A survey conducted in April 2020 revealed that the largest share of employees worldwide that had clicked on phishing email links were aged between 31 and 40 years old. Although those over 51 were the least likely to have clicked on a phishing email, these older employees were also twice as likely to be unaware of what a phishing email was.
Employees that click on phishing emails in 2020, by age
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Statistics on Phishing
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Number of global phishing sites as of Q1 2021
- Basic Statistic Phishing: number of affected brands as of March 2021
- Premium Statistic Phishing: distribution of attacks 2022, by country
- Premium Statistic Phishing attack rate among businesses worldwide 2021, by country
- Basic Statistic Phishing: most targeted industry sectors 2022
- Premium Statistic Phishing: most targeted organizations worldwide 2022, by industry
- Basic Statistic Global spam categories 2020
Click rates and reporting
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- Premium Statistic Employee interaction with malicious emails 2021
- Premium Statistic Why employees click on phishing emails in 2020
- Premium Statistic Employees that click on phishing emails in 2020, by age
- Premium Statistic U.S. and UK employees that have made security mistakes in 2021, by age
- Premium Statistic Time taken to report a suspected phishing emails in 2020
Phishing types and delivery methods
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Spear-phishing
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The COVID-19 pandemic and remote work
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- Premium Statistic Changes in cyber attack frequency following COVID-19 as of 2021
- Premium Statistic Key cyberthreats related to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020
- Premium Statistic Increases in cyber attacks according to IT professionals in 2021, by type
- Basic Statistic Post-pandemic cybersecurity priorities worldwide 2020
- Premium Statistic Remote work: importance of protecting users against phishing and cyber attacks 2021
- Premium Statistic Global cybersecurity incidents after remote work transition 2020
- Premium Statistic IT leaders' predictions for phishing emails relating to 'back to work' in 2021
Spotlight: Phishing in the U.S.
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- Basic Statistic Most reported types of cyber crime worldwide 2022, by number of individuals affected
- Premium Statistic Cyber crime: attacks experienced by U.S. companies 2021
- Premium Statistic Online security threats that U.S. consumers worry about in 2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. government: number of cyber security incidents 2020, by attack vector
- Basic Statistic U.S. government: number of department cyber security incidents 2019, by attack vector
- Basic Statistic Threat actors for cyber security incidents in U.S. healthcare organizations 2019-2020
Further related statistics
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- Reaction to simulated phishing campaigns 2017-2019
- U.S. SME ransomware unleashing 2016
- Global IT vulnerability management market 2010-2018
- Global IT vulnerability management shipped units 2010-2018
- Cyber security training development among physicians and their practices 2017
- Financial loss value distribution reported to Cert NZ in New Zealand Q3 2019
- Market size of cyber security industry South Korea 2015-2019
- Worst potential loss value due to a cyber incident worldwide 2018, by company size
- New technological practices that US physicians are interested in using 2017
- Common cyber exposures faced by organizations in the U.S. 2017
- Main malware attacks detected on Office 365 in Italy 2018
- Share of organizations with cyber liability insurance in Europe 2012-2015*
- Types of PMOs in organizations worldwide 2018
- Value of the global chitosan market from 2017 to 2027
- Global review sites used by B2B tech vendors 2020, by company size
- Global energy management system market size by application 2025
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- Global IT vulnerability management market 2010-2018
- Global IT vulnerability management shipped units 2010-2018
- Cyber security training development among physicians and their practices 2017
- Financial loss value distribution reported to Cert NZ in New Zealand Q3 2019
- Market size of cyber security industry South Korea 2015-2019
- Worst potential loss value due to a cyber incident worldwide 2018, by company size
- New technological practices that US physicians are interested in using 2017
- Common cyber exposures faced by organizations in the U.S. 2017
- Main malware attacks detected on Office 365 in Italy 2018
- Share of organizations with cyber liability insurance in Europe 2012-2015*
- Types of PMOs in organizations worldwide 2018
- Value of the global chitosan market from 2017 to 2027
- Global review sites used by B2B tech vendors 2020, by company size
- Global energy management system market size by application 2025
Tessian. (March 22, 2021). Employees that click on phishing emails in 2020, by age [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 23, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1253420/employee-clicks-phishing-emails-by-age/
Tessian. "Employees that click on phishing emails in 2020, by age." Chart. March 22, 2021. Statista. Accessed March 23, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1253420/employee-clicks-phishing-emails-by-age/
Tessian. (2021). Employees that click on phishing emails in 2020, by age. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 23, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1253420/employee-clicks-phishing-emails-by-age/
Tessian. "Employees That Click on Phishing Emails in 2020, by Age." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1253420/employee-clicks-phishing-emails-by-age/
Tessian, Employees that click on phishing emails in 2020, by age Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1253420/employee-clicks-phishing-emails-by-age/ (last visited March 23, 2023)
Employees that click on phishing emails in 2020, by age [Graph], Tessian, March 22, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1253420/employee-clicks-phishing-emails-by-age/