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"In 2020, the number of global e-mail users amounted to four billion and is set to grow to 4.6 billion users in 2025."

You got me! :) I guess just 1 out of every 2 human beings checks email. The denominator includes folks without computers or phones too.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/255080/number-of-e-mail-...




Having an inbox does not mean using it or checking it regularly. Think of all the old people with tablets who don't even know what their email address is. Or folks like me who have several. What I'm saying is that "an email address exists, somebody must be checking it" is a flawed argument.

In fact, this article: https://phrasee.co/blog/a-brief-history-of-email/

says the following:

   With over 2.6 billion active users and over 4.6 billion email accounts in operation, email is the most important and widely used communications medium on the internet.
Still, 2.6B is a lot. So there's that.




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