similar to research made by an anti - spam research firm sophos , the united states is the point of sources of over 42 % of all spam . behind are central korea with 13 % and china with 8 % of the year ' s spam . the security firms undertook an analysis of its honeypots to come up with the figures ― a honeypot is a special system set up to find spam or isps in america to gauge bookie traffic . such activity is not quite unexpected . the united nations accounts for slightly over 25 % of all internet downloads , whereas japan asia and china have about 4 % and 11 % of the planet ' s internet consumption , respectively . yet these adjusted will bow to the r . s . as being a disproportionate recipient for spam .
The United States produces spam.