We've curated 128 cybersecurity statistics about Email to help you understand how phishing attacks, spam filters, and encryption practices are evolving in 2025, ensuring your communication remains secure in an increasingly digital world.
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89% of Global Relay's sample accounts captured email communications, making it the most captured channel.
Social media is the leading medium for successful scams at 34%, surpassing email (28%), phone calls (25%), text messages (24%), and online ads (21%) in 2025.
107 email-related HIPAA breaches were reported to the Department of Health and Human Services in just the first half of 2025.
In one enforcement case, a clinic was fined $25,000 for a single message that contained protected health information (PHI) and was sent to the wrong person without encryption
36% of organizations lost sensitive data due to an email security breach.
50% of organizations detected an email security breach within one hour.
41% of organizations cited brand and reputational damage as the most common consequence of an email security breach.
71% of organizations that experienced an email security breach were also hit with ransomware during the year.
78% of organizations worldwide experienced an email security breach in the previous 12 months.
27% of organizations lost new business as a result of an email security breach.
47% of organizations identified advanced evasion techniques as the main obstacle to rapid incident response.
38% of organizations reported operational impact, including downtime and business disruption, as a consequence of an email security breach.
25% of organizations lost customers due to an email security breach.
82% of organizations experienced email-related cyber incidents in the past 12 months, according to the 2025 Security Operations Trends Report.
When asked which egress channels for the outflow of sensitive data does your organization worry most about, 69% said email.
Email-based deepfake attacks represent 59% of deepfake threat vectors.
Nearly two in five consumers (39%) globally reported being targeted by an email, online, phone call, or text messaging fraud scheme between February and May 2025.
52% of healthcare organizations use secure email gateways to protect against email-based attacks, which is a 7-point increase from 2024.
34% of consumers in the surveyed Latin American countries reported being targeted by email, online, phone call, or text messaging fraud from February to May 2025.
E-mail scams increased by 44.2% from 2024 to 2025.