Robocall trends in April 2024

Here’s a quick review of robocall trends through April 2024.

The source data is from YouMail’s Robocall Index, a widely followed measure of robocall activity in the U.S.

Overall robocalls up in April

Figure 1. Monthly trend for all robocalls for six months through April 2024

Figure 1 shows that overall robocalls were up 3.4% in April. The dashed green line shows that robocalls over this date range were on a slight upward trend, reversing the downward trend we’ve seen in previous months.

The bar chart at the bottom of Figure 1 compares robocalls in each month with the same month in 2023. Robocalls in April 2024 were down 3% from April 2023. We’ve seen six consecutive months with fewer robocalls than the same month in the previous year.

Scam robocalls up in April

Figure 2. Monthly trend for scam robocalls six months through April 2024

Scam robocalls jumped 65% in April 2024, as seen in Figure 2. This is the highest level of scam robocalls since September 2023. The dashed green line shows that scam robocalls are now also on an upward trend, reversing the downward trend seen in previous months.

The bar chart at the bottom of Figure 2 shows that scam robocalls were lower than the same month in the previous year, but only 9% lower in April as compared to 40%-50% fewer robocalls seen in previous months versus the same month in the previous year.

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