As of December 8, 2024, China and the United States were the countries with the highest number of spam emails sent within one day worldwide, with around 7.8 billion. Ranking third and fourth were India and the Japan, with around 7.6 billion.
Internet and e-mail users around the world
Between 2019 and 2024, the number of email users globally increased from 3.9 billion to 4.4 billion. Moreover, this number is expected to increase up to 4.8 billion in 2027. Considering the fact that China and India had the highest number of internet users in the world in 2023, with over 1.2 billion and 1.1 billion users respectively, e-mail usage is less popular in these countries than in the United States or Germany, for example.
Most popular online activities in the U.S.
Not only did the United States have the highest number of daily emails and spam emails sent as of October 2021, it was actually the most popular online activity among internet users in 2019. In fact, 90.9 percent of respondents said they were email users, more than search users, social network users, or digital video viewers.
Daily number of spam e-mails sent worldwide as of December 2024, by country
(in billions)
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Cisco Talos Intelligence Group. (December 8, 2024). Daily number of spam e-mails sent worldwide as of December 2024, by country (in billions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 11, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270488/spam-emails-sent-daily-by-country/?utm_campaign=why-email-goes-to-spam-causes-factors-solutions&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=blog.beehiiv.com
Cisco Talos Intelligence Group. "Daily number of spam e-mails sent worldwide as of December 2024, by country (in billions)." Chart. December 8, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270488/spam-emails-sent-daily-by-country/?utm_campaign=why-email-goes-to-spam-causes-factors-solutions&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=blog.beehiiv.com
Cisco Talos Intelligence Group. (2024). Daily number of spam e-mails sent worldwide as of December 2024, by country (in billions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270488/spam-emails-sent-daily-by-country/?utm_campaign=why-email-goes-to-spam-causes-factors-solutions&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=blog.beehiiv.com
Cisco Talos Intelligence Group. "Daily Number of Spam E-mails Sent Worldwide as of December 2024, by Country (in Billions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Dec 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270488/spam-emails-sent-daily-by-country/?utm_campaign=why-email-goes-to-spam-causes-factors-solutions&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=blog.beehiiv.com
Cisco Talos Intelligence Group, Daily number of spam e-mails sent worldwide as of December 2024, by country (in billions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270488/spam-emails-sent-daily-by-country/?utm_campaign=why-email-goes-to-spam-causes-factors-solutions&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=blog.beehiiv.com (last visited December 11, 2024)
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