11 years ago, Gmail burst onto the scene and quickly became a formidable challenger to the AOLs, Yahoos and Hotmails of the time. Since then, Google’s signature email product has surpassed those competitors and then some, becoming the standard-bearer for ad-supported, consumer email services.
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So here is our latest installment of our “By the Numbers” digital statistic post series. We look at some incredible Gmail facts and statistics to get a better picture of how amazingly large a product it has become in just 10 years.
Download the full Google Statistics report here.
Please note that some of these numbers are easier to find than others. A few of these Gmail statistics come from Google’s own reports, but some are based on news reports and not official company tallies. Basically, this is the best I can find and I don’t guarantee anything to be 100% accurate.
Gmail Facts
- Gmail Launch Date: 2004
- Gmail URL: mail.google.com
- Gmail Apps: iOS | Android
- Gmail Developer: Google
What is Gmail?
Gmail is built on the idea that email can be more intuitive, efficient, and useful. And maybe even fun. (source)
Gmail Statistics
How many people use Gmail:
Last updated 7/17/17
Gmail’s share or the global email client market:
Last updated December 2016
Percentage of incoming messages that are classified as Promotions by Gmail:
Last updated 2/2/17
Percentage of Americans that use Gmail during work hours:
Last updated 10/2/13
Percentage of the Internet population that Gmail language translation covers:
Last updated 7/7/14
Number of times that the Gmail app has been downloaded from the Google Play Store:
Last updated 5/14/14
Percentage of Gmail users that open their email on a mobile device:
Last updated 5/28/15
Average age of a Gmail user:
Last updated 4/1/14
Percentage of email in the average Gmail inbox that is spam:
Last updated 7/9/15
Percentage of wanted mail that ends up in a Gmail spam folder:
Last updated 7/9/15
This report is a digital collection of every Google stat I have curated over the years. With over a billion searches monthly, billions of android devices in existence and hundreds of millions of people using digital staples like Gmail, Chrome, Maps, Translate, etc., there is plenty of data to collect and list here. 270 of them to be exact including stats for:
- Google Search Stats
- Search/Display Advertising Stats
- Chromecast Stats
- Chromebook Stats
- Chrome and other Google App/Services Stats
- Gmail Stats
- Google+ Stats
- Etc.- all in one place
I try to go through each and every stat regularly and update as much as possible, but we all know that some stats are easier to track down than others. As always, every stat is linked to its original source and has the source date listed.
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Bundle 1: Google Product report bundle (Android, Google, YouTube).
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