How Many Email Accounts Are There Globally?

Over 4 billion individuals use emails daily. With an average of 1.75 email accounts per user, the number of email accounts grows faster as most people have several email addresses.

Email is an economical and effective way to communicate with others online. It is free and available on various platforms. Many online transactions nowadays also include the use of email, and online platforms require emails to access them. 

If you want to know how many email accounts exist worldwide, this article is for you. 

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• According to Oberlo, email accounts users will reach 4.37 billion in 2023.
• Each user has an average of 1.75 email accounts.
• Email account users are expected to grow to 4.48 billion in 2024, 4.59 billion in 2025, and 4.73 billion in 2026.
• Gmail has more than 1.8 billion users.
• Yahoo has more than 227.8 million active users.
• Hotmail has 400 million users globally.

How Many Emails Accounts Exist? 

In 2023, email users are expected to grow to 4.37 billion globally. This represents more than half of the world's population, a rise of 2.7% from the previous year. 

This number will increase over the next few years, climbing 2.5% to 4.48 billion in 2024 and another 2.5% to 4.59 billion the following year. 

This section will discuss how many subscribers Gmail, Yahoo, and Hotmail have. Read on to learn more.

Total Number of Email Accounts Worldwide

There are 5.59 billion active email accounts, roughly 1.5 times the number of users. Some of them are the same users with separate accounts for different purposes. 

Being the three giant email platforms in the world, Gmail, Yahoo, and Hotmail comprise the most significant portion of email accounts, with billions of users daily. Here are the statistics of email accounts around the world.

1. There are more than 1.8 billion Gmail users worldwide.

(Rightinbox)

With over 1.8 billion users, Gmail continues to be the world's most widely used email service. Gmail also held 43% of the market share for email service providers at the end of 2020 and into 2021. 

An estimated 75% of Gmail users use mobile devices to access their emails, 61% of those aged 18 to 29, and 54% aged 30 to 44. 

2. Yahoo estimates the platform has over 227.8 million active users.

(Earthweb)

Yahoo introduced Yahoo Mail in 1997, the second-most popular email service globally and used for personal and professional purposes. The business estimates 227.8 million active users and 26 billion emails sent daily.

3. Since its rebranding in 2012, Hotmail has had 400 million users worldwide.

(Webopedia) 

Microsoft phased out Hotmail in 2011 and rebranded the service as Outlook.com in 2012. However, customers can still use @hotmail.com when setting up a new email account. 

Outlook.com is a free web-based mail account that offers webmail, calendaring, contacts, and task services. Still, this platform differs from Outlook, the Microsoft Office suite's mail client application. 

Conclusion

Almost everyone uses email since it is the ideal formal communication medium. You need an email address to contact coworkers, sign up for social network accounts, make purchases, and do many other online activities.

Recent statistics show billions of active email users worldwide are expected to increase by 11.1% in four years. For now, emails will continue to thrive and dominate personal and professional uses for all users.