Just Over 4.4 Billion Robocalls In June Mark 11% Monthly Increase, Says YouMail Robocall Index

Americans Have Been Plagued by Over 26 Billion Robocalls in the First Half of 2021

Americans received just over 4.4 billion robocalls in June, an 11.2% increase in volume over May, halting an April decline and roughly returning to March levels. In June, robocalls averaged 148 million calls/day and 1,714 calls/second, up from May’s 128.7 million calls/day and 1,490 calls/second.

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Stunningly, Americans have received over 26 billion robocalls in the first half of the year, continuing on a pace to hit over 52 billion robocalls for the full year.

These latest monthly figures are provided by YouMail, a totally free robocall blocking app and call protection service for mobile phones. These figures are determined by extrapolating from the robocall traffic attempting to get through to YouMail’s millions of active users.

“As expected, as lockdowns ended in India, and call centers returned toward more normal capacity levels, we saw an increase in robocalls,” said YouMail CEO Alex Quilici. “The good news is that they didn’t increase further and are running at slightly lower levels compared to earlier this year.”

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June 2021 Saw A Big Increase In Scam Calls

In June, combined scam calls and telemarketing calls accounted for roughly 62% of the month’s total robocall volume, similar to the May results.  However, the number of scam and telemarketing calls increased to just under 2.8 billion calls for the month. This is a very substantial number of likely unwanted and/or illegal calls, and it reflects an increase of 19% in scam calls and 5% in telemarketing calls.

These data are provided by YouMail, a free call protection app for mobile phones.  YouMail recently 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.

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