according to research run by an ex - spyware research companies sophos , the united states is the country of source of over 42 % of all spam . trailing are south korea with 13 % and china with 8 % of the world ' s spam . the guard industry performed an audit of its honeypots to come up with the figures ― a honeypot is a special system set up to attract spammers or spammers in attempt to study spammer activity . such involvement is not always unique . the associated states accounts for well over 25 % of all website usage , so south korea and china have about 4 % and 11 % of the world ' s electronic users , currently . yet these hispanics mostly point to the u . s . as being a disproportionate source for spam .
The United States produces spam.