The use of WhatsApp almost exceeds email in Spain

This is revealed by the General Media Study, showing how WhatsAppand the rest of the tools of instant messaging month after month are closer to the percentage of users of email in Spain A study that provides interesting figures and data about the use that the population makes of Internet and the current tools it uses. And it is that messaging applications continue to grow in a market in which the smartphone is the undisputed king for communications.

In this way, the different instant messaging tools, among which undoubtedly stands out WhatsApp , have reached 68, 1 percent of network users, four points more than the previous quarter. Quite a remarkable growth from last year in the same quarter, when it was only used by 47, 5 percent of individuals But what is surprising is not the growth of this tool, since the number of smart terminals in Spain continues to increase, as well as the number of Internet rates contracted, already exceeding25 million connected terminals, but email is the medium that loses users

Thus, according to the data of EGM, the emailcontinues to be used by 76, 2 percent of individuals connected to the Internet, slightly increasing its data compared to last quarter, but drastically decreasing compared to same quarter last year, when it reached 86 percent of Internet usersThus, a figure has been reached that has not been seen since year 2001, when only a fifth of the Spanish population was connected to the Internet. A figure that may have a lot to do with the absence of work and the current economic situation.

With this, it becomes clear the constant growth of messaging tools such as WhatsApp, LINE or WeChat, among others, which continue to increase the percentage of users year after year. This way you can dispense with other ways such as email, which is not so convenient using the smartphone despite having useful and complete email clients such as Gmail, since the value of immediacy is lost and other features such as file sharing, using emoticons and drawings design etc

Along with this, the EGM shows other details such as the growth in the use of applications , which began to be measured last quarter, already reaching 19, 6 percent of individuals connected to the Internet; or how file sharing has suffered a significant drop down to 7, 8 percent Lo What does continue are other activities such as the use of social networks, something practiced by 57, 9 percent of users , or the reading of current information through the Internet, which is recovered after the bump of last quarter, returning to41, 4 percent of people connected Data that reflects the most current activity and behavior of Spanish Internet users.