{"id":81158,"date":"2021-04-01T12:10:05","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T12:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/influencermarketinghub.com\/?p=81158"},"modified":"2024-05-23T07:48:31","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T07:48:31","slug":"email-open-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/influencermarketinghub.com\/email-open-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"Average Email Open Rates by Industry 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is your email marketing as effective as you want it to be?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the first things to do if you're not getting the return you want on your email marketing investment is to check your open rates. Open rates are a great indicator of how engaged your email subscribers are in your content and your brand. A low open rate might mean that your segments are off, you're reaching the wrong people, or your content is lacking creativity. But what even is a good email open rate for your industry? And, maybe most importantly, how can you fix low email open rates?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here we'll answer all your questions about average email open rates by industry in 2024, why open rates are so important, and how you can fix yours if they're low. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let's get started!<\/span><\/p>\n<hr class=\"stag-divider stag-divider--dashed\" \/>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><strong>Average Email Open Rates by Industry 2024:<\/strong><\/h3>\n[---ATOC---]\n[---TAG:h2---]\n<hr class=\"stag-divider stag-divider--dashed\" \/>\n<h2 class=\"bg_items\"><b>Email Marketing? Still?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year after year, many words are spilled over how \"dead\" email marketing is. And, year after year, email marketing proves that it's still one of the strongest marketing channels around. <span>The definition of a \"good\" ROI varies depending on the context. In the case of stocks, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omnisend.com\/blog\/email-marketing-roi\/\">7%<\/a> ROI is considered satisfactory, while for larger companies, a figure close to 10% is excellent. On the other hand, for small businesses, a desirable ROI range would be between 15% to 30%<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<br \/>\nThat means for every $1 you spend on email marketing, you have the potential to get back $36! Sure, it's one of the oldest digital marketing channels, but the fact that email is still going strong after all these years is a testament to its effectiveness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It shouldn't come as a surprise that email marketing is so powerful. After all, more than 4 billion people worldwide use email (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radicati.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Email_Statistics_Report,_2020-2024_Executive_Summary.pdf\">The Radicati Group<\/a>)\u2014nearly 52% of the entire world population. And, a whopping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gms-worldwide.com\/blog\/email-marketing-a-never-ending-story-or-fading-epic\/\">60%<\/a> of those email users say they enjoy receiving promotional emails weekly. What that means to you is that <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">email marketing<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is probably important for your brand. If you're not already, you should be using it. If you're already using email marketing, you should be tracking your email marketing benchmarks to make sure you're getting the most from your investment.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr class=\"stag-divider stag-divider--dashed\" \/>\n<h2><b>Email Marketing Benchmarks<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/influencermarketinghub.com\/email-marketing-benchmarks\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email marketing benchmarks<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are how you track the performance of your email marketing campaigns. While we're focusing on email open rates here, there are several benchmarks and metrics that are important to follow. Tracking and measuring your benchmarks can help you build stronger strategies, so you can continue to grow your business year after year.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr class=\"stag-divider stag-divider--dashed\" \/>\n<h2><b>What Is an Open Rate?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An open rate is a term used to describe the percentage of email recipients that opened an email after receiving it. It's a pretty simple concept for something that can provide email marketers so much information about the effectiveness of their <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/influencermarketinghub.com\/email-marketing-campaign-examples\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">email marketing campaigns<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or the viability of their email marketing list. Here's how to calculate your email open rate:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.influencermarketinghub.com\/imaginary\/convert?type=webp&url=https:\/\/influencermarketinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/How-to-Calculate-Your-Email-Open-Rate-1024x653.png\" alt=\"How to Calculate Your Email Open Rate\" class=\" wp-image-136458 aligncenter\" width=\"624\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s.influencermarketinghub.com\/imaginary\/convert?type=webp&url=https:\/\/influencermarketinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/How-to-Calculate-Your-Email-Open-Rate-1024x653.png 1024w, https:\/\/s.influencermarketinghub.com\/imaginary\/convert?type=webp&url=https:\/\/influencermarketinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/How-to-Calculate-Your-Email-Open-Rate-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/s.influencermarketinghub.com\/imaginary\/convert?type=webp&url=https:\/\/influencermarketinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/How-to-Calculate-Your-Email-Open-Rate-768x490.png 768w, https:\/\/s.influencermarketinghub.com\/imaginary\/convert?type=webp&url=https:\/\/influencermarketinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/How-to-Calculate-Your-Email-Open-Rate-810x517.png 810w, https:\/\/s.influencermarketinghub.com\/imaginary\/convert?type=webp&url=https:\/\/influencermarketinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/How-to-Calculate-Your-Email-Open-Rate-1140x727.png 1140w, https:\/\/s.influencermarketinghub.com\/imaginary\/convert?type=webp&url=https:\/\/influencermarketinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/How-to-Calculate-Your-Email-Open-Rate-150x96.png 150w, https:\/\/s.influencermarketinghub.com\/imaginary\/convert?type=webp&url=https:\/\/influencermarketinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/How-to-Calculate-Your-Email-Open-Rate.png 1367w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your email marketing service provider should be able to give you granular information about your email open rates, right down to email marketing metrics for individual subscribers on your list. Open rates are a great way to find the people on your list that aren't engaged with your content, so you can target them with a winback campaign (sometimes called a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">re-engagement campaign<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) with the goal of cleaning the inactive and disengaged subscribers from your list. We recommend cleaning your email list at least once each year.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"imh_related_posts\"><b>Related Content:<\/b><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/influencermarketinghub.com\/email-marketing-software-platforms\/\"><span>29 Best Email Marketing Software Platforms for 2026 (+Email Market...<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/influencermarketinghub.com\/email-marketing-benchmarks\/\"><span>The Ultimate Email Marketing Benchmarks You Need to Track Now<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/influencermarketinghub.com\/free-email-marketing-tools\/\"><span>Top 33 Free Email Marketing Tools for 2025 to Level Up Your Campai...<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<hr class=\"stag-divider stag-divider--dashed\" \/>\n<h2><b>What Is a Good Email Open Rate?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A good email open rate is one that meets the average across industries\u2014right around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.campaignmonitor.com\/resources\/knowledge-base\/what-are-good-email-metrics\/#:~:text=What%20is%20a%20good%20open,those%20in%20your%20specific%20industry.\">17% - 28%<\/a>. Having said that, different industries have different average open rates. The best way to determine a good email open rate for your business is by tracking your actual open rates for a full quarter and averaging them. That gives you a benchmark against which you can measure your open rates over time to ensure that they keep improving.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr class=\"stag-divider stag-divider--dashed\" \/>\n<h2><b>Why Do Open Rates Matter?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.influencermarketinghub.com\/imaginary\/convert?type=webp&url=https:\/\/influencermarketinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/what-email-open-rates-tell-us.png\" alt=\"what email open rates tell us\" class=\" wp-image-139036 aligncenter\" width=\"639\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s.influencermarketinghub.com\/imaginary\/convert?type=webp&url=https:\/\/influencermarketinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/what-email-open-rates-tell-us.png 800w, https:\/\/s.influencermarketinghub.com\/imaginary\/convert?type=webp&url=https:\/\/influencermarketinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/what-email-open-rates-tell-us-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/s.influencermarketinghub.com\/imaginary\/convert?type=webp&url=https:\/\/influencermarketinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/what-email-open-rates-tell-us-768x491.png 768w, https:\/\/s.influencermarketinghub.com\/imaginary\/convert?type=webp&url=https:\/\/influencermarketinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/what-email-open-rates-tell-us-150x96.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your open rate can tell you a number of things about a specific email or email marketing campaign:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If your email made it to the inbox and didn't get caught up in increasingly powerful spam filters<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you targeted the right segment of your audience<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If your subject line was compelling enough to get folks to open the email<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If your preheader text was engaging<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We don't need to tell you that if nobody opens your emails, you're not going to get a great return on your email marketing investment. That has a ripple effect\u2014if nobody opens your emails, they're not clicking through to your landing or sales pages, and if they're not doing that, you're not making sales. If you have low open rates, these are the things you can test.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr class=\"stag-divider stag-divider--dashed\" \/>\n<h2><b>Average Email Open Rates by Industry\u2014Benchmarks for 2024<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.influencermarketinghub.com\/imaginary\/convert?type=webp&url=https:\/\/influencermarketinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Average-email-open-rate-by-industry.png\" alt=\"Average email open rate by industry\" class=\"wp-image-151383 aligncenter\" width=\"617\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s.influencermarketinghub.com\/imaginary\/convert?type=webp&url=https:\/\/influencermarketinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Average-email-open-rate-by-industry.png 800w, https:\/\/s.influencermarketinghub.com\/imaginary\/convert?type=webp&url=https:\/\/influencermarketinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Average-email-open-rate-by-industry-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/s.influencermarketinghub.com\/imaginary\/convert?type=webp&url=https:\/\/influencermarketinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Average-email-open-rate-by-industry-768x544.png 768w, https:\/\/s.influencermarketinghub.com\/imaginary\/convert?type=webp&url=https:\/\/influencermarketinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Average-email-open-rate-by-industry-150x106.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, what are the average email open rates by industry? In this section, we're going to share details from <\/span>Email marketing benchmarks for 2024<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. As you'll see, government enjoys the highest email open rates at 46.3% with medical, dental and healthcare coming in second at 46.29% and animal care and veterinary rounding out the top three at 45.84%. Given the fact that <span>the last few years were<\/span> filled with uncertainty, it's not really surprising that these three industries saw increases over previously reported numbers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other side of things, the bottom three industries for email open rates are information technology (33.53%), media and publishing (33.35%), and closing it down with games getting an email open rate of 29.88%.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Difference Between B2B and B2C Emails<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There's a slight difference in email open rates between B2B and B2C industries. According to the Smarts Insights, B2C emails average a 19.7% open rate. B2B emails get a lower open rate of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartinsights.com\/email-marketing\/email-communications-strategy\/statistics-sources-for-email-marketing\/#:~:text=Q1.,do%20your%20email%20rates%20compare%3F\">15.1%<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Email Open Rates Depend on the Type of Email<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email type also has an impact on open rates. According to reports by Flodesk, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">welcome emails<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have a mind-blowing <a href=\"https:\/\/flodesk.com\/blog\/how-to-measure-welcome-email-effectiveness\/\">86%<\/a> open rate, and transactional emails are lower, averaging between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.innertrends.com\/blog\/how-to-measure-true-impact-transactional-emails#:~:text=Transactional%20emails%20often%20have%20open,business%20on%20the%20long%20run.\">40\u201350%<\/a>. This is important to note because many brands miss out on prime marketing opportunities by not taking advantage of transactional and welcome emails.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr class=\"stag-divider stag-divider--dashed\" \/>\n<h2><b>Improving Your Email Open Rates<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.influencermarketinghub.com\/imaginary\/convert?type=webp&url=https:\/\/influencermarketinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/How-to-impove-your-email-open-rates.jpg\" alt=\"How to impove your email open rates\" class=\"wp-image-151435 aligncenter\" width=\"637\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s.influencermarketinghub.com\/imaginary\/convert?type=webp&url=https:\/\/influencermarketinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/How-to-impove-your-email-open-rates.jpg 800w, https:\/\/s.influencermarketinghub.com\/imaginary\/convert?type=webp&url=https:\/\/influencermarketinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/How-to-impove-your-email-open-rates-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s.influencermarketinghub.com\/imaginary\/convert?type=webp&url=https:\/\/influencermarketinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/How-to-impove-your-email-open-rates-768x474.jpg 768w, https:\/\/s.influencermarketinghub.com\/imaginary\/convert?type=webp&url=https:\/\/influencermarketinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/How-to-impove-your-email-open-rates-150x93.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have low email open rates, there are a few things you can do to improve them. The best part? This will have an effect on other aspects of your marketing campaigns, too. Let's take a look at some <a href=\"https:\/\/influencermarketinghub.com\/email-marketing-tips\/\">email marketing tips<\/a> to improve open rates,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0no matter your industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Craft Compelling Subject Lines<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your subject line plays an enormous role in getting email recipients to open your emails. Effective subject lines should grab readers' attention and entice them to click on your email. This usually means using subject lines that pique curiosity or evoke emotion. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are a few <a href=\"https:\/\/influencermarketinghub.com\/email-subject-lines-tips\/\">quick tips for improving your email subject lines<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep it short<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Include emoji<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use personalization<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Add numbers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A\/B test<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Use Pre-header Text Strategically<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pre-header text is 3\u2013250 characters that show up on some email clients under the subject line. Some don't show them at all, so make sure your <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">subject line<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and email work just as well without them, too. Since they're so short, you'll want to start your pre-header text with the most interesting information. Here are some tips to create compelling pre-header text:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make it unique (don't just repeat the subject)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Build curiosity instead of summarizing what's in the email<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Add a call to action<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Improve Your Deliverability<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email deliverability is super important to all email marketers. High deliverability means that your emails are more likely to get to your recipients' inboxes instead of getting relegated to spam or bouncing back. Here are some tips for email deliverability do to make sure that your emails make it to the inbox:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep your email list clean<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use proper spelling and grammar<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make sure you're in compliance with email marketing regulations like the CAN-SPAM Act and GDPR<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Include Valuable Content<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the only thing you ever do with your emails is to try to sell to your subscribers, they're eventually going to stop opening your emails. That's why it's so important to include a mix of email types in your <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">email marketing strategy<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and include content that's educational, entertaining, and engaging for your subscribers. The more valuable your emails are to your readers, the more likely they are to open your emails.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Create Mobile-First Emails<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to <a href=\"http:\/\/constant-contact.ibfwsl.net\/imh\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored\">Constant Contact<\/a>, mobile devices account for 63% of email opens as of 2023. That's a huge chunk of recipients you'll miss out on if your emails aren't at least mobile-friendly. Here's how to make sure that your emails work well for mobile email users:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use a single-column <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/influencermarketinghub.com\/email-marketing-templates\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">email template<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep design and content short, sweet, and concise<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use size-appropriate fonts that are easy to read<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cut down on images<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use a single call to action<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n    <div id=\"etpp_text\">\n        <div class=\"etpp_text-mark\">\n            <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"17.703\" height=\"16.944\" viewBox=\"0 0 17.703 16.944\">\n                <path id=\"Icon_awesome-star\" data-name=\"Icon awesome-star\" d=\"M9.343.589,7.183,4.97l-4.834.7a1.059,1.059,0,0,0-.586,1.807l3.5,3.408L4.433,15.7a1.058,1.058,0,0,0,1.535,1.115l4.325-2.273,4.325,2.273A1.059,1.059,0,0,0,16.153,15.7l-.827-4.815,3.5-3.408a1.059,1.059,0,0,0-.586-1.807L13.4,4.97,11.243.589a1.06,1.06,0,0,0-1.9,0Z\" transform=\"translate(-1.441 0.001)\" fill=\"#fff\" \/>\n            <\/svg>\n            <p><strong>Design Emails That Shine on Mobile<\/strong><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"etpp_text-content\">\n            <p>With the majority of email opens happening on mobile, Constant Contact helps you create mobile-first emails effortlessly. Use their templates and design tools to craft concise, visually optimized messages that drive engagement on any device. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/constant-contact.ibfwsl.net\/imh\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored\">Try it today<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n<h4><b>Personalize Your Emails<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/influencermarketinghub.com\/email-personalization-best-practices\/\">Personalization<\/a> has been trending in email marketing for years, and with good reason: roughly 88% of marketers in the United States see measurable improvement in campaign performance thanks to personalization (Instapage). Here are some ways you can increase personalization and improve your email open rates:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Segment subscribers right away<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use subscribers' names<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use dynamic content<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Send emails in recipients' time zones<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pay attention to the email data you have to find out what emails resonate<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr class=\"stag-divider stag-divider--dashed\" \/>\n<h3><b>Wrapping Up<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email marketers always want to know how their campaigns and individual emails are performing and open rates are the first and most obvious indication that your marketing messages are resonating with your target audience. You can use the email open rates by industry to see how your own emails are performing, but we strongly encourage you to use those numbers as a goal and check your own email marketing data to establish a benchmark against which to measure your performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\t\t<div class=\"wp-faq-schema-wrap wp-faq-schema-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-faq-schema-items\">\n                \t\t\t\t                            <h3>What is an email open rate?<\/h3>\n                        <div class=\"\">\n                            <p><span>An email open rate is the percentage of email recipients who open an email after receiving it. It is calculated by dividing the number of emails opened by the number of emails delivered, then multiplying by 100.<\/span><\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n                                            <h3>What is a good email open rate?<\/h3>\n                        <div class=\"\">\n                            <p><span>A good email open rate generally falls between 17% and 28%, depending on the industry. The best way to determine a good open rate for your business is by tracking your own open rates over a period of time and averaging them.<\/span><\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n                                            <h3>Why do email open rates matter?<\/h3>\n                        <div class=\"\">\n                            <p><span>Email open rates matter because they indicate how engaged your email subscribers are with your content. 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