Robocalls Fall 4% in August: Report

"Robocalls to U.S. consumers fell 4% between July and August, and 6.1% over the 12 months ending in August, according to YouMail's latest Robocall Index report. For the month, robocall activity averaged 133.9 million robocalls per day and 1,550 robocalls per second, down 4% from July's average of 144 million robocalls per day and 1,666 robocalls per second."

"But it's not all good news; there were 36.7 billion robocalls in the first eight months of the year, a 7.1% increase over the same period in 2024. According to the YouMail report, about 60% of robocalls are unwanted. Desired robocalls include things like appointment reminders, financial notifications and customer service alerts. As in the previous two months, the most problematic robocalls in August were related to various types of loans, particularly payday loan debt relief."

"The YouMail report said robocalls originate from thousands of different numbers - often making only a few calls from each - and claim to be a specific individual, using various versions of the same basic message, with slight differences in the monthly payment, loan amount, and call to action. "We've now seen four straight months of declining call volume from 2025 peaks," YouMail CEO Alex Quilici said in a prepared statement about the robocalls report. "That's good news. The fly in the ointment is that 2025 is still on a pace to exceed 2024's volumes by more than 7%.""

Robocalls to U.S. consumers fell 4% between July and August and 6.1% year-over-year through August. August averaged 133.9 million robocalls per day, down from July's 144 million per day. August's 4.1 million robocalls were 16% below the April 2025 peak. The first eight months of 2025 totaled 36.7 billion robocalls, a 7.1% increase from the same period in 2024. About 60% of robocalls are unwanted; desired calls include appointment reminders, financial notifications and customer service alerts. Loan-related calls, especially payday loan debt relief scams and other debt schemes, were most problematic and often used many different numbers with similar messages.

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