What Percent of Time Do You Spend on Business Emails? [Poll]



Email Productivity

Is your inbox growing like the giant green blob?

Email started as one of the internet’s great productivity tools.

But is email taking up too much of your daily work schedule?

We want to know …

What Percent of Your Time Do You Spend Daily on Business Emails?

Estimate the percentage of your day that’s either dedicated to or consumed by emails. This includes replies, incoming messages, invitations by email, forwarding emails, organizing your emails, and general inbox management.



Take a sec to answer the question below and share what your inbox is like.

How Much Time Do You Spend on Business Emails?

  • 5% or Less (30%, 253 Votes)
  • Way Too Much (26%, 217 Votes)
  • 25% or More (20%, 168 Votes)
  • 20% (16%, 137 Votes)
  • 10% (8%, 69 Votes)

Total Voters: 844

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Joshua Sophy Joshua Sophy is the Editor for Small Business Trends and the Head of Content Partnerships. A journalist with 20 years of experience in traditional and online media, he is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists. He founded his own local newspaper, the Pottsville Free Press, covering his hometown.

3 Reactions
  1. Interested to see the results from this.

  2. As a rule, I asked all my employees to keep their email inbox clean. It makes it easier for them to process all incoming emails and deal with them immediately.

  3. How long is this poll open? Is there a way we can sign up to see the final results? I’m interested in the outcome!