Which employers actually reply?

Name: Which employers actually reply? Employer response report
Creator: JobRipe

How often employers reply to job applications, and how fast, counted from applications job seekers track on JobRipe. Employers are only named with enough data, and only in the “most responsive” lists.

Updated 16 October 2026 · applications from 16 October 2025 to 16 October 2026 · methodology

Not enough data yet

We publish figures once 30 tracked applications from at least 5 people have either had a reply or waited 21 days. So far: 0 of 30. We never show placeholder numbers.

What this page will show

The median number of days to a first reply, and the share of applications that get any reply.
The same by role family and by country, each with at least 20 applications.
The most responsive and fastest-replying employers, named only with at least 10 tracked applications from 3 or more people.
How many employers reply to fewer than 30% of applications, as a count, never by name.

You can help: track your applications on JobRipe. Only totals are ever published, never anything about you.

Methodology: how we count

Source: applications job seekers track on JobRipe in the last 12 months. A reply is recorded when the person moves the application on in their tracker (screening, interview, offer or rejection), when the JobRipe email tracker reads an employer's reply they forwarded, or when an employer answers an application sent through JobRipe.
An application counts once it has a reply, or once it is 21 days old without one. Newer applications without a reply are left out: it is too early to say.
Any reply counts, including a rejection. Withdrawn applications are left out.
Days to first reply runs from the day the application was sent to the first reply. We show the median: half of replies came faster, half slower.
Nothing is published until 30 applications from 5 or more people qualify. A role family or country needs 20. An employer is only named with at least 10 qualifying applications from 3 or more different people; employers below that are never named.
Named lists show the most responsive and fastest employers only. Employers that replied to fewer than 30% of applications are shown as a count, without names: a small sample of tracked applications is not a verdict on an employer.
These are JobRipe users' applications, not a survey of all applicants, so treat the figures as a guide.

Questions people ask

When will this report show figures?

As soon as 30 tracked applications have either had a reply or waited 21 days. We never show placeholder numbers.

Where does the data come from?

From applications job seekers track on JobRipe: status changes they make, employer replies read by the email tracker, and replies to applications sent through JobRipe.

Cite this report

JobRipe, "Which employers actually reply? Employer response report", https://jobripe.com/reports/employer-response (16 October 2026).

Journalists and researchers are welcome to quote these figures with a link to this page. Questions about the data: support@jobripe.com

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Not enough data yet

We publish figures once 30 tracked applications from at least 5 people have either had a reply or waited 21 days. So far: 0 of 30. We never show placeholder numbers.

What this page will show

The median number of days to a first reply, and the share of applications that get any reply.

The same by role family and by country, each with at least 20 applications.

The most responsive and fastest-replying employers, named only with at least 10 tracked applications from 3 or more people.

How many employers reply to fewer than 30% of applications, as a count, never by name.

You can help: track your applications on JobRipe. Only totals are ever published, never anything about you.

Methodology: how we count

Source: applications job seekers track on JobRipe in the last 12 months. A reply is recorded when the person moves the application on in their tracker (screening, interview, offer or rejection), when the JobRipe email tracker reads an employer's reply they forwarded, or when an employer answers an application sent through JobRipe.

An application counts once it has a reply, or once it is 21 days old without one. Newer applications without a reply are left out: it is too early to say.

Any reply counts, including a rejection. Withdrawn applications are left out.

Days to first reply runs from the day the application was sent to the first reply. We show the median: half of replies came faster, half slower.

Nothing is published until 30 applications from 5 or more people qualify. A role family or country needs 20. An employer is only named with at least 10 qualifying applications from 3 or more different people; employers below that are never named.

Named lists show the most responsive and fastest employers only. Employers that replied to fewer than 30% of applications are shown as a count, without names: a small sample of tracked applications is not a verdict on an employer.

These are JobRipe users' applications, not a survey of all applicants, so treat the figures as a guide.

Questions people ask

When will this report show figures?

As soon as 30 tracked applications have either had a reply or waited 21 days. We never show placeholder numbers.

Where does the data come from?

From applications job seekers track on JobRipe: status changes they make, employer replies read by the email tracker, and replies to applications sent through JobRipe.