AOL’s fourth annual email addiction survey results are in. It’s USA based, however, it reveals some very interesting results, including 69% of users read their emails in bed, 25% on a date and 15% in church. Some other results are:

• 69% have multiple email accounts, which has increased by 17% from last year
• 46% of particpants admit to being addicted to email – up by 15% from last year
• 51% check their email four times a day and 1 in 10 check it more than ten times per day
• 62% check their work emails during the weekend
• 23% check their email as soon as they wake up
• 11% check their email as soon as they get home

Mobile Email has some very interesting results – showing some serious addiction:

• 16% check their email from a mobile device
• 55% upgraded their phones last year so they could check their email whilst mobile
• 41% of mobile users sleep with their mobiles near them so they know when a new email comes in
• 78% of mobile users check their emails whilst on holidays

Email etiquette is also addressed and apparently there are issues with signoffs and spelling.

• 68% said that emails containing spelling and punctuation errors annoyed them
• 74% said they excuse errors when emails are sent from a mobile device
• The majority of signoffs are ‘thanks’ (44%) and 12% use ’sincerely’
• ‘Cheers’ irritated 13% of users and ‘xoxo’ 25%.

You can read the full results here: http://www.CrazyForEmail.com