Aug 18th 2020
Following on from our recent feature on Eric Yuan, Founder and CEO of Zoom, we take a look at the data surrounding the meteoric rise of video calling.
Almost half of the UK’s workforce have worked from home during the lockdown. We take a look at how employees have been affected and how Zoom has profited from the new normal…
Separate but connected
- 62% of British adults are making video calls to connect with colleagues during lockdown
- 1.2 second delay in video responses is enough for people to perceive the responder as less friendly or focused
- 54% of Brits predict business travel will, in some cases, be replaced by video conferencing
- £32 billion – the cost of loneliness to the UK economy each year
- 57% of UK offices staff miss having in-person conversations with their colleagues
- 61% of UK office workers said they would return to work immediately if they could
- 24% of Brits say they felt more lonely than usual during the pandemic
- 47% feel their mental health is being impacted negatively by working from home
Comparing conference calls
Maximum number of people on a video call:
- 25 – Google hangouts
- 32 – Facetime
- 50 – Skype
- 250 Microsoft Teams
- 1000 – Zoom
Zooming to sucecss
US firm Zoom has enjoyed phenomenal success…
- 728% increase in first time installs of Zoom’s mobile app in one week
- 30x jump in use of the firm’s software in April
- 300 million+ daily participants in virtual meetings at its peak
- £1.4 billion expected sales this year – roughly double the company’s forecast in March
