Spam Statistics

Statistics for Week ending January 29, 2012

 

Spam Sources by Country

ENLARGE MAP

 


Spam Detection

 

Spam Detection

The percentage of spam blocked on our Lab's live MailMarshal servers, running standard anti-spam rules.

Spam Message Size

 

Spam Message Size

The average size of a spam message. The usual value is between 3Kb-8Kb.

Spam as a Percentage of Email

 

Spam % of Email

Spam as a percentage of total inbound email.


 

 

Spam Volume Index (SVI)

Spam Volume Index (SVI)

The SVI is an index that tracks relative changes in the volume of spam sent to a representative sample of the honeypot domains that we monitor.


 

 

Spam by Spambot Type

Spam by Spambot Type

This chart is a percentage breakdown of spam received at our spam traps for each spambot type. Typically a small number of major botnets are responsible for the bulk of all spam.


 

 

Spambot Activity Over Time

This chart shows the history of spam received from each spambot type, as a percentage of total spam received.


Spambot Activity Over Time

 

 

Spam by Category

Spam by Category

Spam broken down by categories. Spam touting Pharmaceutical and Replica products have traditionally accounted for the majority of all spam. For more information on the categories, see Spam Types.


 

 

Spam Sources by Country

This chart measures spam by country of origin as a percentage of all spam. The top 12 countries are ranked in order of the volume of spam they contribute from highest to lowest.


Spam Sources by Country
This week Last week 
1nc1India
2nc2Russia
3up4Spain
4up5Poland
5up6South Korea
6up7Brazil
7up8Romania
8up-United Kingdom
9nc9Taiwan
10down3Vietnam
11up12United States
12down10Peru

 

 

Spam Sources by Continent

Spam Sources by Continent

This chart measures spam by continent of origin as a percentage of all spam. Continents are ranked in order of the volume of spam they contribute from highest to lowest.


 

 

Phishing Percentage over Time

Phishing Percentage over Time

Phishing email as a percentage of all spam over time.


 

 

Image Spam Over Time

Image Spam Over Time

This chart plots image spam as a percentage of all spam over time.