Robocalls Dip in February 2026 but Billions of Spam Calls Still Reach U.S. Consumers

Americans received slightly fewer robocalls in February 2026, but the volume remains staggering. New data from the Robocall Index released by robocall blocking service YouMail shows that more than 3.8 billion automated calls reached U.S. consumers during the month.

The figure represents a 1.3 percent drop compared with January 2026 and a 14 percent decline compared with February 2025, signaling a broader downward trend in robocall activity. Even with the decline, the scale remains immense, reinforcing how persistent automated calling campaigns remain across the United States.

February’s volume continues a streak of relatively lower activity compared with recent years. The last time the United States saw six consecutive months averaging below four billion robocalls was in mid-2022.

Still, the smaller total does not necessarily mean fewer interruptions for consumers.

Fewer Calls Overall but Higher Daily Intensity

Because February has fewer days than January, total robocall counts naturally fall. When measured by daily activity, the picture shifts.

Robocalls averaged 136.8 million calls per day in February, compared with 125.2 million per day in January. On a per second basis, robocalls rose to roughly 1,583 calls every second, up from about 1,449 calls per second the previous month.

The shift illustrates how automated calling infrastructure continues to operate at massive scale, even when overall monthly totals fluctuate.

“It’s encouraging to see both January and February of 2026 maintain meaningfully lower robocall volumes than December,” said YouMail CEO Alex Quilici. “This marks six consecutive months averaging under 4 billion robocalls, which last happened in May of 2022, nearly 4 years ago. While the decline is encouraging, consumers should continue to protect themselves with robocall-blocking apps like YouMail.”

The YouMail Robocall Index estimates robocall activity by analyzing traffic attempting to reach millions of YouMail users and extrapolating that data across the broader U.S. phone network.

Telemarketing and Scam Calls Still Dominate

Despite the overall dip in robocall activity, telemarketing and scam calls remain the largest category by far.

In February, these unwanted calls accounted for roughly 2.16 billion calls, representing about 58 percent of all robocalls received in the United States.

Other categories include informational notifications and payment reminders. Notification calls made up roughly 1.05 billion calls, while payment reminder calls accounted for approximately 570 million calls.

All categories showed slight declines or minimal change during February, suggesting a modest slowdown rather than a structural shift in robocall activity.

A Massive Loan Offer Robocall Campaign

Among the most widespread robocall campaigns in February was a wave of automated calls promoting supposed loan offers. One campaign claiming to represent a company called Crestwood Loan Advisors delivered a uniform message to tens of thousands of phone numbers.

“This is brought to you by Crestwood Loan Advisors. You can reach us at (877) 419-6664. This message is from the loan department. We have a pending offer of $70,000 in the form of an unsecured loan. Your monthly payment is estimated to be $400. To speak with a team member, please press 2. To be added to our dot call list, please press 9.”

Researchers estimate the campaign generated about 70 million robocalls in February alone, while rotating through more than 50,000 different originating phone numbers.

Security analysts say that type of high volume campaign often relies on large pools of spoofed numbers to evade blocking systems and increase the likelihood of reaching potential victims.

Why Robocalls Remain Hard to Stop

Telecommunications regulators and mobile carriers have spent years deploying tools such as caller authentication systems and spam call filtering to slow robocall activity. Measures like STIR and SHAKEN protocols were designed to reduce caller ID spoofing and make it easier for carriers to identify fraudulent traffic.

But robocall operators continue adapting.

Many campaigns rotate phone numbers rapidly, exploit VoIP infrastructure, or shift operations across international networks to stay ahead of enforcement efforts.

As a result, the robocall ecosystem remains one of the most persistent digital nuisances affecting U.S. consumers. Even with declining totals, billions of automated calls continue to circulate each month.

For consumers, the numbers highlight a simple reality. The robocall problem may be improving slightly, but it remains far from solved.