According to a recent Email Addiction study by AOL, we are more addicted to email than I had thought. AOL conducted surveys in several major US cities and found just how tied we are to our email inboxes on our PCs and hand-held devices. Here are just some of the survey findings:
In Washington DC, “Nearly three-quarters (73%) of Washington email users say they’ve checked their email in a restaurant. Other popular email spots include in bed in their pajamas (62%), in a the bathroom (65%), while driving (49%), while on a date (32%), at happy hour (38%) and from church (14%).”
Ok, I have to ask… why are people sending email from the bathroom? I hope you’re just chilling on that plush sofa that Nordstrom always seem to have in the front room.
In the windy-city of Chicago, “Nearly 23% of email users have either declared “email bankruptcy,” deleting all of their email messages to start anew, or are seriously considering doing so. 24% have gotten a new email address to start fresh with a new inbox or are thinking about it. It’s no surprise then that the average Chicagoan has 2.5 email accounts.”
And, how did Seattle rank? Well, according to the study results “one in four (25%) residents of Seattle check their email as soon as they wake up and 13% check email during breakfast. 35% check their email in the middle of the night and 38% of mobile email users keep their mobile device or BlackBerry® on the nightstand so they can hear the chime of a new email arriving in their inbox.”
Fellow Seattlites, when are you sleeping if you are checking email in the middle of the night? No wonder we’re so tired all the time. With all these fascinating survey results, I’m now curious to hear from you…
Please submit a comment below and tell me “When do YOU check your email?“
