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What's a good Top-of-Funnel CTR?

A good Top-of-Funnel CTR for a local business is 1.5% or higher. Click-through rate on awareness and prospecting campaigns. An excellent Top-of-Funnel CTR — the top tier Karbon Agency grades client campaigns against — is 3.0% or higher, while 0.50% marks the minimum acceptable tier.

The three tiers Karbon grades against

TierValueWhat it means
Minimum0.50%The floor. Below this, something is broken.
Recommended1.5%The tier a healthy campaign should hit.
Excellent3.0%Top-tier performance worth defending.

Higher is better for this metric.

Why Top-of-Funnel CTR matters

Sets the volume for the entire funnel. A weak top-of-funnel CTR starves every stage below it and makes hitting conversion targets nearly impossible.

Related benchmarks

Mid-Funnel Engagement Rate

Good: 25.0% or higher

Bottom-Funnel Conversion Rate

Good: 8.0% or higher

Funnel Drop-Off Rate

Good: 60.0% or lower

Cost Per Click

Good: $1.00 or lower

Where does your Top-of-Funnel CTR land?

Karbon Agency grades every client campaign against these exact tiers, live on a dashboard — no guessing, no quarterly PDFs.

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