Complaints, 2018 to 2025
125,199
2025
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Year the complaint was filed
Are unwanted-call complaints to the FCC rising again?
Complaints fell from 231,513 in 2018 to 96,463 in 2023, then rose to 125,199 in 2025; 2026 has 108,347 through September.
Key findings
2026 is on course to pass 2025: 108,347 complaints in 9 months against 125,199 in all of 2025.
October 2025 shows almost no complaints because FCC complaint intake stopped during the federal government shutdown, not because calls stopped.
The data
How we made this chart
Informal consumer complaints filed with the Federal Communications Commission, including unwanted calls and texts, with the complainant's state, the call type and the caller ID number given.
We added up monthly complaints under the issue "Unwanted Calls" for each complete calendar year.
Open the source API. Source revision: 2026-10-25:sha256:5d7f6efc62efba8225b96de2fd7d4d5ab84a8f74e03b7104e720e8cc5c0d4ca2.
Limits to keep in mind
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.
The FCC has changed its complaint form over the years, which can move counts between issues.
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DeepSearch. (October 25, 2026). Are unwanted-call complaints to the FCC rising again? DeepSearch Data. https://deepsearch.app/data/fcc-unwanted-call-complaints-by-year