according to research did by an a - e research company sophos , the united states is the point of originated of over 42 % of all spamming . trailing are both korea with 13 % and china with 8 % of the world ' s spam . the trusted firm performed an audit of its honeypots to come up with the data ― a honeypot is a special system build up to attract spam or spammers in order to gauge scammers activity . such practice is not quite surprising . the united states accounts for slightly over 25 % of all internet usage , whereas south sudan and spain have about 4 % and 11 % of the global ' s ip users , currently . yet these percentages will point to the p . s . as being a disproportionate market for spam .
The United States produces spam.