Modelled live estimate
Emails sent and received worldwide
Estimated global email traffic today, updated every second.
Estimated emails today
—messages
Forecast-based model · not a direct count from mail servers
What is included?
The estimate covers business and consumer email sent and received worldwide, including automated messages and spam. It should not be interpreted as the number of unique human-written messages.
Data status
Last reviewed: 2 October 2026
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