Marketing
2026 Email Open Rate Report: The Median Is 43.46%. Software Sits at 39.31%
Agencies still quote 20 to 25 percent. MailerLite’s 3.6-million-campaign median is 43.46%. Switch the industry to software and the same dataset prints 39.31%. Mailchimp’s unique-open file sits at 35.63% — and a second Mailchimp page still prints 21.33%. Here is which sample produced each number.