The Radicati Group, Inc. Releases "Email Statistics Report, 2009-2013"

Including Statistics for Email, Instant Messaging, and Wireless Email


PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwire - May 6, 2009) - A new study from the Radicati Group, Inc. brings together key statistics and forecasts for email, Instant Messaging, and wireless email. It includes data on business and consumer email usage, user demographics, on-premises and hosted email, geographic distribution of user accounts, email accounts by business size and industry, daily email traffic, email storage requirements, as well as volume and cost of spam and viruses.

The number of worldwide email users is projected to increase from over 1.4 billion in 2009 to almost 1.9 billion by 2013. In 2009, 74% of all email accounts will belong to consumers, and 24% to corporate users.

Worldwide email traffic will total 247 billion messages per day in 2009. By 2013, this figure will almost double to 507 billion messages per day.

In 2009, about 81% of all email traffic is spam. According to our projections, a typical 1,000-user organization can spend upwards of $1.8 million a year to manage spam.

To order a copy of the study, or for additional information about our market research programs, please contact The Radicati Group at (650) 322-8059, or visit http://www.radicati.com.

About The Radicati Group, Inc.

The Radicati Group covers all aspects of email security, email archiving, regulatory compliance, wireless technologies, web services, identity management, instant messaging, unified communications, VoIP, and more. The company provides quantitative and qualitative information, including detailed market size, installed base and forecast information on a worldwide basis, as well as detailed country breakouts.

The Radicati Group works with corporate organizations to assist them in selecting the right products and technologies to support their business needs, as well as with vendors to define the best strategic direction for their products. We also work with investment firms on a worldwide basis to help them identify and assess investment opportunities.

The Radicati Group, Inc. is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, with offices in London, Hong Kong and Melbourne.

Contact Information: Contact: Lauren Reardon The Radicati Group, Inc. (650) 322-8059