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Email benchmark 2026

How does your email performance compare to the industry?

Discover key insights into the latest email marketing trends and performance metrics that define success in the digital landscape.

Explore Email Benchmark 2026 interactive dashboard

What’s in the Email Benchmark?

The Deployteq Email Benchmark 2026 comprises of billions of messages sent throughout the Netherlands and UK. What you’ll get in the benchmark this year:

  • The most up-to-date landscape of email marketing, allowing you to compare your performance against the industry.
  • Interactive elements so you can filter on industry, sector or compare year on year.
  • A foundation to measure your KPI success across open rate, click through and optimal sending times.
Email Benchmark 2025

Summary for 2026

56.9%

Average open rate

99.6%

Accepted rate

3.8 billion

Messages in 2025

5%

Average click through rate

Would you like to know more?

Do you still have questions after reading the Email Benchmark? Or do you want to spar about best practices, converting email campaigns or building your emails and landing pages? We are happy to discuss this with you, support you or advise you!

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  • Increase revenue with hyper-personalised content at scale.
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  • Engage audiences across email, WhatsApp, SMS, mobile app and more.
  • Fuel your marketing strategy with insights from our data model.
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