What percentage of all email is spam?
Internet medium Data from 2023
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The answer
46%
Roughly 46.
Around 46% of all email sent is spam — down from over 70% a decade ago, thanks to better filtering and legal action against major spam operations. You almost never see it, which is the point.
Where this number comes from
| Source | Statista / Kaspersky spam and phishing reports |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 2023 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | percent |
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