Fairly recent [1] stats seem to point to: hotmail: 360m+ active accounts yahoo: 275m+ active accounts Gmail in 3rd, followed by AOL webmail [2} Alth

Fairly recent [1] stats seem to point to: hotmail: 360m+ active accounts yahoo: 275m+ active accounts Gmail in 3rd, followed by AOL webmail [2} Although yahoo! mail seems to have a more active user base as it's ahead on most site ranking systems [3]. Sources: [1] http://www.email-marketing-reports.com/metrics/email-statistics.htm http://www.email-marketing-reports.com/metrics/email-statist... [2] http://techcrunch.com/2009/08/14/gmail-nudges-past-aol-email-in-the-us-to-take-no-3-spot/ http://techcrunch.com/2009/08/14/gmail-nudges-past-aol-email... [3] http://www.hitwise.com/us/datacenter/main/dashboard-10133.html http://www.hitwise.com/us/datacenter/main/dashboard-10133.ht...