What discourages B2B buyers from downloading a gated report?

    50%

    50% of business buyers say expecting unwanted sales calls or emails is what most discourages them from downloading a report that requires a form.

    n = 945 business buyers · Fielded October 2024 · Cherry Data Signals

    Breakdown

    Expecting unwanted sales calls or emails50%
    Concerns about how my information will be used20%
    Not knowing whether the content will be useful15%
    Too many required fields10%
    Being able to find similar information elsewhere3%
    Nothing generally discourages me2%
    0%50%100%

    Figures are rounded and may not total exactly 100%.

    What it means

    The fear of a sales follow-up puts off more buyers than the form itself. Only 2% say nothing discourages them.

    Methodology

    Sample
    945
    Population
    business buyers
    Country
    United States
    Fielded
    October 2024
    Research by
    Cherry Data Signals
    Study
    What B2B buyers actually want from white papers

    Cite this statistic

    Cherry Data Signals (October 2024). "What discourages B2B buyers from downloading a gated report?" Survey of 945 business buyers, United States. https://cherrysignals.com/statistics/what-discourages-b2b-buyers-from-downloading-a-report

    Free to reproduce with attribution to Cherry Data Signals and a link to this page.

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