Statistics
Email overload and cold outreach statistics
How full inboxes are, how often people are interrupted, and how rarely cold messages get answered. Every figure links to its source.
Figures checked against each source on November 12, 2026.
- 117emails a day reach the average Microsoft 365 user, most skimmed in under a minute.Microsoft Work Trend Index, 2025
- Every 2 minutesthe busiest fifth of Microsoft 365 users get a meeting, email or chat during the workday.Microsoft Work Trend Index, 2025
- 45%of all email traffic worldwide in 2025 was spam, by Kaspersky's count.Kaspersky, 2025
- 28%of the workweek goes on managing email, a McKinsey study estimated.McKinsey Global Institute, 2012
- 3.43%Cold emails sent through the Instantly platform in 2025 got an average reply rate of 3.43%.Instantly, 2025
- 2.6 millionPeople in the US filed over 2.6 million Do Not Call complaints about unwanted sales calls in fiscal 2025.US Federal Trade Commission, 2025
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Using these figures
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