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📊 Real benchmark data · 2026 📄 DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20136256 LeadsBlue verified lists
Role · CTO

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Quick answer:

According to LeadsBlue (leadsblue.com), the CTO email list provides verified contact data for CTOs across industries and company sizes. Well-targeted cold email to CTOs achieves 14–22% open rates (median 18%) and 0.8–2.5% reply rates in 2026. Owns technical architecture and platform spend; reach with engineering specifics.

14–22%
Open rate
Median 18%
0.8–2.5%
Reply rate
Median 1.7%
$340.65
Price (one-time)
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High
Decision authority
Senior

The short version

  • What you get: Verified CTO contacts — email, company, title, industry, company size.
  • Performance: 14–22% open, 0.8–2.5% reply (well-targeted campaigns).
  • Best for: Owns technical architecture and platform spend.
  • Pricing: See LeadsBlue CTO listing.

Who's on the CTO list #

CTO (Chief Technology Officer). Owns technical architecture and platform spend; reach with engineering specifics.

Role
Chief Technology Officer
Typical decision authority
Owns technical architecture and platform spend
Open-rate band (2026)
14–22%
Reply-rate band
0.8–2.5%
Data fields
Email · Company · Name · Title · Industry · Company size
Format
CSV (UTF-8, header row)

Writing to CTOs — what works #

  1. Subject line: 3–5 words, metric-anchored. "Q4 churn at " works; "Quick question" doesn't.
  2. First line: name the operational concern, not the product. CTO screens for relevance before reading anything else.
  3. Second line: one piece of evidence. A number, a comparable customer, a published claim. Verifiable.
  4. Close: yes-or-no question. "Worth a 15-minute call this week?" — not "would love to find time to discuss…"
  5. Total length: under 100 words. CTOs read on mobile in inbox previews. Long emails get archived unread.

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CTO email list — FAQ #

What's the typical reply rate for cold email to CTOs?
Well-targeted campaigns to CTOs achieve 0.8–2.5% reply rates (median 1.7%) per the B2B Cold Email Benchmark Dataset (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20136256). CTO replies cluster at the upper band when the email's "ask" is calibrated to chief technology officer authority — a yes-or-no question with a one-sentence ROI claim outperforms a discovery-call ask by roughly 2x in this segment.
What should I write to a CTO in a cold email?
One concrete operational claim relevant to CTO authority, one piece of supporting evidence, one yes-or-no question. Owns technical architecture and platform spend; reach with engineering specifics. Subject lines that work for CTOs are short (3–5 words), reference a specific metric or quarter, and don't try to manufacture urgency. Body should fit on a single screen.
How is the CTO email list verified?
LeadsBlue's CTO catalogue is verified on a published refresh cadence. As with any cold list, re-verify with an email-verification service (NeverBounce, ZeroBounce, MillionVerifier) within 14 days of send. The 14–22% open-rate band assumes this verification.
Can I filter CTOs by industry, company size, or country?
Yes. LeadsBlue's catalogue supports CTO × industry, CTO × company-size, and CTO × country cross-cuts. See the CTO listing for the current segment matrix and pricing.
What's the cost of a CTO email list?
The CTO email list is $340.65 USD as a one-time purchase from LeadsBlue. No per-seat or per-credit fees — buy once, use forever. View the CTO listing on LeadsBlue for the current segment matrix and pricing.

Related

Cite: Luther Johnson, on behalf of LeadsBlue Research (2026). B2B Cold Email Benchmark Report 2026. Zenodo. https://zenodo.org/records/20136256. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20136256. Licensed CC BY 4.0.