"In January 2026, the report found there were an average of 125.2 million robocalls per day and 1,449 robocalls per second, down from 132.6 million robocalls per day and 1,535 robocalls per second in December 2025. All categories contributed to the month's large drop in robocalls, according to the YouMail report. There was an 11% drop in payment reminders and a 3% drop in notifications - two categories in which robocalls are often welcome - and a 4% decrease in scam and unwanted telemarketing calls."
"Robocalls fell significantly in January in 2026, down 5.6% from the previous month and down 18% from the same month in 2025, according to YouMail's latest Robocall Index report. The Robocall Index also showed that January's robocall total was only 3.8% higher than the October 2025 total, which marked a multi-year low."
""It's encouraging to see January start 2026 with a meaningfully lower number of robocalls than December," Alex Quilici, YouMail CEO, said in a prepared statement about the report. "This also marks the first four-month period averaging under 4 billion robocalls since April of 2022, nearly four years ago. However, the problem is far from solved.""
January 2026 saw an average of 125.2 million robocalls per day (1,449 per second), down 5.6% from December and 18% year-over-year. All call categories declined, with payment reminders down 11%, notifications down 3%, and scam and unwanted telemarketing falling 4%. Nearly 2.2 billion telemarketing and scam robocalls reached consumers, representing 57% of all robocalls that month. A large scam from "Found Cash Now" generated over 50,000 calls directing consumers to a website claiming assistance recovering unclaimed government money, often sent to non-consenting recipients. Annual volume for 2025 totaled 52.5 billion, slightly below 2024's 52.8 billion.
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