With the exception of the U.S., MSN Hotmail was the leading e-mail service during July 2003 in all the countries that Hitwise monitors. Yahoo! Mail holds a modest lead in the U.S., but the popular portal’s mail service is a very distant second nearly everywhere else.
Leading E-mail Sites
(based on visits) July 2003,
U.S. |
| Rank |
Name |
Market
Share |
| 1. |
Yahoo! Mail |
44.87% |
| 2. |
MSN Hotmail |
42.03% |
| 3. |
Yahoo! Address Book |
4.20% |
| 4. |
Excite E-mail |
0.96% |
| 5. |
Mail.com |
0.86% |
| 6. |
Netscape Mail |
0.75% |
| 7. |
Lycos Mail |
0.57% |
| 8. |
iWon Email |
0.20% |
| 9. |
Earthlink Webmail |
0.14% |
| 10. |
Freeze Email |
0.13% |
| Source: Hitwise |
|
|
Leading E-mail Sites
(based on visits) July 2003,
UK |
| Rank |
Name |
Market
Share |
| 1. |
MSN Hotmail |
66.64% |
| 2. |
Yahoo! Mail |
15.54% |
| 3. |
Yahoo!Mail – Europe |
4.87% |
| 4. |
Freeserve FSmail |
1.28% |
| 5. |
talk21 |
1.24% |
| 6. |
Yahoo! UK & Ireland
Address Book |
1.00% |
| 7. |
Yahoo! Address Book |
0.98% |
| 8. |
Yahoo! E-mail
UK & Ireland |
0.85% |
| 9. |
Lycos UK Mail |
0.74% |
| 10. |
Mail.com |
0.53% |
| Source: Hitwise |
|
Leading E-mail Sites
(based on visits) July 2003,
Australia |
| Rank |
Name |
Market
Share |
| 1. |
MSN Hotmail |
69.55% |
| 2. |
Yahoo! Mail |
11.82% |
| 3. |
Yahoo! Australia
& New Zealand Mail |
6.60% |
| 4. |
Daum Webmail |
0.84% |
| 5. |
Yahoo! Address Book |
0.73% |
| 6. |
Mail.com |
0.63% |
| 7. |
Mail2Web.com |
0.51% |
| 8. |
Incredimail.com |
.47% |
| 9. |
Lycos Mail |
0.46% |
| 10. |
University of
South Australia
– Email Web Access |
0.44% |
| Source: Hitwise |
|
|
Leading E-mail Sites
(based on visits) July 2003,
New Zealand |
| Rank |
Name |
Market
Share |
| 1. |
MSN Hotmail |
64.46% |
| 2. |
Yahoo! Mail |
14.55% |
| 3. |
Daum Webmail |
3.33% |
| 4. |
Yahoo! Australia
& New Zealand Mail |
1.52% |
| 5. |
Sina China Mail |
1.23% |
| 6. |
mail.163.com |
1.13% |
| 7. |
Yahoo! China E-mail |
1.07% |
| 8. |
mail.sohu.com |
1.00% |
| 9. |
XtraMail |
0.94% |
| 10. |
Yahoo! Address Book |
0.91% |
| Source: Hitwise |
|
Leading E-mail Sites
(based on visits) July 2003,
Hong Kong |
| Rank |
Name |
Market
Share |
| 1. |
MSN Hotmail |
41.56% |
| 2. |
Yahoo! Hong Kong Mail |
27.16% |
| 3. |
Yahoo! Mail |
18.15% |
| 4. |
Yahoo! Address Book
Hong Kong |
2.07% |
| 5. |
HKU – Webmail |
1.20% |
| 6. |
Yahoo! Address Book |
1.18% |
| 7. |
Sina Hk – Sinamail |
1.06% |
| 8. |
Mail.com |
0.67% |
| 9. |
Mymail Hongkong.com |
0.38% |
| 10. |
Yahoo! Taiwan Mail |
0.35% |
| Source: Hitwise |
|
|
Leading E-mail Sites
(based on visits) July 2003,
Singapore |
| Rank |
Name |
Market
Share |
| 1. |
MSN Hotmail |
44.73% |
| 2. |
Yahoo! Mail |
27.04% |
| 3. |
Yahoo! Singapore E-mail |
12.72% |
| 4. |
Yahoo! Address Book |
1.88% |
| 5. |
Mail.com |
1.38% |
| 6. |
NUS – Exchange |
1.21% |
| 7. |
Lycos Mail |
1.02% |
| 8. |
NTU – Webmail |
0.86% |
| 9. |
Ministry of Education
– Webmail for Schools |
0.64% |
| 10. |
MyEDUmail |
0.62% |
| Source: Hitwise |
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