I have been a Google Voice user since before it was Google Voice. That was before Google had purchased the service, which was once called Grand Central. Of course, I did not really begin using and taking full advantage of the service until after Google began allowing us to change our phone numbers. That move did cost me ten bucks, but it gave me a pretty sweet number and my love with Google Voice truly began.

That said, while I really love the service, there was once a time when I was constantly bugged by people looking for an invitation. And now that I have a few available I have not been able to give them away.

Based on that, I cannot help but wonder just how many people were using Google Voice, because at least in my little bubble of tech, the shinyness that was once Google Voice seems to have faded.

Now thanks to some documents that were discovered by Business Week I have that answer. According to these documents, Google Voice currently has 1.419 million users, but only 570,000 are regularly using the service. And to clarify, their definition of use was based on people who use it everyday.

All things considered, the number of people that have an account is pretty high, but at the same time the active users seems a bit low. Of course, given the definition of “use it seven days a week” I am not sure I even qualify as an active user. So maybe that is squed just a little. Either way, I still love Google Voice.

Read [Business Week]