Main uses of the main email address among French people 2018

Published by
Ani Petrosyan,
May 24, 2024
This survey conducted by the SNCD with Predictys asked French Internet users about the main uses of their main e-mail address in 2018. It appears that more than 80 percent of respondents answered that they used their main address to manage their personal correspondence, while about 30 percent of them used it for their professional correspondence.

What is your main e-mail address for?*

CharacteristicShare of respondents
Manage my personal correspondence 85%
Manage my purchases 45%
Manage my online services (bank, invoices, employment ...) 39%
Manage my professional correspondence 28%
Receive commercial offers 17%
Manage my social networks 16%
Participate in contests 13%
Other 1%
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Share of respondents85%85%45%45%39%39%28%28%17%17%16%16%13%13%1%1%Manage my personalcorrespondenceManage my purchasesManage my onlineservices (bank,invoices, employment...)Manage myprofessionalcorrespondenceReceive commercialoffersManage my socialnetworksParticipate in contestsOther
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Release date

September 2018

Region

France

Survey time period

May 2 to June 18, 2018

Number of respondents

1,179 respondents

Special properties

French internet users having subscribed to the newsletters of several Predictys partners from various fields

Method of interview

Computer-assisted web interviews (CAWI)

Supplementary notes

* This question was phrased by the source as follows: "A quels usages destinez-vous cette adresse mail? - adresse principale"

The source does not specify the age of respondents.

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