We Hate Spelling Errors

87% watch their spelling and punctuation when typing emails. More than two-thirds (68%) are irked by misspellings but 76% excuse the errors when the emails come from a mobile device, like a BlackBerry®.

I Need a New Email Address

Nearly 26% of email users have either declared “email bankruptcy,” deleting all of their email messages to start anew, or are seriously considering doing so.

One in four (27%) have either 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 New Yorker has 2.7 email accounts. It’s easy to get a new email address these days too, just visit My eAddress for a new one of your own.

I’ll Have the Soup to Start, Just Let Me Finish this Last Email

Almost two-thirds (61%) of New York email users say they’ve checked their email from the bathroom. Other popular email spots include in bed in their pajamas (70%), in a restaurant (60%), while driving (39%), while on a date (30%), at happy hour (33%) and from church (21%).

I Quit. Now Delete Me From Your Address Book.

12% have asked someone out on a date over email and 10% have broken up over email. Meanwhile, 23% have used email to share bad news and 5% have quit their job by email.

Personal Email at Work & Work Email on the Weekends

The average email user in New York checks personal email 4 times per day. Meanwhile, they also check work email over 3 times in a given weekend.

One in four (23%) plan vacations based on where they know they can access email, and 33% say they feel obligated to check work email while on a break from the office.

Checking Email: All Day & All Night

One in six (17%) New Yorkers check their email as soon as they wake up and 15% check email right after dinner. 35% even check their email in the middle of the night and 39% 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.

I Heart Mobile Email

One in six (17%) email users check their email from a mobile device or cell phone. In fact, 46% of these users say they upgraded to a new cell phone in the last year because they wanted to get email while on-the-go. Want to get mobile email on your phone? Just click here to get started.