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> The top 5 providers likely account for the overwhelming majority of all email. I don't think this is true. At least, it wasn't true in 2016 according to this

> The top 5 providers likely account for the overwhelming majority of all email. I don't think this is true. At least, it wasn't true in 2016 according to this (https://email-verify.my-addr.com/list-of-most-popular-email-domains.php https://email-verify.my-addr.com/list-of-most-popular-email-...), these figures (https://emailclientmarketshare.com https://emailclientmarketshare.com) for email clients in 2019 don't suggest a massive change, and anecdotally it seems unlikely -- a lot of people use addresses from university or work. Certainly it is more centralised than say the automotive industry. But it seems much more similar to that than operating systems, browsers, social networks etc..

vageli 7y ago
> > The top 5 providers likely account for the overwhelming majority of all email. I don't think this is true. At least, it wasn't true in 2016 according to this (https://email-verify.my-addr.com/list-of-most-popular-email-... https://email-verify.my-addr.com/list-of-most-popular-email-...), these figures (https://emailclientmarketshare.com https://emailclientmarketshare.com) for email clients in 2019 don't suggest a massive change, and anecdotally it seems unlikely -- a lot of people use addresses from university or work. > Certainly it is more centralised than say the automotive industry. But it seems much more similar to that than operating systems, browsers, social networks etc.. But those addresses from university or work are increasingly just gsuite deployments.
- nostrademons 7y ago
  A lot are still on Outlook. You might be surprised at the degree to which Microsoft still dominates enterprise IT.
  - vageli 7y ago
    I have experienced this firsthand in enterprise :) However, I think the tide is turning with universities. Enterprise will be longer I think largely because of Excel (so might as well have O365, might as well add Outlook, etc).

vageli 7y ago

> > The top 5 providers likely account for the overwhelming majority of all email. I don't think this is true. At least, it wasn't true in 2016 according to this (https://email-verify.my-addr.com/list-of-most-popular-email-... https://email-verify.my-addr.com/list-of-most-popular-email-...), these figures (https://emailclientmarketshare.com https://emailclientmarketshare.com) for email clients in 2019 don't suggest a massive change, and anecdotally it seems unlikely -- a lot of people use addresses from university or work. > Certainly it is more centralised than say the automotive industry. But it seems much more similar to that than operating systems, browsers, social networks etc.. But those addresses from university or work are increasingly just gsuite deployments.

nostrademons 7y ago
A lot are still on Outlook. You might be surprised at the degree to which Microsoft still dominates enterprise IT.
- vageli 7y ago
  I have experienced this firsthand in enterprise :) However, I think the tide is turning with universities. Enterprise will be longer I think largely because of Excel (so might as well have O365, might as well add Outlook, etc).