2B Data Index Cold Email Benchmark Report 2026
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🇮🇳 India — Cold Email Benchmarks 2026
Open Rate
20–30%
Reply Rate
2.5–6.5%
Bounce Max
4.5%
Compliance
Permissive
Best Days
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday · 10:00am-12:00pm
Source: B2B Data Index Cold Email Benchmark Report 2026 All 74 markets →
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