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State of Cold Email (backed by data & results)

Mailshake · mailshake.com

An annual data snapshot of what reply rates and tactics look like right now.

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The question it answers

  1. Is cold outbound dead now that AI floods every inbox? What still works?

Read with it

  1. The definitive rebuttal to the doom narrative, with examples of what modern outbound looks like. saastr.com Article Outbound Isn't Dead. AI Just Radically Changed How It Works. SaaStr
  2. Millions of real emails analyzed to answer this exact question with data, not vibes. gong.io Article Does cold email even work any more? Here's what the data says Gong Labs
  3. Where the biggest sending platform thinks the channel goes next. instantly.ai Article Future of Cold Email: AI, Personalization & Automation Trends Shaping 2026-2027 Instantly.ai
  4. Large-sample benchmarks, including the surprising finding that founders reply most. belkins.io Article What are B2B Cold Email Response Rates? (Study) Belkins
  5. Platform-scale benchmark data to calibrate whether your campaign is broken or normal. instantly.ai Article Cold Email Response Rates: B2B Benchmarks Instantly.ai
  6. The warm-intro motion that increasingly carries the pipeline cold email used to. commsor.com Article 2025 Guide to Warm Introductions: Mixing Old Strategies with New Tech Commsor
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