Spam Statistics

Statistics for Week ending August 29, 2010

 

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 a measure of the volume of spam sent to a representative sample of the honeypot domains that we monitor. Spam volume has recovered strongly since the major spam botnets were disabled following the take down of the McColo network in November 2008.


 

 

Spam by Spambot Type

Spam by Spambot Type

This chart is a percentage breakdown of spam received at TRACE 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 
1nc1United States
2nc2India
3up5Brazil
4down3United Kingdom
5down4Vietnam
6up7Germany
7down6Russia
8up9France
9down8Romania
10up11Italy
11down10South Korea
12nc12Spain

 

 

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.