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unsolicited email Robocalls are on the riseEven after this it reached its highest level in six years MPs promised to crack down on phone Companies that allow unpleasant, unwanted contact.
Nationwide, spam robocalls have reached the highest level since 2019, averaging about 2.56 billion per month in 2025 — up from 2.14 billion per month in 2024, according to a new report from US PIRG Education, a consumer watchdog organization. Fund.
The report comes five years after the Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Prevention Act – the TRACES Act – came into effect. A 2019 law required phone carriers to implement and update caller ID authentication software Federal Communications Commission When they have fully established the technology.
However, according to the report, only 44 percent of phone companies have fully installed the required software and adopted anti-robocall policies – down from 47 percent in 2024.
Of the 9,242 phone companies that filed with the FCC by September 28, 2025, only 4,084 had fully installed robocall-fighting software, down from 4,365 last year.
In total, 2,909 companies had not installed the required technology – up from 2,567 the previous year. According to the report, the status of 553 companies was not available.
It was not immediately clear why the numbers dropped. “The most likely reasons are that companies submitted inaccurate information last year, merged with non-compliant companies, or installed new equipment that does not comply,” the report said.
This technology is important because it allows phone companies to authenticate that a call is actually coming from the number it displays. According to PIRG, this will also help determine whether a call should be blocked or labeled as spam even before the receiver’s phone rings.
Apart from non-compliance, the sheer number of The spam robocalls that Americans receive every day The sky has touched the sky. One in three Americans gets at least one scam call once a day, while two-thirds receive at least one call a week, according to the report.
There will be an average of more than 420 million more scams and telemarketing calls this year than in 2024, according to robocall-blocking company YouMail.
The report also states that scam messages are becoming increasingly more advanced as artificial intelligence builds Scams Easier for the bad guys and more reliable for us.”
While these scams waste time and strain patience, they can also be costly.
According to the Federal Trade Commission, the amount of money lost in scams that started with a phone call has increased by 16 percent from the first half of 2024 to the first half of 2025.
According to the report, people who lost money last year lost an average of $3,690.
“It’s like the Twilight Zone,” said Teresa Murray, consumer watchdog director of the US PIRG Education Fund.
According to report co-author Murray, “When the government mandates something to protect Americans – regarding seat belts – we typically see more compliance every year. But in this case, fewer companies are protecting us and the volume of unwanted calls has increased.”
In response, every single attorney general in the US joined a bipartisan Operation Robocall Roundup in August, sending warning letters to 37 voice providers demanding that they stop allowing illegal robocalls through their networks.
Faye Park, president of the US PIRG Education Fund, said, “It is outrageous that, with nearly one in three of us receiving at least one scam call every day, lawmakers, regulators and the phone companies themselves are not doing more to stop it.”
“People should be able to answer their phone without worrying every time something bad happens.”