Americans received 4.2 billion robocalls in September, marking a 6.2% decrease from August on a monthly basis, and a 3.1% decrease on a daily basis. Specifically, September averaged 139.9 million calls/day and 1,619 calls/second, compared to 144.4. million calls/day and 1,672 calls/second in August. The difference is likely due to the Labor Day holiday and one less day in the month.
So far this year, US consumers have received some 36.8 billion robocalls, and the country has continued on a pace to exceed 49 billion robocalls for the year, slightly less than last year.
“We’re seeing that robocall volumes appear to be fluctuating in a steady monthly range this year, with some exceptions for shorter months with holidays,” said YouMail CEO Alex Quilici. “There continues to be a need to step up enforcement, improve technology, and see more changes in consumer behavior.”
These latest figures are provided by YouMail, a totally free robocall blocking app and call protection service for mobile phones. These figures are determined by extrapolating from the robocall traffic attempting to get through to YouMail’s millions of active users.
Most Unwanted Robocall in September
We’ve recorded the same tax scam campaign as the most unwanted robocall for the third month…
