September 2026.
In September 2026, consumers filed 131,015 complaints about unwanted calls with the FTC's Do Not Call program. The most reported named topic was reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans), at 23.5% of all complaints.
What the calls were about
Share of all complaints by the topic consumers chose.
| Topic | Complaints | Share | Robocalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 51,615 | 39.4% | 66.7% |
| Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans) | 30,839 | 23.5% | 90.1% |
| Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends | 14,380 | 11.0% | 71.6% |
| Dropped call or no message | 9,961 | 7.6% | 53.1% |
| Medical & prescriptions | 8,559 | 6.5% | 75.7% |
| Not given | 8,428 | 6.4% | 50.8% |
| Warranties & protection plans | 1,918 | 1.5% | 60.1% |
| Home improvement & cleaning | 1,856 | 1.4% | 41.5% |
| Vacation & timeshares | 674 | 0.5% | 52.8% |
| Energy, solar, & utilities | 642 | 0.5% | 31.2% |
| Lotteries, prizes & sweepstakes | 627 | 0.5% | 31.3% |
| Computer & technical support | 614 | 0.5% | 59.6% |
| Home security & alarms | 392 | 0.3% | 65.8% |
| Work from home & other ways to make money | 370 | 0.3% | 62.2% |
| Charities | 140 | 0.1% | 40.0% |
Where complaints came from
The 15 states with the most complaints. Bigger states file more; this isn't adjusted for population.
About this data
Source: the FTC's Do Not Call complaint data, by the date each complaint was filed. These are consumer reports, not verified by the FTC or by us, and not every unwanted call is reported. Reports with malformed fields are left out. We don't publish the reported phone numbers, because a complaint alone doesn't prove who called.
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