How do you reduce unsubscribe rate?
- Segment by intent and lifecycle stage.
- Set expectations in the welcome email.
- Reduce irrelevant promotional sends.
- Use suppression rules for buyers and inactive subscribers.
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Email unsubscribe rate calculator.
Calculate unsubscribe rate after a campaign and decide whether your funnel is creating fatigue, mismatch, or confusion.
Unsubscribe rate
TL;DR
Unsubscribes are not always bad, but spikes can reveal poor audience fit, too much frequency, weak expectations, or irrelevant funnel messaging.
What should you check after a spike?
Look at the traffic source, segment, subject line promise, offer relevance, send frequency, and whether the email matched what subscribers signed up to receive.
FAQ: unsubscribe rate
How do you calculate unsubscribe rate?
Unsubscribe rate is unsubscribes divided by delivered emails, multiplied by 100.
What causes high unsubscribe rate?
Common causes include poor segmentation, too many emails, irrelevant offers, misleading expectations, and weak onboarding.
Does this unsubscribe calculator use AI?
No. The calculator runs locally in the browser.
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