according to research done by an counter - e-mail research company sophos , the united states is the source of origin of over 42 % of all spam . lead are south korea with 13 % and beijing with 8 % of the global ' s spam . the privacy firm performed an analysis of its honeypots to come up with the figures ― a honeypot is a special service set up to attract spam or senders in order to gauge spammer activity . such behaviour is not entirely unexpected . the united nations provides for slightly over 25 % of all active usage , whereas south korea and australia have about 4 % and 11 % of the world ' s internet users , themselves . although these vary still point to the u . s . as being a unjustified source for spam .
The United States produces spam.