We Analyzed 300,000 B2B Email Validations: 2026 Data Study
We aggregated 302,192 B2B email validations across 97,744 domains. 1 in 5 domains is catch-all, only 72% run DMARC, and Microsoft beats Google in B2B.
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We aggregated 302,192 B2B email validations across 97,744 domains. 1 in 5 domains is catch-all, only 72% run DMARC, and Microsoft beats Google in B2B.
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