This statistic shows the most frequently used non-English languages used in spam from January to June 2011. 22 percent of the spam samples in this study were in Russian.
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Top 5 non-English languages used in spam from January to June 2011
Characteristic
Share of spam languages
Russian
22%
German
8%
Chinese
3%
Japanese
2%
Spanish
2%
Others
63%
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Trend Micro. (October 10, 2011). Top 5 non-English languages used in spam from January to June 2011 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/209092/top-non-english-languages-used-in-spam/
Trend Micro. "Top 5 non-English languages used in spam from January to June 2011." Chart. October 10, 2011. Statista. Accessed June 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/209092/top-non-english-languages-used-in-spam/
Trend Micro. (2011). Top 5 non-English languages used in spam from January to June 2011. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/209092/top-non-english-languages-used-in-spam/
Trend Micro. "Top 5 Non-english Languages Used in Spam from January to June 2011." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Oct 2011, https://www.statista.com/statistics/209092/top-non-english-languages-used-in-spam/
Trend Micro, Top 5 non-English languages used in spam from January to June 2011 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/209092/top-non-english-languages-used-in-spam/ (last visited June 15, 2025)
Top 5 non-English languages used in spam from January to June 2011 [Graph], Trend Micro, October 10, 2011. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/209092/top-non-english-languages-used-in-spam/
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