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10 Mar 2024, 08:42 PM | #1 |
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Email providers with most users
I was surprised to see this list from about one year ago showing Proton as the fifth largest email provider by number of users. Proton ranks below Yahoo, but above Zoho, GMX, and AOL. I wonder how many Gmail users are also iCloud and/or Outlook users? I know lots of people who have all three addresses.
#1 Gmail 1.5 billion #2 iCloud 850 million #3 Outlook 400 million #4 Yahoo 230 million #5 Proton 50 million #6 Zoho 15 million #7 GMX 11 million #8 AOL 1.5 million https://www.sellcell.com/blog/most-p...mber-of-users/ |
11 Mar 2024, 03:54 AM | #2 |
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I don’t believe that list. They seem to be giving a list of “free” email providers, but if you look at their references you will see that Proton is supposed to have 50 million accounts of all types (not just email), and of course they have many paid accounts. I would guess that the vast majority of those are VPN services.
When I search through my 20 years of accumulated emails, I can find the following unique users who have sent email to me at the four company Proton domains:
Of course, I’m in the US. My assumption is that the list would be completely different in Russia, Egypt, Nigeria, India, China, and Indonesia. And it’s possible to have a free email account for years and not use it (as long as you have enough activity that it isn’t closed). I have email accounts at yahoo.com, AOL.com, gmail.com, and a few others that I don’t regularly use. I got those accounts so that my own desirable email address was reserved. Use of business and personal domains makes this harder to check. Bill |
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OTOH, I did a quick search of my 24,000 messages in my Gmail account and I found one person using Proton. And only one journalist I emailed a couple of times. I am also in the USA. Last edited by TenFour : 11 Mar 2024 at 04:32 AM. |
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11 Mar 2024, 06:34 AM | #4 |
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I have got 100 million emails from tech lists.
I think I have the real data in email industry including providers ranking. |
11 Mar 2024, 05:26 PM | #5 |
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This list seems to leave out some large email services, such as 163.com,QQ.com, etc
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12 Mar 2024, 08:56 AM | #7 |
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Interesting, thanks. I would have expected Yahoo about Outlook.
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12 Mar 2024, 08:25 PM | #8 | |
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Very seldom use their domains for sending mail. |
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13 Mar 2024, 04:47 AM | #9 | |
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