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.

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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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 History

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

Gmail Statistics

How many people use Gmail:

1.5 billion Gmail users

Last updated10/26/18

Gmail’s share or the global email client market:

20%

Last updated December 2016

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

68.4%

Last updated 2/2/17

Percentage of Americans that use Gmail during work hours:

 24.29%

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Last updated 10/2/13

Percentage of the Internet population that Gmail language translation covers:

94%

Last updated 7/7/14

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

 1 billion

Last updated 5/14/14

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

75%

Last updated 5/28/15

Average age of a Gmail user:

31

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Last updated 4/1/14

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

0.1%

Last updated 7/9/15

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

0.05%

Last updated 7/9/15