April robocalls: No month-over-month change, big year-over-year drop

"April’s robocalls were virtually unchanged from the previous month, but were down a significant 14.9% from April 2025, according to the YouMail monthly Robocall Index. However, the daily rate was the highest recorded since July 2025. Though the number of calls remained virtually unchanged, the daily rate rose 3.3%, which can be attributed to the calendar - April has one less day."

"In April, there were 140.2 million robocalls per day and 1,623 robocalls per second, down less than 1% from March's 135.7 million robocalls per day and 1,571 robocalls per second. A notable shift from March was that April had an 11% increase in telemarketing and spam calls, with notifications falling by a similar percentage."

"Additionally, telemarketing and scam calls accounted for roughly 60% of all robocalls in April, up from 55% in March. Unsolicited, pre-approved loan offers were the month's most problematic robocalls. Of note was a campaign featuring a person claiming to be from an "application processing branch" at an unnamed company, which made tens of thousands of calls."

""It's encouraging to see six consecutive months averaging around 4 billion robocalls, the lowest sustained level in years," Alex Quilici, YouMail CEO, said in a prepared statement. "We remain hopeful that volumes will stay at this level. However, it's starting to feel like robocall activity is creeping back toward last summer's daily highs.""

April robocalls were nearly unchanged from March in total volume, but the daily rate increased because April had one fewer day. April averaged 140.2 million robocalls per day and 1,623 robocalls per second, with both measures down less than 1% from March’s 135.7 million per day and 1,571 per second. Telemarketing and spam calls rose 11% from March, while notifications fell by a similar percentage. Telemarketing and scam calls made up about 60% of all robocalls in April, up from 55% in March. Unsolicited pre-approved loan offers were the most problematic category, including a campaign making tens of thousands of calls. Six consecutive months averaged around 4 billion robocalls, but activity appeared to be creeping upward toward summer highs.

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