> How many people use Gmail in a language other than US English?
You'd be surprised. There are only about 400 million native English speakers [0], and Gmail has 1.5 billion users [1].
If we assumed that all native English speakers use Gmail, they'd represent not even a third of the users. Of course, there are many non-native English speakers, but I'd assume a significant fraction of them would prefer to use Gmail in their language.
I'd argue i18n has a huge impact, but Google really doesn't optimize for it.
You'd be surprised. There are only about 400 million native English speakers [0], and Gmail has 1.5 billion users [1].
If we assumed that all native English speakers use Gmail, they'd represent not even a third of the users. Of course, there are many non-native English speakers, but I'd assume a significant fraction of them would prefer to use Gmail in their language.
I'd argue i18n has a huge impact, but Google really doesn't optimize for it.
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language [1]: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/26/gmail-dominates-consumer-ema...