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Do I get too many emails?
Compare your daily email volume to the workplace average.
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How many emails does the average person get?
The average office worker receives 121 emails per day and sends about 40 (Radicati Group 2023). About 49% of all email is spam, so legitimate emails average about 60/day. Workers spend an estimated 2.5 hours/day on email.
Email statistics (Radicati/McKinsey 2023)
- Total received: 121/day average (including spam)
- Legitimate emails: ~60/day
- Emails sent: ~40/day
- Time on email: 2.5 hours/day (28% of workday)
- Inbox zero practitioners: ~15% of workers
Email overload research
Studies show that checking email more than 3 times per day increases stress. "Batching" email — checking at set times rather than constantly — improves productivity by 20%. The average worker checks email 15 times per day.