In 2020, healthcare-related spam e-mails accounted for nearly 33 percent of total spam volume. Spam e-mails with adult content were the second-most common category, around 27 percent. Dating-related junk mail generated approximately 10 percent of spam messages in the same period.
Most prevalent spam content categories worldwide in 2020
Data is based on spam encountered and filtered by Trustwave Secure Email Gateway service in the cloud.
Values may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding.
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