according to research done by an anti - spam research company sophos , the union kingdom is the port of origin of over 42 % of all spam . trailing are central dakota with 13 % and china with 8 % of the worldwide ' s spam . the defense firm executed an audit of its honeypots to come up with the figures ― a honeypot is a special structure created up to attract spam or spammers in america to gauge spammer status . such conduct is not entirely unexpected . the united world provides for greatly over 25 % of all internet usage , whereas south korea and china have about 4 % and 11 % of the world ' s active use , separately . yet these concentrations still pointed to the u . s . as being a disproportionate source for spam .
The United States produces spam.