Emails Sent Today
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(Data shown in the table is for 2025. Counter shows current estimate)
Daily Email Volume
Emails Per Second
Spam Percentage
Understanding Emails Sent Today
This counter tracks the number of emails sent worldwide today. Despite the rise of messaging apps and collaborative platforms, email remains a fundamental communication channel, with approximately 216 billion emails exchanged daily across business and personal accounts.
Email usage spans virtually every sector of the global economy, from corporate communications and customer service to personal messaging and automated notifications. Business email accounts for approximately 72% of total email volume, reflecting email's central role in professional communication despite the adoption of newer collaboration tools.
The evolution of email has seen significant improvements in spam filtering, with the proportion of spam declining from historical highs above 70% to current levels around 48%. This reduction reflects advances in filtering algorithms, stronger regulatory enforcement, and shifting tactics among those sending unsolicited communications.
Global Email Communications Overview
- Email remains the most ubiquitous digital communication medium, with over 4.3 billion email users worldwide in 2025, representing approximately 53% of the global population. Despite predictions of its decline, email usage continues to grow globally, albeit at a slower pace than in previous decades.
- The average business user sends and receives approximately 126 emails daily, while personal email accounts typically process around 32 emails per day. These figures reflect email's continued importance for formal communications, records, notifications, and account management across both professional and personal contexts.
- Mobile devices now account for approximately 62% of email opens, reflecting broader shifts toward mobile computing. This transition has driven changes in email design, with responsive formats, concise content approaches, and improved mobile rendering becoming standard practices.
- Email security remains a significant concern, with phishing, business email compromise, and malware distribution representing major threat vectors. Organizations worldwide spend approximately $10 billion annually on email security measures to address these risks.
Email Communication Terminology
- SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol): Standard protocol for email transmission across the internet
- Spam: Unsolicited email messages typically sent in bulk for advertising or malicious purposes
- Open Rate: Percentage of delivered emails that recipients open
- Phishing: Fraudulent attempt to obtain sensitive information by disguising as a trustworthy entity in an email
Email Usage by Category
- Business Communications: 37% of total volume
- Marketing/Promotional: 26% of total volume
- Personal Communications: 14% of total volume
- Automated Notifications: 21% of total volume
- Other Categories: 2% of total volume
Email User Demographics
- Corporate Email Users: 1.8 billion accounts
- Personal Email Users: 4.3 billion accounts
- Average Accounts Per User: 2.5 email accounts
- Daily Active Users: 3.7 billion people
- Email Account Growth Rate: 4.2% annually
Email Engagement Metrics
- Average Open Rate (Business): 21.5%
- Average Open Rate (Marketing): 18.7%
- Average Click-Through Rate: 2.8%
- Average Response Time (Business): 90 minutes
- Average Email Size: 76 KB
Data Sources and References
Methodology and Data Collection
Email volume statistics are compiled from email service providers, security companies monitoring email traffic, market research firms, and industry associations tracking global communication patterns.
Real-time email volume estimates incorporate typical daily sending patterns, regional variations, business hours across different time zones, and adjustments for seasonal trends in email communication.