What is Gmail?

18 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.  Gmail has literally become the default personal email service for most of the global internet community.

Gmail History

• 2004 – Gmail is released publicly to beta testers
• 2006 – Gmail mobile app is launched
• 2009 – Gmail exits its beta stage

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Gmail User Count

How many people use Gmail:

between 1.5 and 1.8 billion users

Last updated 7/17/22

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Percentage of the world’s population that use Gmail:

23%

Last updated 7/5/22

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Additional Gmail Statistics

Average number of spam email messages Gmail blocks daily:

100 million 

Last updated 2/26/19

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Gmail’s share or the global email client market:

27.8%

Last updated 7/5/22

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Percentage of incoming messages that are classified as Promotions by Gmail:

68.4%

Last updated 2/2/17

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Number of times that the Gmail app has been downloaded from the Google Play Store:

10 billion installs

Last updated 1/11/22

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Percentage of Gmail users that open their email on a mobile device:

75%

Last updated 5/28/15

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Percentage of email in the average Gmail inbox that is spam:

0.1%

Last updated 7/9/15

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Percentage of wanted mail that ends up in a Gmail spam folder:

0.05%

Last updated 7/9/15

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Percentage of non-spam emails sent to Gmail users that have adopted email authentication standards:

91.4%

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Number of languages that Gmail supports:

74 languages

Last updated 2/25/15

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Recent Gmail News

Here are some recent Gmail news articles. We update company news daily, as it breaks, so be sure to check back often for the latest.

• Google reveals a new Gmail interface that’s no longer a crowded mess, 02/02/2022
• Gmail’s new notification icons finally help you tell the difference between Chat and Spaces, 03/23/2022
• Gmail app hits 10 billion installs on Android, only slightly higher than your unread emails, 01/09/2022
• Gmail Finally Updated with a Useful Widget on iPhone, 01/11/2022
• Gmail app hits 10 billion Play Store downloads, holds 53% of U.S. email market, 01/13/2022

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Please note that some of these numbers are easier to find than others. A few of these Gmail statistics come from their own reports, but some are based on news reports and not official company tallies. No information contained on DMR should be relied upon to make investment decisions. Basically, this is the best I can find and I don’t guarantee anything to be 100%.

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