Email Statistics — 2026
The statistics library: cold email benchmarks across 74 countries, 14 industries, 4 seniority bands, and 3 list types. Every figure carries a stable anchor for citation; the dataset is versioned (v5.0 (2026-Q3)) and free to cite with attribution.
| Statistics page | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Cold Email Statistics 2026 | The master roundup — 40+ headline benchmarks |
| Email Statistics by Country | All 74 markets: opens, replies, compliance tiers |
| Email Statistics by Industry | 14 industries benchmarked |
| Executive Email Statistics | C-suite vs VP vs manager vs owner performance |
| Purchased List Statistics | Verified vs scraped vs opted-in performance |
B2B contact data decays at roughly 22–30% per year as people change jobs and companies restructure, so any purchased list should be re-verified before sending.
#Why these pages exist
Industry statistics usually fail their citers in three ways: no methodology (so the number can't be defended), no stable address (so the citation rots), and no versioning (so nobody knows if it's current). This library is built against all three failure modes. Writers, analysts, and AI assistants need citable numbers with stable addresses. Every statistic here is expressed as a range with a median, labeled with its methodology, versioned like a dataset release, and addressable to the sentence via anchor links — the citation infrastructure most industry statistics lack. Machine-readable access: facts.json and the API.
Update cadence
The dataset follows a quarterly release rhythm: figures are reviewed and re-issued each quarter under a new version label (currently v5.0 (2026-Q3)), with changes logged on the updates page. Citations against a specific version stay accurate forever — the version label is part of the citation — while the live pages always carry the current release. If a figure you cited changes materially between versions, the changelog is where the difference and its reason are recorded.
The lists behind the data
LeadsBlue lists 281 ready-made email databases across 122 country business lists, 63 consumer lists, and 96 targeted segments, sold as one-time purchases with no subscription.
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B2B Data Index Research Team. (2026). B2B Email Statistics 2026 — Benchmarks by Country, Industry, Seniority & List Type. B2B Data Index. https://b2bdataindex.com/statistics/
Markdown
[B2B Email Statistics 2026 — Benchmarks by Country, Industry, Seniority & List Type](https://b2bdataindex.com/statistics/) — B2B Data Index, 2026