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> it is definitely a centerpiece of google's business. THE centerpiece. The average Google user spends ~5min a day on search, and ~6 hours a day on Gmail.

tommek4077 4y ago
"Of course those numbers are true. I just made them up myself!" .... 6hours is a bit much.
jffry 4y ago
Can you please provide a source for those numbers? Because at first glance they seem pretty fantastical.
- Alex3917 4y ago
  According to a research report by Adobe, the average office worker spends 5.9 hours per day checking email: https://business.adobe.com/blog/perspectives/if-you-think-email-is-dead-think-again https://business.adobe.com/blog/perspectives/if-you-think-em... Whereas the average Google search supposedly takes 14.6 seconds: https://fitsmallbusiness.com/google-search-statistics/ https://fitsmallbusiness.com/google-search-statistics/
  - cableshaft 4y ago
    I'm sure the report is legit considering it's by Adobe, but I'm having a hard time believing it. Doesn't leave much room for anything else in the day there if people are spending that much time on it. Especially since that doesn't seem to account for any social media or online chat (Slack, Teams) or other internet time either. Even when my job had a good chunk of responding to emails I don't think I spent more than an two hours a day on it. As for personal emails I think I spend maybe 20 minutes a day on that, mostly just quickly glancing at notifications that show up there and clicking through if necessary. And work emails I'm probably at about 10 minutes at my current job, I don't get that many and the ones I do get don't require much time or a response. Although my situation is likely atypical. Still the average seems like the polar opposite to me, and should be the high, not the average.
ikurei 4y ago
May be they have Gmail open on a tab for 6h a day? I don't know that I would say that's "being on Gmail". Google can send them notifications, but they're not generating useful data during all that time.
- webmobdev 4y ago
  If you are signed into Gmail, Google can know every website you visit if the site uses Google Analytics or Google Ads (which the majority of website do today).
Fatnino 4y ago
I have one Gmail tab open 24/7 and many many search tabs open for days or even weeks. Your numbers are worthless.
otikik 4y ago
My objective every time I access Gmail is Getting Out As Fast As Possible. If it didn’t allow me to do that I would switch to something else

tommek4077 4y ago

"Of course those numbers are true. I just made them up myself!" .... 6hours is a bit much.

jffry 4y ago

Can you please provide a source for those numbers? Because at first glance they seem pretty fantastical.

Alex3917 4y ago
According to a research report by Adobe, the average office worker spends 5.9 hours per day checking email: https://business.adobe.com/blog/perspectives/if-you-think-email-is-dead-think-again https://business.adobe.com/blog/perspectives/if-you-think-em... Whereas the average Google search supposedly takes 14.6 seconds: https://fitsmallbusiness.com/google-search-statistics/ https://fitsmallbusiness.com/google-search-statistics/
- cableshaft 4y ago
  I'm sure the report is legit considering it's by Adobe, but I'm having a hard time believing it. Doesn't leave much room for anything else in the day there if people are spending that much time on it. Especially since that doesn't seem to account for any social media or online chat (Slack, Teams) or other internet time either. Even when my job had a good chunk of responding to emails I don't think I spent more than an two hours a day on it. As for personal emails I think I spend maybe 20 minutes a day on that, mostly just quickly glancing at notifications that show up there and clicking through if necessary. And work emails I'm probably at about 10 minutes at my current job, I don't get that many and the ones I do get don't require much time or a response. Although my situation is likely atypical. Still the average seems like the polar opposite to me, and should be the high, not the average.

ikurei 4y ago

May be they have Gmail open on a tab for 6h a day? I don't know that I would say that's "being on Gmail". Google can send them notifications, but they're not generating useful data during all that time.

webmobdev 4y ago
If you are signed into Gmail, Google can know every website you visit if the site uses Google Analytics or Google Ads (which the majority of website do today).

Fatnino 4y ago

I have one Gmail tab open 24/7 and many many search tabs open for days or even weeks. Your numbers are worthless.

otikik 4y ago

My objective every time I access Gmail is Getting Out As Fast As Possible. If it didn’t allow me to do that I would switch to something else