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Statistics on email spam around the world
In 2022, nearly 49 percent of all email worldwide was identified as spam, up from 46 percent in 2021, while still making up a significant portion of email traffic. Since 2011, the share of spam has dropped significantly. 2022 saw the highest volume of spam emails registered in February, or approximately 53 percent of global email volume.
Internet and email users around the world Between 2019 and 2021, the number of global email users increased from 3.9 billion to 4.1 billion. Moreover, this figure is expected to increase to 4.6 billion by 2025, considering the fact that China and India have the highest number of email users. Internet users were the most in the world in July 2021, with more than 979 million and 845 million people, respectively. Less use of email. It's more popular in these countries than in the United States or Germany, for example.
Popular online activities in the United States Not only did the United States have the highest number of daily emails and spam emails sent as of October 2021, but it was also the most popular online activity among internet users in 2019. In fact, 90.9 percent of respondents said that they are more email users than search users, social network users, or digital video viewers.
List of the 10 countries that send the most spam emails as of January 16, 2023.
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The United States is at the top, sending approximately 8 billion pieces of junk email.
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And Czechia came in second place, sending 7.7 billion spam emails.
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The Netherlands is in third place with 7.6 billion spam emails.
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France comes in fourth, having sent approximately 7.5 billion spam emails.
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Russia comes in fifth, having sent 7.4 billion spam emails.
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Germany ranks 6th with 7.1 billion spam emails.
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Canada, Ukraine, and China ranked 7th, 8th, and 9th, sending 7 billion spam emails.
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Last in line is the United Kingdom, with 6.9 billion emails sent.
Source: Statista
What are the different types of junk email sent?
Many types of spam emails are sent, such as advertisements, chain letters, phishing scams, financial scams, malware warnings, adult content, etc.
The most common type of spam is marketing/advertising emails. This accounts for nearly 36% of all spam emails.
The second most influential type of spam is emails with adult content. This represents approximately 31.7% of all spam.
Emails related to financial matters are the third most common type of spam, accounting for approximately 26.5% of all spam emails.
2.5% of all spam emails are scams and fraud, with 73% being phishing emails.
Source: Spam Laws
