1.14M
2024
Are spam callers reusing numbers more than before?
No: caller IDs reported only once made up between 93.9% and 96.2% of distinct numbers in FCC complaints every year from 2023 to January to October 2026.
| Year the complaint was filed | Share of of caller ID numbers reported once |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 95.9% |
| 2024 | 93.9% |
| 2025 | 96.2% |
| 2026 YTD | 96.2% |
Key insights
- Each year counts only that year's complaints, so a number used across two years can count as reported once in each.
Methodology
For each year, we counted how many complaints named each ten-digit caller ID number in unwanted-call complaints filed that year, then divided numbers named once by all distinct numbers. The current year runs to October 2026. The numbers were counted in memory and are not published or stored. Caller ID can be faked. An area code shows what appeared on the screen, not where the caller really was. These are complaints people chose to file with the FCC, not a count of all unwanted calls; most people who get a robocall never report it.
Time period
2023 to January to October 2026
Data source
FCC Consumer Complaints Data · Federal Communications Commission
Analysis by DeepSearch
67,456
2025
3,322
2025
110
2026
96.2%
2026 YTD
125,199
2025
2.62M
FY2025
3.84B
Sep 2026
52.5B
2025
$1.11B
2025
120
Reported 5 or more times
- Reported once52,308
- Reported 2 to 4 times1,950
- Reported 5 or more times120
390K
Reducing debt
505
11 p.m.
371
470 · Georgia
2,877
Sunday
$422M
Government imposters
$1,835
Phone call
37.3
Nevada
40%
Massachusetts
23,267
Text message
- Prerecorded voice (robocall)50,497
- Live caller32,649
- Text message23,267
5.6%
New loan
1%
80+
Identity theft reports
1%
80+
Fraud reports
4.5%
80+
Adults in the US
5.3%
80+
Age of the person reporting
Select a point to inspect
71.6%
2026
Phone numbers
71.6%
2026
Home addresses
64.8%
2026
Passwords
11.4%
2026
Year the breach happened
Select a point to inspect
9
Not stated
- Full opt-out offered325
- No full opt-out57
- Not stated9
31.3M
People living in Texas
549K
Benefits, taxes and other
- New accounts opened750K
- Existing accounts misused125K
- Benefits, taxes and other549K
1.14M
2024
28
Over 3 years
99
2026
38
Did not
- Exposed phone numbers72
- Did not38
156
2026
1
2026 Q4
5.6
Cleared by police
29,261
2025
66.3
2025
1.1%
Government issued IDs
234
Other government ID numbers
12.5M
CarGurus
2
Skimmers
287
Arizona
875K
Denied
- Complied in full56.8M
- Complied in part230K
- Denied875K