This statistic presents the most common spam content categories in 2019. That year, healthcare-related spam accounted for 39 percent of total spam volume. Dating-related junk mail generated eight percent of spam messages in the same period.
Most prevalent spam content categories worldwide in 2019
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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Trustwave. (April 25, 2020). Most prevalent spam content categories worldwide in 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 14, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/263452/most-common-content-of-spam-messages-worldwide-by-category/
Trustwave. "Most prevalent spam content categories worldwide in 2019." Chart. April 25, 2020. Statista. Accessed August 14, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/263452/most-common-content-of-spam-messages-worldwide-by-category/
Trustwave. (2020). Most prevalent spam content categories worldwide in 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 14, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/263452/most-common-content-of-spam-messages-worldwide-by-category/
