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Last year, Microsoft reported [1] that Hotmail has 360 million users. Earlier this year VentureBeat reported [2] numbers from comScore putting Hotmail ahead of
by michielvoo 14y ago
Last year, Microsoft reported [1] that Hotmail has 360 million users. Earlier this year VentureBeat reported [2] numbers from comScore putting Hotmail ahead of Yahoo Mail and Gmail with 325 million users.
[1] http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2011/07/05/hotmail-still-new-and-cool-even-after-15-years.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2011/07/05...
[2] http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/28/gmail-hotmail-yahoo-email-users/ http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/28/gmail-hotmail-yahoo-email-...
- jiggy2011 14y agoIIRC, it's easier to get a hotmail account than a gmail account (or at least it used to be) because you have to go through some verification to get a Gmail account. Hotmail seems to be popular with spammers and people creating throwaways probably for that reason.