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Global spam categories 2018
Most prevalent spam content categories worldwide in 2018
by J. Clement,
last edited
May 2, 2019
This statistic presents the most common spam content categories in 2018. That year, healthcare-related spam accounted for 22.56 percent of total spam volume. Dating-related junk mail generated 30.35 percent of spam messages in the same period.
Most prevalent spam content categories worldwide in 2018
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| Share of content | |
|---|---|
| Dating | 30.35% |
| Healthcare | 22.56% |
| Job | 14.51% |
| Malware | 6.11% |
| Products | 5.63% |
| Adult | 5.02% |
| Scams | 3.43% |
| Phishing | 3.24% |
| Finance | 1.1% |
| Stocks | 0.29% |
| Other | 7.75% |
| Share of content | |
|---|---|
| Dating | 30.35% |
| Healthcare | 22.56% |
| Job | 14.51% |
| Malware | 6.11% |
| Products | 5.63% |
| Adult | 5.02% |
| Scams | 3.43% |
| Phishing | 3.24% |
| Finance | 1.1% |
| Stocks | 0.29% |
| Other | 7.75% |
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by J. Clement,
last edited
May 2, 2019
This statistic presents the most common spam content categories in 2018. That year, healthcare-related spam accounted for 22.56 percent of total spam volume. Dating-related junk mail generated 30.35 percent of spam messages in the same 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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Values may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding.
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