Global Email Open Share By Device, August 2013 [CHART]

Mobile’s reach into all aspects of online behavior extends into email use as well. Data from email testing company Litmus found that 47% of worldwide emails in August were opened on a mobile device, up 3% from July and an increase of 24% year over year. In comparison, web users opened 32% of emails using a desktop client such as Outlook or Apple Mail and 21% opened emails via a webmail service, such as Gmail, accessed in a web browser. Read the rest at eMarketer.