A Comprehensive List of The Most Commonly-Used Free Email Service Providers 101
The use of free email providers (webmail) is on the rise. More and more people are turning to these types of email services because they are less expensive than premium providers. Gmail is by far the most popular free email provider as Google offers unlimited storage of up to 1 terabyte* in certain cases. Most of the experts don’t know if it’s really the best free email service ever existed, but one thing is sure: Gmail dominates the email providers and by so far.
However, according to smtpedia we can count up to 5000 free email service providers in the world now. We can distinguish at least two of them, in terms of “nature”, which are companies specialized in only in email marketing, and Internet Service Providers as well, which are cables mostly and Mobile companies originally.
Below is a complete free email providers list for the most common usage:
We can also add Icloud to the list since it has an international presence.
Free Email Service Providers in North America
Most common Email Service Providers (ESP) in the United States (including Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo):
- Comcast
- Earthlink
- Cox
- Juno
- ATT
- AOL (belongs to Yahoo)
- Sbcglobal (belongs to Yahoo)
- Bellsouth (belogns to ATT)
- Verizon
- Roadrunner & RR.com
Most common Email Service Providers (ESP) in Canada (including Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo):
- Sympatico
- Videotron
Free Email Service Providers in Europe
Most common Email Service Providers (ESP) in the UK (including Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo):
Most common Email Service Providers (ESP) in France (including Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo):
- Laposte
- Orange
- Wanadoo
- SFR
- AliceADSL
- Club-Internet (belongs to SFR)
- Free
- Numericable (belongs to SFR)
- GMX
- Noos (belongs to SFR)
Most common Email Service Providers (ESP) in Germany (including Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo):
Most common Email Service Providers (ESP) in Belgium (including Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo):
Most common Email Service Providers (ESP) in Italy (including Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo):
Most common Email Service Providers (ESP) in Spain (including Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo):
- Movistar
- Terra
Most common Email Service Providers (ESP) in Portugal (including Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo):
Most common Email Service Providers (ESP) in the Netherlands (including Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo):
The Netherlands has probably the biggest number of Email Service Providers per capita. However, for a 17-million population country, there are few 4 major Email Providers
Most common Email Service Providers (ESP) in Greece (including Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo):
Most common Email Service Providers (ESP) in Poland (including Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo):
Most common Email Service Providers (ESP) in Sweden (including Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo):
Most common Email Service Providers (ESP) in Denmark (including Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo):
Most common Email Service Providers (ESP) in Norway (including Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo):
Most common Email Service Providers (ESP) in Finland (including Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo):
Most common Email Service Providers (ESP) in Switzerland (including Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo):
Bluewin.ch is the most commonly used ESP, by far, in Switzerland. However, since Switzerland is a polyglot country with 3 official languages, it’s hard to make a final statement, knowing that GMX, Libero and Hotmail are very present as well.
- Bluewin.ch
- Gmx.de (for the German-speaking population)
- Libero.it (for the Italian-speaking population)
Most common Email Service Providers (ESP) in Austria (including Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo):
Most common Email Service Providers (ESP) in Hungary (including Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo):
Most common Email Service Providers (ESP) in Czech Republic (including Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo):
Most common Email Service Providers (ESP) in Russia (including Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo):
A simple notice: Yandex is the Google of Russia, in terms of presence on the web. Many specialists say that Mail.ru is the most commonly used webmail in Russia, although the data on Russia is relatively hard to access, at least in the number of accounts. We at smtpedia, think that Yandex is more used than Mail.ru, in terms of number of active accounts.
Most common Email Service Providers (ESP) in Ukraine (including Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo):
The usage of free webmails in Ukraine is almost like in Russia, due to Russian language.
- Mail.ru
- Yandex
- Liveinternet.ru
- E-mail.ua
Most common Email Service Providers (ESP) in Romania (including Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo):
Latin America
Most common Email Service Providers (ESP) in Mexico (including Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo):
Most common Email Service Providers (ESP) in Brazil (including Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo):
Most common Email Service Providers (ESP) in Colombia (including Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo):
Most common Email Service Providers (ESP) in Argentina (including Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo):
Most common Email Service Providers (ESP) in Chile (including Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo):
Free Email Service Providers in Asia
Most common Email Service Providers (ESP) in China:
