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Your email open rates are lying to you, new benchmark data shows

5–6.8% Real B2B Click-to-Open Rate

Apple’s Mail Privacy Protection is inflating reported open rates across the board: true B2B open rates sit between 15-25%, with Click-to-Open Rate (a more honest metric) averaging just 5-6.8%.

Source: Stripo B2B Email Benchmarks 2026 →