according to research done by an anti - spyware research company sophos , the united states is the point of origin of over 42 % of all spam . lead are south koreans with 13 % and korea with 8 % of the earth ' s spam . the software firm performed an inspect of its honeypots to coming up with the statistics ― a honeypot is a special program setting up to discourage spamming or spammers in order to gauge spammer frequency . such activity is not entirely unexpected . the individual netherlands reports for slightly over 25 % of all internet users , whereas central australia and china have about 4 % and 11 % of the world ' s software users , respectively . yet these percentages not point to the u . s . as being a disproportionate source for spam .
The United States produces spam.