Google Workspace User Stats (2024)

First launched in 2006 as Google Apps (and later G Suite), Google Workspace has expanded in size and popularity.

Today, Google Workspace applications (including Docs, Sheets, Slides, Meet, and more) are used by a wide range of individuals and businesses. 

We’ll dive into the user stats for Google Workspace below.

• Top Google Workspace Statistics 2024
• How Many Users Does Google Workspace Have?
• Office Productivity Software Market Share
• Google Workspace Regional Statistics
• Google Applications Breakdown

Top Google Workspace Statistics 2024 (Editor's Picks)

• Google Workspace has more than 3 billion users
• Google Apps has a market share of over 50%
• Nearly 15 million websites use Google Workspace
• Almost 6 million US websites use Google Workspace
• Google Drive has more than 2 billion users

How Many Users Does Google Workspace Have?

Google Workspace has over 3 billion users.

That’s around 11x more than nearest-competitor Microsoft Office 365’s 270 million active users.

In total, more than 8 million customers are paying for Google Workspace. 

Across its lifespan, Google Workspace Marketplace has seen over 5 billion app installs.

Sources: Google, Patronum

Office Productivity Software Market Share

The productivity software market is largely shared by two main players: Google Apps and Microsoft Office 365. Together, they have a combined market share of approximately 96%.

Google Apps has a market share of just over 50%. While Microsoft Office 365 has around 45%.

Here’s a breakdown of the productivity software market share:

Source: Enlyft

Google Workspace Regional Stats

In total, there are over 14.5 million websites currently using Google Workspace. That’s almost 3x more than the 5.3 million domains using Microsoft 365.

Over 1 in 3 of those websites are American (approximately 6 million) - more than the rest of the top 10 nations combined (approximately 4 million).

Here's a closer look at the countries with the most websites using Google Workspace:

Perhaps unsurprisingly, each of the top 6 websites (by traffic) that use Google Workspace are based in the US.

Here’s a look at the biggest sites using Google Workspace:

And here’s the distribution of websites that use Google Workspace by popularity:

Source: Web Tech Survey

Google Applications Breakdown

Almost without exception, Google applications lead the way for monthly users across the board.

Below, is a breakdown of monthly users across various Google applications:

Google Drive

Google Drive has more than 2 billion active monthly users.

By comparison, Dropbox has over 700 million users per month

Google Docs

There are over 1 billion active users per month on Google Docs.

Microsoft Word has around 750 million monthly users.

Google Sheets

More than 900 million people are using Google Sheets each month.

That’s around 200 million more than Microsoft Excel’s 700 million users.

Google Slides

More than 800 million people use Google Slides every month. 

Not far behind, Microsoft’s PowerPoint has over 650 million active monthly users.

Gmail

Google’s email service, Gmail (over 1.5 billion users per month), has around 3x more monthly users than Microsoft Outlook (over 450 million).

Google Meet

With over 300 million monthly users, Google Meet has around double the amount of users as Microsoft Teams (over 145 million).

Google Chat

Over 100 million people are using Google Chat each month. That’s still significantly less than Zoom’s 700 million+.

Google Calendar

Google Calendar has more than 500 million users per month.

Source: Patronum, Backlinko, SimilarWeb

Conclusion

Google Workspace is the go-to for many when it comes to office productivity software.

And its influence is unlikely to diminish any time soon.

For more related data, take a look at Top Google Searches and Employee Productivity & Engagement Stats.