I Misspelled My Own Name?

87% watch their spelling and punctuation when typing emails. Over two-thirds (70%) are irked by misspellings but 66% excuse the errors when the emails come from a mobile device, like a BlackBerry®.

My Email Bankrupted Me

Nearly 27% 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 three (33%) 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 Seattle user has 2.6 email accounts. It’s easy to get a new email address, just visit My eAddress for a new one of your own.

Is it Okay to Email from Sunday Services?

Almost half (43%) of Seattle email users say they’ve checked their email from the bathroom. Other popular email spots include in bed in their pajamas (67%), in a restaurant (67%), while driving (38%), while on a date (24%), at happy hour (33%) and from church (24%).

Wanna Go Out Friday? Send Me an Email.

12% have asked someone on a date over email and 3% have broken up over email. Meanwhile, 15% have used email to share bad news and 3% have quit their job by email.

Mixing Business & Pleasure

The average email user in Seattle checks personal email more than 3 times per day. Meanwhile, they also check work email almost 3 times in a given weekend.

One in five (18%) plan vacations based on where they know they can access email, and 27% say they feel obligated to check work email while on a break from the office.

Checking Email: All Day & All Night

One in four (25%) residents of Seattle check their email as soon as they wake up and 13% check email during breakfast. 35% check their email in the middle of the night and 38% 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 Love Mobile Email & Mobile Email Loves Me

One in ten (11%) email users check their email from a mobile device or cell phone. In fact, 62% 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.