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28% -- share of workday spent on email for average professional (2025)
An average professional spends around 28% of their workday reading and answering emails.
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28%
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Data Vintage
2025
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B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
60
Freshness
95
Source
vavremoteworkers.com
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Tier C
https://vavremoteworkers.com/blog/usa/virtual-assistants-task-automation ↗
Source Article
A Win-Win Situation: Virtual Assistants and Task Automation
So, you’re working longer hours and missing countless dates, camped out in your office, more than 60 hours a week.
We get it, you want to champion your business and scale it to the next level. But do you really have to stretch your time, working late nights and weekends? Is this really the kind of t…
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vavremoteworkers.com
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Widely cited figure (originally McKinsey) republished without named source
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Trend Over Time
| Period | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 28% | |
| 2025 (current) | 28% | 0% |
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