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# How Many People Use Microsoft Access?
- URL: https://nolongerset.com/access-user-count/
- Published: 2024-05-16T16:09:41.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-08T12:40:21.000Z
- Description: Anecdotal estimates vary wildly. After scouring the internet, I've only found one (semi-) official number. And it's probably a lot higher than you think.
- Author: Mike Wolfe
- Tags: Commentary, #Import 2026-05-20 02:59

It depends on who you ask:

- *"Real" Software Developers*: **"Nobody"**
- *IT Directors*: **"Too many"**
- *Excel Power Users*: **"Wait, there's another database application in Office besides Excel?!?!"**
- *Professional Access Developers*: **"Way more than you think"**
- *Official Microsoft Sources in 2024*: **<crickets>**
- *Official Microsoft Source\* in 2020*: "**11,000,000 monthly active customers"**

\*Source: Ebo Quansah, former Microsoft Access product manager (*emphasis mine*):

**Ebo Quansah Bio from Access Cascade Conference (Oct. 16-17, 2020)**

> *Ebo is an end-to-end product manager of Microsoft Access, Microsoft’s database management system with over *11 million monthly active customers*. Ebo works in close partnership with the team of Access software developers to manage their backlog, develop new features and prioritize the roadmap. He’s a driver of Access community connections through customer engagement and user group presentations.*

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/eb/d7/ebd732c1-5f03-4f07-b386-5d08557e15c9/content/images/2024/05/image-5.png)](https://jstreettech.com/access-day/access-cascade-virtual-conference-presenters/)

Screenshot for posterity. Click image to visit source page.

**[Ebo Quansah LinkedIn Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/eboquansah/)**

> \- **Microsoft Access**: Revitalized this database management system (with **over 11 million monthly users**) by enhancing its feasibility, modernizing the UX/UI, and fostering new cloud adoption (Microsoft Power Platform, SQL Azure). This work not only improved product functionality, but also significantly boosted customer engagement across the Office platform.

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/eb/d7/ebd732c1-5f03-4f07-b386-5d08557e15c9/content/images/2024/05/image-6.png)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/eboquansah/)

Screenshot for posterity in case Ebo updates his profile in the future.

*Note: Special thanks to Access MVP Karl Donaubauer for providing me with links to the only semi-official Microsoft Access user counts available online.*