Robocall trends in August 2024

Here’s a quick review of robocall trends through August 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 August

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

Figure 1 shows that overall robocalls were up 3.8% in August. The dashed green line shows that robocalls over this date range have a level trend, perhaps slightly upward.

The bar chart at the bottom of Figure 1 compares robocalls in each month with the same month in 2023. Robocalls in August 2024 were down 12% from August 2023. So far, overall robocalls for each month in 2024 have been lower than the same month in 2023. Good news!

Scam robocalls down in August

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

Scam robocalls were down 4.9% in August 2024, as seen in Figure 2. The dashed green line shows that scam robocalls are now on a slight downward trend from the high levels in April through June 2024.

The bar chart at the bottom of Figure 2 shows that scam robocalls in August 2024 were 36% lower than the August 2023. This is a welcome improvement! Scam robocalls have been lower each month in 2024 versus the same month in 2023.

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