Email by the numbers

Posted by Suzy Vitello Soulé on May 22nd, 2011 at 07:51 PM | | Tweet

25 years ago, according to a recent Fast Company article, the very first automated email list management software was developed by Eric Thomas. That software, Listserv, is still in use today, but the climate of electronic communications is vastly changed.

Here are the numbers referenced in the article:

Worldwide email accounts

1989 | 1.8 million
1996 | 100 million
2010 | 3 billion

In 2010, email use by Seniors increased by 28%  &  decreased 59% in Teens

The average businessperson sends 33 emails each day.

89% of all sent emails are spam, the majority of which are pharmaceutical promotions.

In 1985, 90% of all emails were business related. Today, just 8% are business related.

In 2010, there were…
107 trillion emails sent
170 billion pieces of mail sent
36 billion photos shared on Facebook
25 billion tweets posted

The Facebook evolution (in users):
2004 | 1 million
2010 | 600 million

The AOL decline:
2004 | 23 million
2010 | 4 million