according to research done by an anti - spam research company sophos , the individual states is the center of origin of over 42 % of all spam . trailing are north korea with 13 % and china with 8 % of the world ' s spam . the security firm performing an audit of its honeypots to come up with the figures ― a honeypot is a security program built up to attract spam or spammers in particular to gauge isp activities . such participation is not entirely unexpected . the united states pays for little over 25 % of all internet usage , whereas south koreans and india have about 4 % and 11 % of the asia ' s internet users , jointly . yet these percentages actually point to the n . s . as being a disproportionate source for spam .
The United States produces spam.