AOL seems to have found a good way to apply some of the consumer data they collect, taking surveys. In this one they scanned the market to learn more about email addiction. What they discovered is that on average, an email user will check their email 5 times a day. What is even more interesting is that 59% of those with mobile devices check their email every time a new message arrives.

Here are a few more things that they learned about how we use email.

Statistics

• Washington, DC is the most “email addicted” city in the country. Eighty-two percent of Washingtonians have multiple email accounts – the highest percentage of any city in the survey. Rounding out the top 10 cities addicted to email are: 2.) Atlanta; 3.) New York; 4.) San Francisco; 5.) Houston; 6.) Los Angeles; 7.) Seattle; 8.) Orlando; 9.) Denver; and 10.) Miami.
• Americans are emailing anywhere and everywhere. Fifty-nine percent of people emailing from portable devices are checking email in bed while in their pajamas; 53% in the bathroom; 37% are checking email while they drive; and 12% admit to checking email in church.
• Women (16%) are more likely to describe themselves as addicted to email than men (13%), and are actually spending 15 minutes more per day on email than men.
• Forty-three percent of email users check their email first thing in the morning, and 40% have checked their email in the middle of the night. Twenty-six percent admit to checking email on a laptop in bed while in their pajamas.
• Sixty percent of people who email admit to checking their personal email at work an average of three times a day. While only 15% of those who do so have been “busted” by their bosses, 28% say they feel guilty about it.

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Honestly, I spend more time checking email that I probably should. Half of that time is spent trying to find better ways to organize that huge chunk of data into more manageable segments. What I want to know is how you put the reigns on your email, and how you deal with your daily information diet?

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