testimony to research done by an inter - spam research company sophos , the united states is the point of origin of over 42 % of all spam . trailing are japan korea with 13 % and china with 8 % of the u ' s spamming . the security firm underwent an assessment of its honeypots to come up with the figures ― a honeypot is a special computer set up to attract spam or spammers in order to observe crackpot activity . such activity is not entirely unnoticed . the united states accounts for slightly over 25 % of all international used , respectively south vietnam and asia have about 4 % and 11 % of the global ' s internet users , respectively . yet these percentages actually points to the u . s . as being a disproportionate source for spam .
The United States produces spam.