All the Spam in the World Makes $200 Million—And Costs Us $20 Billion [Factoid]

All the Spam in the World Makes $200 Million—And Costs Us $20 Billion [Factoid]

via Gizmodo by Kyle Wagner on 8/7/12

We all hate spam. But we figure it must be worth it to someone since there's so damn much of it. But... apparently not. A new paper from the Journal of Economic Perspectives estimates it brings in a total of $200 million in revenue worldwide per year. And then the rest of us spend $20 billion cleaning it up. Ugh. More »