Master Your Inbox: Insights from 5 Million Emails

Updated 6/19/2020

If you find yourself on email for a significant chunk of your day, you’re not alone. But we've got the tips you need to easily tackle that inbox, plus the best times and words to use to ensure your outgoing messages actually get read.

If you find yourself on email for a significant chunk of your day, you’re not alone. In fact, the average person spends two and a half hours a day on email and receives 147 messages, according to this infographic by Lemon.ly.

So what can we learn from all this email? Turns out, a lot! Take a look and you’ll score some tips, including when you should send emails (i.e., when people want to read them) and what words to use to improve your changes of a reply. Happy sending!

Home page photo courtesy of Ian Lamont. Infographic courtesy of Lemon.ly.

JuJu writes and produces interactive graphics for The Daily Muse. Besides indulging her inner Adobe Flash nerd, she enjoys shopping, watching Pittsburgh Steelers football games and baking dessert items. JuJu attends Northwestern University, where she writes and edits for the Daily Northwestern and studies journalism and psychology.