Chained to your email? You have no idea…

Feel like sometimes you just can’t get away from your email? It’s probably not just a feeling. Latest studies show that most people spend an hour or more a day on email and have multiple email accounts. To see how you compare, keep reading.

According to American Online surveys, conducted in partnership with Opinion Research Corporation, as reported by Emarketer, users rely on e-mail as much as the phone for communication, spend about an hour a day on e-mail and that 77% of them have more than one e-mail account. That translates to an essential part of everyday life, concludes the report.

The survey shows:

• 41% of Americans check e-mail first thing in the morning

• 18% check e-mail right after dinner

• 14% check e-mail right when they get home from work

• 14% check e-mail right before they go to bed

• 40% of e-mail users have checked their e-mail in the middle of the night

More than one in four say they can’t go more than two to three days without checking e-mail. And it’s checked everywhere:

• In bed (23%)

• In class (12%)

• In a business meeting (8%)

• At a Wi-Fi hotspot (6%)

• At the beach or pool (6%)

• In the bathroom (4%)

• While driving (4%)

• In church (1%)

The survey found that 61% of e-mail users employed outside the home check their personal e-mail at work,

• 47% check personal e-mail at work

• 47% check it sporadically throughout the day

• 25% check it first thing when they arrive at work

• 18% check it at lunchtime

• 8% during an afternoon break

• 2% right before heading home

Women are more likely than men to check their personal e-mail at work throughout the day, and 60% of all e-mail users check their e-mail while on vacation.

What about you? Leave a comment or two to commiserate with me!