B
Evidence Grade B
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45.3%
45.3% -- spam share of email traffic for Global daily email traffic (2026)
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45.3%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
trustracer.com
Primary
Tier C
https://trustracer.com/online-safety/fake-scam-and-spam-email/ ↗
Source Article
Fake, Scam & Spam Email: How to Stay Safe | TrustRacer
Every single day, billions of unwanted emails flood inboxes worldwide. In fact, according to email spam statistics, 347.3 billion emails are sent daily, and 45.3% of them are spam emails. This doesn’t just represent an annoyance; as cybercriminals become more sophisticated, it represents a genuine s…
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trustracer.com
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Methodology
Refers to the share of the 347.3 billion daily emails classified as spam; underlying statistic unattributed in the article ('according to email spam statistics').
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Industrymarketing
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Global daily email traffic: 45.3% spam share of email traffic. Source: trustracer.com (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/spam-share-of-daily-email-traffic
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/spam-share-of-daily-email-traffic" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>45.3%</strong> -- spam share of email traffic for Global daily email traffic<br><small>Source: trustracer.com (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/spam-share-of-daily-email-traffic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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