This statistic presents the most common spam content categories in 2017. That year, healthcare-related spam accounted for 26.6 percent of total spam volume. Dating-related junk mail generated 21.4 percent of spam messages in the same period.
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Global spam categories 2017
Most prevalent spam content categories worldwide in 2017
This statistic presents the most common spam content categories in 2017. That year, healthcare-related spam accounted for 26.6 percent of total spam volume. Dating-related junk mail generated 21.4 percent of spam messages in the same period.
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| Share of content | |
|---|---|
| Healthcare | 26.6% |
| Malware | 25.7% |
| Dating | 21.4% |
| Stocks | 4.6% |
| Job | 3.5% |
| Phishing | 2.1% |
| Finance | 1.9% |
| Adult | 1.5% |
| Products | 1.4% |
| Other | 11.2% |
| Share of content | |
|---|---|
| Healthcare | 26.6% |
| Malware | 25.7% |
| Dating | 21.4% |
| Stocks | 4.6% |
| Job | 3.5% |
| Phishing | 2.1% |
| Finance | 1.9% |
| Adult | 1.5% |
| Products | 1.4% |
| Other | 11.2% |
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This statistic presents the most common spam content categories in 2017. That year, healthcare-related spam accounted for 26.6 percent of total spam volume. Dating-related junk mail generated 21.4 percent of spam messages in the same period.
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- April 2018
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- 2017
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Data is based on spam encountered and filtered by Trustwave Secure Email Gateway service in the cloud.
Values may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding.
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- Worldwide
- Survey time period
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Data is based on spam encountered and filtered by Trustwave Secure Email Gateway service in the cloud.
Values may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding.
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