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Email Bounce Rate Calculator

Work out hard, soft and total bounce rates from your send counts.

Emails sent
Hard bounces
Soft bounces
How it works

What it does

Each rate is the number of bounces divided by emails sent, shown as a percentage. Hard bounces are permanent failures such as an address that does not exist; soft bounces are temporary, like a full mailbox.

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What it cannot tell you

  • The denominator is emails sent, not emails delivered. Some platforms divide differently, so compare like with like.
  • There is no universal safe threshold. Your email service and mailbox providers set their own limits; check your provider’s guidance.
  • It cannot tell you why addresses bounced. Verifying a list before sending reduces hard bounces.
  • Runs in your browser; nothing you enter is sent anywhere.
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