China tops global spam mail rankings
One in six spam emails originates in China, according to Sophos. China accounts for 16.7 percent of global spam, followed by the United States with 11.2 percent and South Korea with 8.8 percent. Read more in Statista's latest feature in the Independent.
Leading countries of origin for unsolicited spam e-mails worldwide in 2025, by share of spam volume
Monthly share of spam in the total e-mail traffic worldwide from January 2014 to December 2025
Daily number of spam e-mails sent worldwide as of December 2024, by country (in billions)
Global spam volume as percentage of total e-mail traffic from 2011 to 2023
Spam placement rate worldwide in 2015 to 2018
Number of recorded e-mail spam received in South Korea from 2017 to 2022 (in millions)
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