KPI Tree

Klaviyo Metric

Email Marketing

Unsubscribe Rate = (Unsubscribes / Emails Delivered) x 100

Unsubscribe rate measures the percentage of Klaviyo email recipients who opt out of future communications after receiving a message. It serves as a direct indicator of message relevance, frequency appropriateness, and the overall health of the relationship between your brand and its subscribers.

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KlaviyoEmail Marketing

Unsubscribe Rate

Unsubscribe rate measures the percentage of Klaviyo email recipients who opt out of future communications after receiving a message. It serves as a direct indicator of message relevance, frequency appropriateness, and the overall health of the relationship between your brand and its subscribers.

How to calculate unsubscribe rate

Unsubscribe Rate = (Unsubscribes / Emails Delivered) x 100

Why unsubscribe rate matters for Klaviyo users

Every unsubscribe permanently reduces your addressable audience. In e-commerce, where email is a primary revenue channel, rising unsubscribe rates directly constrain future revenue potential. Understanding which campaigns, flows, and frequencies drive unsubscribes is essential for sustainable programme growth.

Positioning unsubscribe rate in your metric tree alongside engagement and revenue metrics reveals the trade-offs in your email strategy. Aggressive promotional frequency may boost short-term revenue while accelerating subscriber loss - a trade-off only visible in the tree.

Understand and act on unsubscribe rate with KPI Tree

KPI Tree syncs unsubscribe data from your warehouse and tracks it per campaign, flow, segment, and frequency level. Position alongside engagement and list health metrics.

Assign RACI ownership to your email marketing manager. Set alerts when unsubscribe rates spike and track actions such as frequency caps, content improvements, and preference centre optimisation.

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