Open rate definition

Open rate measures how many delivered emails were opened, expressed as a percentage. A newsletter sent to 1,000 readers and opened by 450 has a 45% open rate.

Treat it as a trend, not a truth. Privacy features like Apple's Mail Privacy Protection inflate opens, so the direction over time matters more than any single number.

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