Robocall trends in October 2025

Here’s a quick review of robocall trends through October 2025.

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

Overall robocalls down in October

Overall Robocall Trends

Figure 1. Monthly trend for all robocalls for six months through October 2025

Figure 1 shows that overall robocalls were down 7.7% in October from the previous month. The red baseline shows that robocalls in October were the lowest monthly total in the past six months.

The dashed green line shows that the robocall trend over the past six months is downward.

The bar chart at the bottom of Figure 1 compares robocalls in each month with the same month in the previous year. Robocalls in October 2025 were down 23.8% from October 2024.

Scam robocalls down in October

Scam Robocall Trends

Figure 2. Monthly trend for scam robocalls six months through October 2025

Figure 2 shows that scam robocalls were down 14.3% from the previous month. There was a tremendous jump in scam robocalls in July, and the number of scam robocalls seems to be turning downward from this higher plateau.

The dashed green line shows that scam robocalls have been on a strong upward trend over the past six months as a result of the sharp increases in July and August.

The bar chart at the bottom of Figure 2 shows that scam robocalls in October 2025 were up 65% from October 2024.

Scam Versus Overall Robocalls

Figure 3. Scam robocalls as a percentage of overall robocalls six months through October 2025

Figure 3 shows scam robocalls as a percentage of overall robocalls. This percentage jumped in July and August, then dropped slightly in September and October.

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