The graph shows a timeline for e-mail open and clickthrough rates in North America from the first quarter of 2010 to the first quarter of 2017. In the last measured quarter, the open rate stood at 33.5 percent whereas the click-through rate at 3.2 percent.
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The graph shows a timeline for e-mail open and clickthrough rates in North America from the first quarter of 2010 to the first quarter of 2017. In the last measured quarter, the open rate stood at 33.5 percent whereas the click-through rate at 3.2 percent.
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- July 2017
- Region
- North America
- Survey time period
- Q1 2010 to Q1 2017
- Special properties
- Q1 2017 data based on 9.9 billion emails sent in North America by approximately 150 Epsilon clients in Q1 2017 across multiple industries
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A share of the figures was taken from earlier publications.
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- Region
- North America
- Survey time period
- Q1 2010 to Q1 2017
- Special properties
- Q1 2017 data based on 9.9 billion emails sent in North America by approximately 150 Epsilon clients in Q1 2017 across multiple industries
- Supplementary notes
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A share of the figures was taken from earlier publications.
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