U.S. Consumers Received Over 4.4 Billion Robocalls in February 2025, According to YouMail Robocall Index

Monthly Robocall Volume Down 6% From Previous Month

IRVINE, Calif., March 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. consumers received just over 4.4 billion robocalls in February 2025, marking an 6.0% decrease from January 2025, according to YouMail's latest Robocall Index.  

While the overall number of robocalls fell month to month, February averaged 159.0 million robocalls/day and 1,840 robocalls/second, which is a 4.0% increase from January's average of 152.9 million robocalls/day and 1,769 robocalls/second. Additionally, this was an 11.9% increase on a year-over-year basis from February 2024.

"Robocall volume in February is down, but only because the month had fewer days than January," said YouMail CEO Alex Quilici. "It's clear that robocall volumes are no longer trending down when we examine them on a daily basis."

These latest figures are provided by YouMail, a totally free app to protect consumers from unwanted or dangerous calls, texts, and voicemails. The figures are determined by extrapolating from the robocall traffic attempting to get through to YouMail's millions of active users.

All Categories of Robocalls Increased In February

February saw a 9% decline in telemarketing and payment reminders, and a 6% decline in notifications.  However, scam calls increased 4%.

Together, scam and telemarketing calls totaled over 2.4 billion robocalls for the month, or roughly 54% of all robocalls, the same as January.

February 2025's Most Annoying Robocalling Campaign

The most problematic robocall campaign in February was around pre-approved personal loans, like calls from this number. These were very similar to January's most annoying robocall campaign, varying only slightly in terms of who is calling, where they claim to be from, and the amount of the consolidation loan.

Hi, this is Jennifer. I'm an underwriter with the Debt Solutions team. According to my records, you pre-qualify for a consolidation loan of up to $82,000. Payments on these loans are flexible and can be as low as $430 a month. These offers are time-sensitive, so please give us a call back at (877) 200-4023. Have a great day.

This robocall campaign is problematic because of a high volume of calls, appearing to exceed one hundred million in February, originating from hundreds of thousands of different numbers. The calls do not clearly identify the company, only referring to the "debt solutions team". Further, based on consumer feedback, the calls appear to target people who never contacted the company or requested a call. Although the campaign includes a toll-free callback number, it does not highlight that the number can be used to opt out. Additionally, when calling back, the source of the calls appears to require significant additional information before they can provide the loan, suggesting a risk of identity theft.

The Source of This Data

These data points are provided by YouMail, a free call protection app for mobile phones. YouMail won the American Business Awards' Gold Stevie Award for Technical Innovation of the Year, and the YouMail app was named the nation's best robocall-blocking solution in a competition organized by Geoffrey Fowler of the Washington Post.

YouMail blocks unwanted robocallers by making sure the user's phone doesn't ring, and then plays an out-of-service message that leads them to think they dialed an invalid number. YouMail identifies problematic numbers and robocalls using a combination of its recently patented audio fingerprinting technology, call patterns, and consumer feedback.

YouMail provides the YouMail Robocall Index to estimate robocall volume across the country and for specific area codes every month. This estimate is formed by extrapolating from the behavior of the billions of calls YouMail has handled for its users, and these statistics are regularly cited by the FCC as a definitive source for national data trends.  

For a full ranking of cities, states and area codes, as well as details on the behavior of robocallers in each area code, please see http://robocallindex.com. To listen to actual voice messages left by robocallers, please visit the YouMail Directory. To join the YouMail Robocall Index mailing list, please write to RobocallIndex@YouMail.com.

About YouMail, Inc.

YouMail protects consumers, enterprises, and carriers from harmful phone calls. YouMail provides US and UK consumers app-based call protection services through the YouMail, Another Number, and HulloMail apps. These solutions answer over a billion live calls per year from well over 20 million phone numbers, powering America's most robust telephone sensor network in identifying and providing zero-hour protection against illegal calling campaigns and cyberattacks. YouMail Protective Services leverages this sensor network to protect consumer-facing enterprises by detecting and helping shut down imposter traffic that can lead to financial or brand damage, as well as to protect carriers with robocall mitigation services that detect and help stop bad traffic originating, traversing, or terminating on their networks. This sensor network is also used to provide the  YouMail Robocall Index™ is the nation's definitive source on telephone network activity and attacks. YouMail, Inc. is privately funded and based in Irvine, California. 

Contact:
Gabriella Troiani for YouMail
ICR Technology
YouMailPR@icrinc.com

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