The short version

Quick answer

Consumers filed 59,836 unwanted-call reports with the FTC in the week of August 17, 2026. 39,889 of them — 67% — were marked as a recorded message or robocall. The FTC verifies none of it: these are reports, not findings. Reporting peaked on Wednesday, August 19 and fell to 1,587 on Sunday, August 23.

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 17 to August 23, 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 Wednesday, August 19 at 12,169 and bottomed on Sunday, August 23 at 1,587 — a 7.7× 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 17: 9,211
  • Tuesday, August 18: 11,057
  • Wednesday, August 19: 12,169
  • Thursday, August 20: 11,719
  • Friday, August 21: 10,695
  • Saturday, August 22: 3,398
  • Sunday, August 23: 1,587

What people said the calls were about

The largest identified subject was reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans) at 11,963 reports.

Read the ranking with its gaps in view: 23,576 reports were filed under "Other" and 4,587 carried no subject at all. The ranking describes reported categories, not verified events.

  • Other: 23,576
  • Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans): 11,963
  • Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends: 7,291
  • Dropped call or no message: 4,737
  • No Subject Provided: 4,587
  • Medical & prescriptions: 4,346
  • Warranties & protection plans: 876
  • Home improvement & cleaning: 807

Where reports came from

Florida led at 6,253 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: 6,253
  • California: 5,690
  • Texas: 5,084
  • Illinois: 2,649
  • Pennsylvania: 2,451
  • Ohio: 2,218
  • Georgia: 2,141
  • Tennessee: 2,049

How this week compares

Against the 44 seven-observed-day weeks charted before it, this week ran 3% above 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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