article_snippet.sent: In the largest ever systematic study of emails - examining more than 16 billion messages - researchers have found that most people send replies containing just five words.
article_snippet.sent: The study, which was conducted by researchers at Yahoo Labs and the University of Southern California, also found that our email habits also follow remarkable patterns.
article_snippet.sent: Replies become faster as the conversation progresses, but researchers at Yahoo Labs and the University of Southern California found researchers at Yahoo Labs and the University of Southern California could tell when a email thread was about to end as the last reply was much slower than the previous replies. '
article_snippet.sent: The long delay in a reply could be considered as a signal for the end of the conversation,' said researchers at Yahoo Labs and the University of Southern Californiathe University of Southern CaliforniaSouthern California.
article_snippet.sent: The study, which was conducted by researchers at Yahoo Labs and the University of Southern California examined the emails sent by two million Yahoo users over a period of several months.
article_snippet.sent: researchers at Yahoo Labs and the University of Southern California found that on average younger people tend to spend less time composing an email - with a reply time of around 13 minutes on average for teenagers.
article_snippet.sent: Young adults take 16 minutes, while those aged 36 to 50 years old spend around 24 minutes before sending those aged reply.