according to research done by an against - spam research company sophos , the united front is the point of origin of over 42 % of all spamming . follow are south korea with 13 % and china with 8 % of the worldwide ' s spam . the security firm performed an survey of its honeypots to come up with the figures ― a honeypot is a special system set up to attract mails or spamming in order to gauge spammer participation . such activity is not entirely unexpected . the united states accounts for shortly over 25 % of all electronic users , while south korea and china have about 4 % and 11 % of the earth ' s electronic users , respectively . yet these concentrations will point to the p . s . as being a disproportionate recipient for spam .
The United States produces spam.