Here is GrayHair’s weekly chart on the impact of COVID on USPS Mail Volumes, as compiled by our VP of Postal Affairs, Angelo Anagnostopoulos.
In October, we saw a decline in First Class and Marketing Mail due to the decrease in the election mail. Then towards the end of the month, volumes leveled out, followed by a spike the week of November 5th. This increase is an anomaly caused by the data being pulled early by the USPS. As we can see, volumes have returned to their existing levels. With the upcoming holiday, you can expect numbers to trend down.
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How to read this chart. The black line shows the total mail volume comparison to 2019 (for all three types). The percentage along the left-hand axis shows the percentage to the prior year’s volume with 100% being the same as the prior year.