Google is not sunsetting Gmail [Video]

Gmail is one of the most popular email services in the world. It accounts for over a third of all opened emails globally, according to the email marketing company MailChimp.

So it’d be shocking and inconvenient for many if Google decided to shut down Gmail. But that’s what one person claimed in a viral post and screenshot to X viewed 8 million times. VERIFY reader Christina texted us to ask if the claim was true.

THE QUESTION

Is Google sunsetting Gmail?

THE SOURCES

THE ANSWER

No, Google is not sunsetting Gmail.

WHAT WE FOUND

Gmail is not shutting down any time soon, according to Google’s own social media accounts and blogs.

On Feb. 22, 2024, an X account with nearly 100,000 followers posted a screenshot that appeared to be of …