Spam Activity: Key Statistics Quarter over Quarter comparison: June 1,2025 - August 31,2025

Each reporting period, we analyze domain names reported for spam. We collect spam reports from three reputation blocklists (Spamhaus, SURBL, Invaluement). We eliminate duplicates and enhance these reports with other metadata — domain and IP address registration data, ICANN registry and registrar monthly reports, routing data, attack type, and other indicators — to create spam records. We use the spam records to measure and report key statistics for each reporting period.

A comparison of key statistics for the periods March 1, 2025 - May 31, 2025 and June 1,2025 - August 31,2025 appears in the table below.

Measurement March to May 2025 June to August 2025 Change
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Total number of spam reports collected from feeds (per quarter) 5,986,601 4,781,809 -1,204,792
Total number of spam records produced from spam reports 4,589,876 4,170,146 -419,730
Unique domain names reported for hosting spammed content or spambots 4,396,196 3,978,811 -417,385
Top-level Domains (TLDs) with domain names reported for hosting spammed content or spambots 777 754 -23
Registrars (by distinct IANA ID) that had gTLD domains under management reported for hosting spammed content or spambots 2,547 2,414 -133
Registrars (by distinct name) that had domains under management reported for hosting spammed content or spambots 3,533 3,256 -277
Hosting Networks (ASNs) where we observed hosted spammed content or spambots 4,088 3,994 -94
Number of subdomain reseller accounts reported for hosting spammed content 49,962 68,744 18,782