ClearContext 2005 Email Usage Survey Volume Analysis
What are all these emails we are getting? Below is a breakdown of email volume by type from the 300 respondents to our 2005 Email Usage Survey. See our survey summary page for more detail.
| Question: | How many emails do you normally get per day? |
| Responses | |
| 0 - 15 |  7.7% |
| 15 - 50 | 28.7% |
| 50 - 100 | 27.3% |
| 100 - 250 | 21.7% |
| 250 - 500 | 10% |
| More than 500 | 4.7% |
| Question: | Estimate the amount of email you receive that is spam/ unsolicted email. |
| Responses | |
| 5% or Less | 26.5% |
| 10% | 16.8% |
| 15% | 12.1% |
| 25% | 13.8% |
| 50% | 20.5% |
| 75% or More | 10.4% |
| Question: | Estimate the amount of email you receive that is personal email. |
| Responses | |
| 5% or Less | 26.3% |
| 10% | 25.6% |
| 15% | 12.8% |
| 25% | 18.2% |
| 50% | 10.8% |
| 75% or More | 6.4% |
| Question: | Estimate the amount of email you receive that is work-related email. |
| Responses | |
| 5% or Less | 10.4% |
| 10% | 7.7% |
| 15% | 6.4% |
| 25% | 13.5% |
| 50% | 27.3% |
| 75% or More | 34.7% |
| Question: | Estimate the amount of email you receive that is non-critical, non-spam email. |
| Responses | |
| 5% or Less | 13.2% |
| 10% | 17.9% |
| 15% | 12.8% |
| 25% | 18.2% |
| 50% | 26.4% |
| 75% or More | 11.5% |
| Question: | Estimate the amount of email you receive that is copied, non-spam email (cc: or bcc:). |
| Responses | |
| 5% or Less | 37.4% |
| 10% | 17.7% |
| 15% | 14.3% |
| 25% | 17.7% |
| 50% | 9.9% |
| 75% or More | 3.1% |
| Question: | Estimate the amount of email you receive that is newsletters and/or mailing lists. |
| Responses | |
| 5% or Less | 24.5% |
| 10% | 21.8% |
| 15% | 15.8% |
| 25% | 20.8% |
| 50% | 10.4% |
| 75% or More | 6.7% |