According to data released in early 2021, it took 19 percent of users less than 30 seconds to raise an alarm upon receiving a suspected phishing email, while half of all users did this within the first 5 minutes on average.
Average time it takes a user to report a suspected phishing email in 2020
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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 2021, 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 organization types 2021
- 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
3
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 commonly reported types of cyber crime worldwide 2021
- 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
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- Cyber crimes reported to NMHH Internet Hotline in Hungary 2018, by type
- Number of worldwide phishing attacks 2012-2016
- Cyber crime types committed against the financial sector in Hungary 2019
- Chinese websites affected by phishing in 2011
- Share of times phishing websites were blocked in China Q1 2022, by device
- Phishing incidents experienced in England and Wales 2018, by selected industry sector
- Bank fraud transaction value in Russia Q3 2022, by channel
- Top registrars for TLD attacks 2018
- Inbox placement: share of e-mails reaching inbox in France 2014-2017
- Inbox placement: share of emails reaching inbox in the UK 2014-2017
- Websites affected by phishing in China in 2012, by type
- Share of times phishing websites were blocked in China Q1 2022, by type
- Global financial phishing attack share 2021, by type of organization
- Workday's revenue by segment 2016-2022
- Airbnb: direct economic impact of Airbnb globally, by country 2018
- Average spend on Valentine's Day gifts worldwide 2021, by gender
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- Online brands most affected by phishing attacks 2018
- Cyber crimes reported to NMHH Internet Hotline in Hungary 2018, by type
- Number of worldwide phishing attacks 2012-2016
- Cyber crime types committed against the financial sector in Hungary 2019
- Chinese websites affected by phishing in 2011
- Share of times phishing websites were blocked in China Q1 2022, by device
- Phishing incidents experienced in England and Wales 2018, by selected industry sector
- Bank fraud transaction value in Russia Q3 2022, by channel
- Top registrars for TLD attacks 2018
- Inbox placement: share of e-mails reaching inbox in France 2014-2017
- Inbox placement: share of emails reaching inbox in the UK 2014-2017
- Websites affected by phishing in China in 2012, by type
- Share of times phishing websites were blocked in China Q1 2022, by type
- Global financial phishing attack share 2021, by type of organization
- Workday's revenue by segment 2016-2022
- Airbnb: direct economic impact of Airbnb globally, by country 2018
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Cofense. (February 26, 2021). Average time it takes a user to report a suspected phishing email in 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 06, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1256790/time-to-report-phishing-email/
Cofense. "Average time it takes a user to report a suspected phishing email in 2020." Chart. February 26, 2021. Statista. Accessed February 06, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1256790/time-to-report-phishing-email/
Cofense. (2021). Average time it takes a user to report a suspected phishing email in 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 06, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1256790/time-to-report-phishing-email/
Cofense. "Average Time It Takes a User to Report a Suspected Phishing Email in 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Feb 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1256790/time-to-report-phishing-email/
Cofense, Average time it takes a user to report a suspected phishing email in 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1256790/time-to-report-phishing-email/ (last visited February 06, 2023)
Average time it takes a user to report a suspected phishing email in 2020 [Graph], Cofense, February 26, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1256790/time-to-report-phishing-email/