How do I export my beehiiv subscribers?

In beehiiv, open Settings from the left panel of the dashboard. On General Info, choose the publication if you have more than one, then click Export Data. Under Export Subscribers, click Export All Basic Subscribers or Export All Subscribers. When the export finishes, download it from the email beehiiv sends, or click Download next to it under Historical Exports. Only admins can export. Download links last 24 hours. The basic export includes email, status and tier; the full export adds custom fields and stats.

Will verification find the inactive subscribers on my beehiiv list?

No. Verification tells you whether an address can receive mail, not whether the person reads it. Someone who has not opened in a year can have a perfectly valid mailbox. Handle disengaged people with an engagement segment and a re-permission or sunset email, and use verification for addresses that are invalid or at risk of bouncing.

What does a risky result mean?

A risky address could not be confirmed as a real mailbox, usually because the domain accepts all mail (catch-all) or the provider will not say. An unconfirmed address is never reported as valid. Keep risky addresses out of your first send and mail them later, most engaged first.

Is there a free way to try this on my beehiiv list?

Yes. Sign in with Google and the first 100 addresses are checked free, with results to download and no card. After that, verification is $29.99 a month on the Pro plan.

Clean your beehiiv subscriber list

Export your beehiiv subscribers as a CSV, verify every address, then import the valid file back and keep the risky one out of your first send. Verification finds addresses that cannot receive mail. It cannot tell who has stopped reading, and an address it cannot confirm is called risky, never valid.

Export steps, bounce rules and prices read from beehiiv's own pages on 23 Oct 2026.

1. Export your beehiiv subscribers

In beehiiv, open Settings from the left panel of the dashboard.
On General Info, choose the publication if you have more than one, then click Export Data.
Under Export Subscribers, click Export All Basic Subscribers or Export All Subscribers.
When the export finishes, download it from the email beehiiv sends, or click Download next to it under Historical Exports.

Only admins can export. Download links last 24 hours. The basic export includes email, status and tier; the full export adds custom fields and stats.

Source: beehiiv support: exporting subscriber data. Or see the shorter beehiiv export page.

2. What beehiiv already does with bounces

beehiiv says a hard bounce is an email permanently rejected by the mailbox provider, such as an invalid address or a domain that no longer accepts mail, and that addresses already flagged as invalid are dropped before sending. (beehiiv: key delivery events)
A soft bounce is a temporary rejection, for example a full mailbox or a message not accepted within 72 hours. Those addresses are not dead, so do not delete them on one soft bounce. (beehiiv: key delivery events)
beehiiv tells you to watch bounce, unsubscribe and spam complaint rates and to clean the list when they rise, and prohibits purchased, scraped or co-registration lists. (beehiiv: understanding open rate declines)

Inactive is not invalid. A subscriber who has not opened for a year usually has a working mailbox, so verification keeps them. Deal with them separately: segment by last engagement, send a re-permission email, and remove the ones who do not answer. Verification is for the addresses that would bounce.

3. What verification can and cannot tell you

It can tell you

The address is malformed or the domain has no mail servers.
The mailbox does not exist, where the provider answers the check.
The domain is disposable, which is common for junk signups.
The domain accepts all mail, so the address cannot be confirmed.

It cannot tell you

Whether the person reads your issues.
Whether they agreed to hear from you.
Whether the address is a spam trap.
Whether a risky address is real. Providers that hide mailbox status and catch-all domains stay unconfirmed.

Unconfirmed always means risky, never valid. You get three files back, valid, risky and invalid, with your original beehiiv columns kept.

4. Import the clean file back

Import the valid file as your active list. Keep the original columns so tags, names and signup dates survive.
Do not re-import the invalid file. Addresses the platform already suppressed stay suppressed, and re-adding dead ones only brings the bounces back.
Hold the risky file out of the first send. Mail it later, to the most engaged people first, and watch the bounce rate on that send.

beehiiv bounce rate limits

beehiiv does not publish a bounce-rate enforcement number that we could find. It publishes the delivery events (block, drop) and tells you to clean the list when rates rise. Source: beehiiv: key delivery events, read 23 Oct 2026. Other platforms' published lines are in bounce rate limits by platform.

How much is a dirty beehiiv list costing you?

Enter your own numbers. The share of dead addresses is your estimate (your last bounce rate is a floor, since only some dead addresses have bounced yet). Nothing is sent anywhere.

Subscribers on your list

Addresses you think are dead

Invalid or abandoned, your best estimate.

Your reported open rate (optional)

Fill in the list size and the share of dead addresses to see the result.

beehiiv sets the price by subscriber bucket. The Free plan covers up to 2,500 subscribers at $0; the table below is the Lite plan, billed monthly, as listed on the pricing page. beehiiv pricing, read 23 Oct 2026. Prices change; check the page before you decide.

Check a beehiiv address, then your list

Type any address. It gets the same check the paid plans run: syntax, the domain’s mail servers and, where the provider allows it, a live mailbox check. Nothing is sent to the address.

Email address

Five checks a minute, no account needed. Nothing is sent to the address — we ask its mail server whether the mailbox exists, then disconnect.

Have a list? Sign in with Google and the first 100 addresses are checked free, with results to download. No card.

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Common questions

How do I export my beehiiv subscribers?: In beehiiv, open Settings from the left panel of the dashboard. On General Info, choose the publication if you have more than one, then click Export Data. Under Export Subscribers, click Export All Basic Subscribers or Export All Subscribers. When the export finishes, download it from the email beehiiv sends, or click Download next to it under Historical Exports. Only admins can export. Download links last 24 hours. The basic export includes email, status and tier; the full export adds custom fields and stats.
What bounce rate does beehiiv allow?: beehiiv does not publish a bounce-rate enforcement number that we could find. It publishes the delivery events (block, drop) and tells you to clean the list when rates rise. Source: beehiiv: key delivery events, read 23 Oct 2026.
Will verification find the inactive subscribers on my beehiiv list?: No. Verification tells you whether an address can receive mail, not whether the person reads it. Someone who has not opened in a year can have a perfectly valid mailbox. Handle disengaged people with an engagement segment and a re-permission or sunset email, and use verification for addresses that are invalid or at risk of bouncing.
What does a risky result mean?: A risky address could not be confirmed as a real mailbox, usually because the domain accepts all mail (catch-all) or the provider will not say. An unconfirmed address is never reported as valid. Keep risky addresses out of your first send and mail them later, most engaged first.
Is there a free way to try this on my beehiiv list?: Yes. Sign in with Google and the first 100 addresses are checked free, with results to download and no card. After that, verification is $29.99 a month on the Pro plan.