Proton Mail Downloads & RevenueProton Mail: Encrypted Email · Google Play
Proton Mail: Encrypted Email gets 10k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Proton Mail: Encrypted Email is #15 in Communication Grossing on Google Play in United States and charting in 22 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Proton Mail: Encrypted Email update history & changes
Last change · 28 events since 16 Mar 2016Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 28 events
- 📈Proton Mail: Encrypted Email new best rank in the overall chart: #173Top Grossing · All Apps · NL
- 🔎Proton Mail: Encrypted Email reached Top 10 for “correios”#10 in Brazil search · popularity 86
- ✏️Proton Mail: Encrypted Email: new screenshots12 screenshots (was 12) · US
- ✏️Proton Mail: Encrypted Email: new icon
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- 📈Proton Mail: Encrypted Email new best rank in the overall chart: #197Top Grossing · All Apps · SE
- 📈Proton Mail: Encrypted Email new best rank in the overall chart: #198Top Grossing · All Apps · SE
- 🔎Proton Mail: Encrypted Email reached Top 10 for “outlook”#10 in Canada search · popularity 96
- 📦Proton Mail: Encrypted Email updated to version 7.11.12Multiple fixes and performance improvements.
- 📈Proton Mail: Encrypted Email entered the top 10Top Grossing · Communication · CA
- 📦Proton Mail: Encrypted Email updated to version 7.11.11Multiple fixes and performance improvements.
- 📣Proton Mail: Encrypted Email started a new ad3
- ✏️Proton Mail: Encrypted Email: description updated· US
- ✏️Proton Mail: Encrypted Email: short description updated· US
- 📈Proton Mail: Encrypted Email entered the top 100Top Free · Communication · MX
- ✏️Proton Mail: Encrypted Email: short description updated· US
- 📈Proton Mail: Encrypted Email entered the top 100 in 3 chartsTop Grossing · Communication · ES · Top Free · Communication · SE · Top Free · Communication · TR
- 📣Proton Mail: Encrypted Email started 2 new ads3
- 📈Proton Mail: Encrypted Email entered the top 10Top Grossing · Communication · SE
- 📈Proton Mail: Encrypted Email entered the top 100 in 8 chartsTop Free · Communication · ES · Top Grossing · Communication · MX · Top Free · Communication · NL · Top Grossing · Communication · NL · +4 more
- 📈Proton Mail: Encrypted Email charting in a new country in 8 chartsSpain · Mexico · Netherlands · Sweden · +4 more
- 📦Proton Mail: Encrypted Email updated to version 7.11.10Multiple fixes and performance improvements.
- 📈Proton Mail: Encrypted Email entered the top 100Top Grossing · Communication · JP
- 📦Proton Mail: Encrypted Email updated to version 7.11.9Multiple fixes and performance improvements.
- 📈Proton Mail: Encrypted Email entered the top 10Top Grossing · Communication · FR
- 🆕Proton Mail: Encrypted Email first spotted by AppInsiderAustralia
- 📦Proton Mail: Encrypted Email version 7.11.8Multiple fixes and performance improvements.
- 🆕Proton Mail: Encrypted Email released on Google Play
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Communication GrossingProton Mail: Encrypted Email on Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v7.11.12, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Proton Mail: Encrypted Email downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Proton Mail: Encrypted Email's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Proton Mail: Encrypted Email before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How Proton Mail: Encrypted Email makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
United Kingdom
Japan
Germany
Australia
France
Canada
Brazil
Spain
Italy
Sweden
Mexico
India
Netherlands
United Arab Emirates
Turkey
Thailand
South Korea
Indonesia
Russia
Vietnam
TaiwanApps near Proton Mail: Encrypted Email on the chart
Communication Grossing, around #15.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Proton Mail: Encrypted Email
From the 200 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users express severe distrust due to reports of the CEO prioritizing AI-generated code over security testing and dismissing professional pentesters. Technical complaints focus on app instability, login failures, and intrusive advertising within a paid service.
Mixed but leaning positive (55% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and being useful. The main complaints are about login and account problems, and price and subscriptions. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Features & content: “BOIII THIS JS SO OPSEC LEVEL NO CODEROT”
- Useful: “Would recommend to anyone”
- Privacy & data: “privacy focus and usability”
- Login & account: “Everyone should have a Protonmail account”
Common complaints
- Login & account: “now i can't even make account”
- Price & subscription: “All they want is money for their garbage services”
- Privacy & data: “Used to be privacy focused, no longer”
- Speed & performance: “typing in the app is extremely slow”
About Proton Mail: Encrypted Email
Why choose Proton Mail for secure email
✔ Free encrypted email: create a free @proton.me or @protonmail.com email address
✔ Password-protected emails: send encrypted emails to anyone, even people who don't use Proton
✔ Spam, phishing and tracker protection: with built-in spam filters, phishing alerts and email tracker blocking
✔ Organize your inbox: with folders, labels and simple swipe gestures
✔ Offline mode: read, write and organize emails offline, and everything syncs when you're back online
✔ Private categories: keep important emails in focus with automatic, private categories
✔ Multiple accounts: switch between multiple Proton Mail accounts in one secure email app
✔ Get up to 1 GB of free email storage, or up to 15 GB with Mail Plus
🔒 Secure email with encryption
Everything in your inbox is stored with zero-access and end-to-end encryption, emails between Proton users can only be read by you and your recipient. Proton Mail can't read or scan your messages. Our open-source apps use OpenPGP encryption and are independently audited.
🎭 A private alternative to temp mail
Need a temp mail address for a sign-up? Create up to 10 free hide-my-email aliases on the web. They forward to your inbox, keep your real email address private, and can be disabled or deleted at any time.
🔄 Switch to secure email
Easy Switch moves your email to your new secure inbox with no manual exporting or importing. Connect Gmail to use your Gmail address alongside your Proton email in one secure inbox, or set up auto-forwarding from as many Gmail accounts as you like.
The Wall Street Journal: "Proton Mail offers encrypted email, which makes it virtually impossible for anyone to read it except the sender and the recipient."
💜 How can Proton Mail be free?
We believe everyone deserves private email. Free accounts are funded by our community of paid subscribers. Upgrade for more email storage, more addresses and custom domains.
Follow Proton for the latest news and offers:
Facebook: /proton
X: @protonprivacy
Reddit: /protonmail
Instagram: /protonprivacy
Learn more: https://proton.me/mail
Our open-source code: https://github.com/ProtonMail
What's new in 7.11.12
Store changes
What Proton Mail: Encrypted Email changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
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