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Spring Digital Cleaning: The Average Person Has 1,044 Unread Emails and 12 Unopened Texts

Spokeo explored news coverage and cultural milestones to chart the evolution of email addresses and how they both shape and reflect our personalities. (Sutthiphong Chandaeng // Shutterstock/Sutthiphong Chandaeng // Shutterstock)

By Gordie Daniels

In a new survey, 77% of people say digital clutter negatively impacts their life. The survey found that the average American has the following:

1,044 unread emails.

12 unread text messages.

17 unread social media notifications.

11 unread app messages.

15 open browser tabs.

9 unused smartphone apps.

And 2 pending software updates.

And to be clear, that’s UNREAD emails and text messages . . . not UNANSWERED.

Not everyone can handle leaving something unseen. 63% of people say they currently have ZERO unread texts . . . and 54% say they have no unread social media notifications.

Email is harder. 32% of people claim they have zero unread emails.

Here are a few more stats: 77% of people feel digital clutter negatively impacts their life . . . 50% say they get frustrated because digital clutter makes it difficult to find apps and files they need . . .

And 31% of people have paid to upgrade a device to one with more storage because of digital clutter.