E-commerce web studio TashHusky recently published a report which revealed that adults are stressed out by their emails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The survey was conducted from late April into early May on the email habits of 2,342 U.S. adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here are some highlights of the report:<\/p>\n\n\n
Responding to Emails<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n 18.3% of respondents described themselves as email addicts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 25% of respondents reported losing sleep due to a professional email<\/p>\n\n\n\n 57% of respondents feel pressured to respond immediately to emails<\/p>\n\n\n\n 52.8% of respondents respond to less urgent emails in less than 4 hours<\/p>\n\n\n\n 60% of respondents said it was important not to have unread emails in their inbox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 48.5% of respondents are afraid of unread emails<\/p>\n\n\n Generational Email Habits<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n Men are less likely to feel pressured to respond promptly to emails, but the report also showed that men check their emails 16 times a day compared to women who check 13 times a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gen Z started checking their emails regularly at the age of 17, while millennials started checking their emails regularly at the age of 20.<\/p>\n\n\n State-by-State Email Trends<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n The five states with the most regular e-mail checks include Maine (35), Iowa (29.6), Utah (22.8), West Virginia (22.8), and Michigan (20.7).<\/p>\n\n\n\n The five states with the fewest email checks are Washington (9.1), Oregon (9.4), Illinois (9.7), Maryland (10), and Mississippi (10.3).<\/p>\n\n\n\n 75% of respondents check their emails when they are bored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 50% of respondents check their emails while spending time with family and friends<\/p>\n\n\n\n 69.3% of respondents check their e-mails while on holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <strong>Nightly email habits<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 46% of respondents check their emails at night when they cannot sleep<\/p>\n\n\n\n 58.9% of respondents said they check their inbox at night and at weekends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 62% of respondents said they would prefer meetings to be held by email.<\/p>\n\n\n