--- title: "Smart Send Authority #5" description: "Learn essential email metrics for 2025 and 2026 to track audience health, engagement, and long-term customer value effectively.\n\nSummary: This blog post delves into crucial email metrics for 2025-2026, emphasizing audience health, engagement, and long-term customer value. It guides marketers on tracking list growth, deliverability, open rates, click-through rates, and conversion rates. Additionally, it highlights the importance of long-term metrics like subscriber lifetime value and retention rate while advocating for AI analytics to refine audience segmentation and predictive analytics." image: https://write-click-sell.com/hubfs/mountain%20peaks%20(8).jpg --- [Skip to content](https://write-click-sell.com/blog/smart-send-authority-5#main-content) [![Write Click Selll](https://write-click-sell.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Untitled%20design%20(1).png?width=300&height=78&name=Untitled%20design%20(1).png)](https://write-click-sell.com) - [Blog](https://write-click-sell.com/blog) - [Work with me](https://write-click-sell.com/groups) - [Consultancy](https://write-click-sell.com/consultancy-old) - [Courses](https://write-click-sell.xperiencify.io) - [Portfolio](https://write-click-sell.com/portfolio) - [About](https://write-click-sell.com/about-us) - [Testimonials](https://senja.io/p/write-click-sell/R54MAk8) - [Contact](https://write-click-sell.com/contact) This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. # Smart Send Authority #5 Published by ** Natalie ** on October 10, 2025 ![blog-curve-grey-top](https://write-click-sell.com/hubfs/blog-curve-grey-top.svg) Welcome back to [the Smart Send Authority series.](https://2db3z1.share-eu1.hsforms.com/2ikWIU5QyTYiFuO7eucZpWg) Today we're taking a break from creating campaigns to examine your reports. Specifically, what metrics you need for proper analysis and tracking in 2025 and 26. Your reporting statistics fall into three distinct clusters. The ones you pick depend on where you are in your journey and what's happening with your audience. #### Beyond the open rate Your email program lives or dies by the numbers you track. But most people are tracking the wrong things. Your aim should be on your list health, your engagement and your sales. Let’s dive into each section. ### Cluster 1: Audience Health (Are People Actually Getting Your Emails?) This is the foundation of your marketing. If you don't have people opening and reading, you don't have an email program. For this cluster, you're looking at: - List growth and churn rates (including unsubscribe rate) - List degrading trends (bounces, spam complaints, unsubscribes) - People who grow dormant (you can address these differently)...........   Tags: [Deliverability](https://write-click-sell.com/blog/tag/deliverability) [Growth](https://write-click-sell.com/blog/tag/growth) [hidden](https://write-click-sell.com/blog/tag/hidden) [email metrics](https://write-click-sell.com/blog/tag/email-metrics) [campaign](https://write-click-sell.com/blog/tag/campaign) [list growth](https://write-click-sell.com/blog/tag/list-growth) Share: ##### [Previous Post The Smart Send Authority Series #4:](https://write-click-sell.com/blog/the-smart-send-authority-series-4) ##### [Next Post Smart Send Authority #6:](https://write-click-sell.com/blog/smart-send-authority-6) ## Related Posts ![curve-green-top](https://write-click-sell.com/hubfs/curve-green-top.svg) Subscribe to my newsletter and stay updated [![](https://eep.io/mc-cdn-images/template_images/branding_logo_text_dark_dtp.svg)](http://eepurl.com/hQvaUz) ## Let's connect #### Questions? 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