The Verified Source of Marketing Data

Lighthouse is the verified source of marketing data: 461 evidence-graded statistics with full provenance chains. Benchmark your performance, ground your claims, and monitor PR intelligence with the source and verification context needed to check every result.

Every published result includes Evidence grade Source trail Collection context Citation link

What is Lighthouse?

Lighthouse is a verified source of marketing data. It turns published research into evidence-graded statistics with a reproducible provenance chain, so a benchmark can be checked before it reaches a report, campaign, or boardroom. Cite the dataset.

Marketing data, explained

How Lighthouse makes marketing data citable

Every published statistic keeps its evidence grade, source trail, and verification history attached, so readers can inspect the context behind a number before reusing it.

Read the verification methodology or browse citable statistics with source and evidence context.

How does Lighthouse verify data?

Source credibility, methodology, sample size, recency, and corroboration are scored consistently for every statistic.

What can you cite?

Each public statistic carries its source, evidence grade, collection context, and citation-ready provenance.

How current is the data?

Freshness and serving eligibility are checked before a statistic appears in public products.

Email Marketing ROI36.0×
SEO Traffic Share (Position 1)27.6%
Social Organic Reach2.3%
Paid Search CTR3.1%
Video Engagement Rate6.4%
Content Marketing ROI16.0×
B2B Email CTR3.2%
LinkedIn B2B Lead Share80%
Marketing Automation Lift+14%
Email Marketing ROI36.0×
SEO Traffic Share (Position 1)27.6%
Social Organic Reach2.3%
Paid Search CTR3.1%
Video Engagement Rate6.4%
Content Marketing ROI16.0×
B2B Email CTR3.2%
LinkedIn B2B Lead Share80%
Marketing Automation Lift+14%
Open the citable data directory for benchmark sources and provenance
461 statistics, each graded A-D by algorithm -- not editorial opinion
0 sources tracked in the catalog
1,442 geographic markets covered
17+ years of trackable history

The only platform that tells you
whether to trust the number.

Every number has a source. Every source has a grade. Every grade has a formula -- not an opinion.

0.5K+ statistics, algorithmically graded
A-D evidence grades, 6 quality dimensions
<6h from source publication to citation-ready
461

Marketing statistics -- algorithmically verified, source-traced, and graded before they reach you. Not a human's opinion. A formula's verdict.

Grade A
28%
Grade B
45%
Grade C
19%
Grade D
8%

Your client asks where the number came from. You have the answer in three seconds.

Source URL. Retrieval timestamp. Extraction model. Confidence breakdown by dimension. Every statistic carries a complete provenance record -- not because we felt like it, but because your credibility depends on it.

90-day

Stale stats don't announce themselves. We do it for them.

Confidence scores automatically decay at 90 days. At 180, the stat is blocked from citation. No editorial memory required -- the formula enforces it without exception.

23K+

Intelligence feeds monitored in real time -- government APIs, academic RSS feeds, regulatory filings, and industry publishers. The moment the data moves, Lighthouse sees it.

From published study to boardroom-ready stat -- in hours, not weeks.

Every statistic is classified before it reaches you: Safe to Cite, Use with Context, Cite with Caveat, or Do Not Cite. You never have to guess which category you're holding.

Marketing decisions still rely on statistics nobody checked.

Side by side: common industry belief against what verified primary-source data shows. Every gap is backed by a minimum of two independent studies. Some of these numbers will make you rethink where your budget is going.

Industry Belief
Lighthouse Intelligence (underestimated)
Lighthouse Intelligence (overestimated)
SRC: Lighthouse · evidence-graded primary research · Updated regularly
Metric Gap
Email ROI +200%
Social Reach −85%
Video Engagement −74%
Paid Search CTR −61%
Belief vs verified data · see methodology for scope

Most marketing stats are garbage.
Here's the proof -- and the alternative.

Every stat in Lighthouse is scored by a deterministic rubric -- source credibility, methodology rigor, sample size, recency, and corroboration across independent sources. Your professional reputation depends on what you cite. Now you have a defensible answer to "how do you know?"

A
High-Confidence Primary Research
Methodology-documented primary or institutional data with a clear provenance trail, adequate sample, and recent vintage. Highest-confidence tier for professional citation.
11.9% of Lighthouse statistics · 510K+ stats
B
Verified Industry Research
Methodology-documented industry or commercial observation with corroboration and an adequate sample. Use with the stated source context.
Grade B -- verified industry research
C
Aggregated Estimate
Cross-source consensus without a single primary study. Lighthouse provides auto-generated hedging language -- use with appropriate caveats.
Grade C -- aggregated estimate
D
Low Confidence
Single source, unverified methodology, or insufficient corroboration. Automatically flagged with Do Not Cite warning. Included for completeness only.
Grade D -- low confidence
Grade distribution
Across all 461 statistics
A
0255075100
510K+ statistics - High Confidence
11.9%
B
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72K+ statistics -- Verified
1.7%
C
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535K+ statistics -- Provisional
12.4%
D
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3.2M+ statistics -- Low Confidence
73.8%

Which marketing channels have the strongest verified benchmarks?

Ranked by verified median ROI across eligible primary-source studies. Each bar graded A-D by evidence quality -- so you know exactly how much weight to put behind every number.

Browse citable statistics or inspect the grading methodology behind these benchmark summaries.

Grade A -- Primary research
Grade B -- Industry study
Grade C -- Aggregated
SRC: Lighthouse / eligible primary research / Updated 2026-04-18
36.0×
Median ROI · Email Marketing
Grade A · Highest Confidence
Open rate (B2B)21.3%
Click-through rate3.2%
Unsubscribe rate0.2%
B2B email ROI median36.0×
Litmus Email Marketing Report 2024 · n=2,400 · Cite source
53.8%
Organic Traffic Share · SEO
Grade A · Highest Confidence
Position 1 CTR27.6%
Position 1-3 combined CTR54.4%
Long-tail keyword share69.7%
Domain authority correlation0.74
Advanced Web Ranking 2024 · industry SEO report · Cite source
2.3%
Average Organic Reach · Social
Grade B · Verified
Facebook page reach2.2%
Instagram engagement rate0.67%
LinkedIn organic reach4.4%
Organic reach decline (10yr)−89%
Hootsuite Digital Report 2024 · We Are Social · Cite source
11.2×
Median ROI · Paid Search
Grade B · Verified
Average CPC (B2B SaaS)$3.72
Google Ads average CTR3.1%
Conversion rate (search)4.4%
Display advertising ROI2.4×
WordStream PPC Benchmark Report 2024 · Cite source
16.0×
Median ROI · Content Marketing
Grade A · Highest Confidence
Cost vs outbound leads62% less
Lead generation vs no content3× more
Blog conversion rate2.9%
Organic traffic lift+214%
HubSpot State of Marketing 2024 · DemandMetric · Cite source

When your team needs a number it can defend,
start with the source.

"Our board presentations now lead with Lighthouse data. ‘Grade A, 3-source corroboration’ on a stat ends the room’s skepticism immediately."

Priya Nair
CMO · B2B SaaS Company

"I cited Lighthouse’s email benchmark in a Forbes article. The editor asked for the source -- I sent the provenance chain link. First time that’s ever happened."

Tom Martinez
Marketing Journalist · Forbes Contributor

"We stopped using industry averages after Lighthouse proved they were off by 3×. The evidence grades alone are worth the subscription -- we know exactly how confident to be."

Sarah Chen
VP Marketing Strategy · Agency

"We stopped using industry averages after Lighthouse proved they were off by 3×. The evidence grades alone are worth the subscription -- we know exactly how confident to be."

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Sarah Chen
VP Marketing Strategy · Agency
★★★★★

"The MVI index tracks momentum better than anything I've found. We caught a 34% content engagement decline 8 weeks before our competitors noticed the trend shift."

MT
Marcus Torres
Head of Digital Intelligence · Growth Agency
★★★★★

"Our board presentations now lead with Lighthouse data. 'Grade A, 3-source corroboration' on a stat ends the room's skepticism immediately."

PN
Priya Nair
CMO · B2B SaaS Company
★★★★★

"Finally a platform that shows WHERE the number came from. The 6-layer provenance chain transformed how our research team cites data in client deliverables."

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James Whitfield
VP Marketing · Fintech Startup
★★★★★

"We stopped using industry averages after Lighthouse proved they were off by 3×. The evidence grades alone are worth the subscription."

SC
Sarah Chen
VP Marketing Strategy

"The MVI index tracks momentum better than anything I've found. We caught a 34% content engagement decline 8 weeks before our competitors noticed."

MT
Marcus Torres
Head of Digital Intelligence

"The 13-language coverage is a genuine moat. We found EU market data in Destatis and INSEE that no English-only platform would ever surface."

AR
Amélie Rousseau
Senior Research Director · Paris
★★★★★

"The Topic Intelligence EXPRESS lane is incredible -- pre-written briefs for trend reversals within 24 hours. Saved our content team 3 hours per article."

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Kevin Liu
Head of Content · SaaS Growth Co
★★★★★

"I cited Lighthouse's email benchmark in a Forbes article. The editor asked for the source -- I sent the provenance chain link. First time that's ever happened."

TM
Tom Martinez
Marketing Journalist · Forbes Contributor
★★★★★

"The 13-language coverage is a genuine moat. We found EU market data in Destatis and INSEE that no English-only platform would ever surface."

AR
Amélie Rousseau
Senior Research Director

"The Topic Intelligence EXPRESS lane is incredible -- pre-written briefs for trend reversals within 24 hours."

KL
Kevin Liu
Head of Content
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461 verified data points · Teams using citable data · Evidence-grade benchmarks · Global source coverage
Weekly intelligence digest

Three verified stats, every week.
Cite them Monday. Win the room Friday.

Each week you get three sourced, graded, fully cited marketing statistics -- ready to drop into client decks, strategy documents, or executive briefings. No opinion columns. No sponsored "research." Just intelligence that makes you the most prepared person in the room.

461 verified data points · source context on every statistic

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