In 2023, nearly 45.6 percent of all e-mails worldwide were identified as spam, down from almost 49 percent in 2022. While remaining a big part of the e-mail traffic, since 2011, the share of spam e-mails has decreased significantly. In 2023, the highest volume of spam e-mails was registered in May, approximately 50 percent of e-mail traffic worldwide.
Global spam volume as percentage of total e-mail traffic from 2011 to 2023
Characteristic
Percentage of email traffic
2011
80.26%
2012
72.1%
2013
69.6%
2014
66.76%
2015
55.28%
2016
58.31%
2017
56.63%
2018
52.48%
2019
56.51%
2020
50.37%
2021
45.56%
2022
48.63%
2023
45.6%
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Securelist. (March 7, 2024). Global spam volume as percentage of total e-mail traffic from 2011 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 07, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/420400/spam-email-traffic-share-annual/
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