Worldwide Email Usage 2005-2009 Forecast

Email's Future Depends on Keeping Its Value High and Its Cost Low

Publication Date	December 2005
Publisher	IDC
Product Type	Report
Pages	36
ISBN Number
Product Code	IDC01017

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Summary

This study examines how email is being and will be used for business and personal purposes. This seventh annual study of email usage provides email solution providers and their customers with insights on how email usage is changing based on a 10+ year perspective (1998?2009) of the following email usage information for North America and worldwide:

Emailboxes and users by type (i.e., corporate, hosted, business, and consumer) Primary emailbox access methods (i.e., Post Office Protocol [POP], Internet Message Access Protocol [IMAP], Web browser, and proprietary) Sent email volume by purpose (i.e., business and personal) and type (i.e., person-to-person email, spam, and email alerts and notifications) and by size

The study provides regional information for North America, Western Europe, Asia/Pacific, and the rest of the world (ROW) for emailboxes, users, and sent email messages for 2005 and 2009. It also focuses on overall email usage and trends, not providing information about individual email companies, products, or services.

Content

In This Study
Situation Overview
Future Outlook
- Forecast and Assumptions
- Table: Key Forecast Assumptions for the Worldwide Email Market, 2005-2009
  - Emailboxes
  - Table: North America and Worldwide Emailboxes, 1998-2009 (M)
  - Figure: North America and Worldwide Emailboxes, 1998?2009
  - Figure: Worldwide Emailbox Share by Region, 2005 and 2009
  - Table: North America Emailboxes by User Type, 1998-2009 (M)
  - Table: Worldwide Emailboxes by User Type, 1998-2009 (M)
  - Figure: North America and Worldwide Hosted Emailboxes, 1998?2009
  - Figure: Worldwide Hosted Emailbox Share by Region, 2005 and 2009
  - Table: North America Business Emailboxes by Sourcing Type, 1998-2009 (M)
  - Table: Worldwide Business Emailboxes by Sourcing Type, 1998-2009 (M)
  - Figure: North America Business Emailbox Share by Sourcing Type, 1998?2009
  - Figure: Worldwide Business Emailbox Share by Sourcing Type, 1998?2009
  - Table: North America Emailboxes by Primary Access Method, 1998-2009 (M)
  - Table: North America Corporate Emailboxes by Primary Access Method, 1998-2009 (M)
  - Table: Worldwide Emailboxes by Primary Access Method, 1998-2009 (M)
  - Table: Worldwide Corporate Emailboxes by Primary Access Method, 1998-2009 (M)
  - Figure: North America Emailboxes by Primary Access Method, 1998?2009
  - Figure: North America Corporate Emailbox Share by Primary Access Method, 2005 and 2009
  - Figure: Worldwide Emailboxes by Primary Access Method, 1998?2009
  - Figure: Worldwide Free Web Emailboxes by Type of User, 1998?2009
  - Email Users
  - Table: North America Email Users by Type, 1998-2009 (M)
  - Table: Worldwide Email Users by Type, 1998-2009 (M)
  - Figure: Worldwide Business Email User Share by Region, 2005 and 2009
  - Figure: Worldwide Consumer Email User Share by Region, 2005 and 2009
  - Table: North America Business Email Users by Sourcing Type, 1998-2009 (M)
  - Table: Worldwide Business Email Users by Sourcing Type, 1998-2009 (M)
  - Figure: North America Business Email User Share by Sourcing Type, 1998?2009
  - Emails Sent: Spam, Person to Person, and Alerts and Notifications
  - Table: North America and Worldwide Average Daily Person-to-Person Email Messages Sent, 1998-2009 (B)
  - Table: North America Average Daily Person-to-Person Email Messages Sent by Usage Type, 1998-2009 (B)
  - Table: Worldwide Average Daily Person-to-Person Email Messages Sent by Usage Type, 1998-2009 (B)
  - Table: North America and Worldwide Annual Person-to-Person Email Messages Sent, 1998-2009 (T)
  - Table: North America Annual Person-to-Person Email Messages Sent by Usage Type, 1998-2009 (T)
  - Table: Worldwide Annual Person-to-Person Email Messages Sent Usage Type, 1998-2009 (T)
  - Figure: North America and Worldwide Annual Person-to-Person Email Messages Sent, 1998?2009
  - Figure: Worldwide Share of Annual Person-to-Person Email Messages Sent by Region, 2005 and 2009
  - Table: North America and Worldwide Annual Business Person-to-Person Email Volume Sent, 1998-2009 (Petabytes)
  - Figure: North America and Worldwide Annual Business Person-to-Person Email Volume Sent, 1998?2009
  - Table: North America and Worldwide Daily Spam Messages Sent, 1998-2009 (B)
  - Table: North America and Worldwide Annual Spam Messages Sent, 1998-2009 (T)
  - Figure: North America and Worldwide Daily Spam Messages Sent, 1998?2009
  - Figure: North America and Worldwide Annual Spam Messages Sent, 1998?2009
  - Table: North America and Worldwide Daily Total Email Messages Sent, 1998-2009 (T)
  - Table: North America and Worldwide Annual Total Email Messages Sent, 1998-2009 (T)
  - Figure: North America Daily Total Email Messages Sent, 1998?2009
  - Figure: Worldwide Daily Total Email Messages Sent, 1998?2009
  - Figure: North America Annual Total Email Messages Sent, 1998?2009
  - Figure: Worldwide Annual Total Email Messages Sent, 1998?2009
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