U.S. consumers received just over 4.5 billion robocalls in January, according to new data from YouMail, a robocall blocking app and call protection service.
Last month”™s robocall volume was a 5.7% increase from December’s volume. January averaged 145.5 million calls/day and 1,684 calls/second, while December averaged 137.6 million calls/day and 1,593 calls/second. For the fourth month in a row, the most unwanted robocall campaigns involve a solicitation for potential medical compensation related to Camp Lejeune.
“The big picture continues to be that the robocall volume in the U.S. isn’t really changing, despite month- to-month variations, and despite stepped up enforcement efforts and the roll out of Stir/Shaken,” said YouMail CEO Alex Quilici. “It feels like recent mitigation efforts aren’t yet making a material dent in robocall volume overall, though we can see a trend toward fewer scam calls. It’s clear that consumers continue to need to protect themselves with robocall blocking apps like YouMail, since this problem is remarkably stubborn.”
