The short version

Quick answer

Consumers filed 55,660 unwanted-call reports with the FTC in the week of August 3, 2026. 37,643 of them — 68% — were marked as a recorded message or robocall. The FTC verifies none of it: these are reports, not findings. Reporting peaked on Thursday, August 6 and fell to 1,518 on Sunday, August 9.

What the data is, and what it is not

The FTC states that none of these reports is verified. These are reporting records, not findings, unique people, total calls or proof of violations.

These figures come from the FTC's Do Not Call daily data releases for August 3 to August 9, 2026. Counts describe reports consumers chose to file. They do not measure how many unwanted calls were placed, and they establish no violation by anyone.

Source basis: FTC Do Not Call data releases

Reports by day

Reporting peaked on Thursday, August 6 at 11,244 and bottomed on Sunday, August 9 at 1,518 — a 7.4× difference across a single week.

These differences cannot separate calling activity from filing behavior or release timing. Report counts do not identify the cause of a daily pattern.

  • Monday, August 3: 8,829
  • Tuesday, August 4: 9,914
  • Wednesday, August 5: 10,511
  • Thursday, August 6: 11,244
  • Friday, August 7: 10,395
  • Saturday, August 8: 3,249
  • Sunday, August 9: 1,518

What people said the calls were about

The largest identified subject was reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans) at 12,442 reports.

Read the ranking with its gaps in view: 21,837 reports were filed under "Other" and 3,777 carried no subject at all. The ranking describes reported categories, not verified events.

  • Other: 21,837
  • Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans): 12,442
  • Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends: 6,526
  • Dropped call or no message: 4,201
  • Medical & prescriptions: 3,922
  • No Subject Provided: 3,777
  • Warranties & protection plans: 776
  • Home improvement & cleaning: 714

Where reports came from

Florida led at 6,368 reports.

State totals can reflect population, reporting choices and other factors, so a larger state appearing high in this list is not evidence that its residents are targeted more often.

  • Florida: 6,368
  • California: 5,790
  • Texas: 4,440
  • Illinois: 2,421
  • Pennsylvania: 2,354
  • Ohio: 2,018
  • Georgia: 1,969
  • North Carolina: 1,913

How this week compares

Against the 42 seven-observed-day weeks charted before it, this week ran 4% below the median of 57,908 reports. A single week moving against that baseline describes report records, not unique people or how many calls were placed.

Every week in the series, both agencies, and the method behind the figures are charted together on the unwanted-call reporting data page.

Source basis: FTC Do Not Call data releases

Reading a week of this data honestly

One week is a snapshot, and the FTC's releases are sometimes incomplete when first published. This piece uses seven observed reporting dates, not proof of complete releases. Later backfill may revise the counts. Counts are not unique people.

This dataset alone cannot determine whether any particular call you received was lawful.

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