Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times,
A new report found that Americans are continuing to get bombarded by robocalls, with more than 4 billion recorded in July, according to blocking service YouMail.
A smartphone displays the icons of some of the main artificial intelligence based apps, including Meta AI, Grok, Gemini, Perplexity, DeepSeek, and ChatGPT, in Saint-Mande, France, on July 15, 2026. Martin Lelievre/AFP via Getty ImagesThere were 4.3 billion robocalls received across the United States last month, said YouMail in a news release.
On average, July saw 139.3 million robocalls per day and 1,612 robocalls per second, which is slightly lower than the 141.8 million robocalls per day, and 1,642 calls per second recorded in June.
Unwanted robocalls also increased by nearly 6 percent in July 2026 as consumers received more than 2.1 billion such calls that month, it said.
According to the report, about 51 percent of robocalls were likely wanted, and 49 percent were likely unwanted.
"Monthly robocall volumes have been slowly creeping upward, and we're more than 15 percent above the lowest levels we saw last October," said YouMail CEO Alex Quilici in a statement, noting "the dangers of scam calls" despite robocall activity being "much lower than historic levels."
YouMail said that the "most problematic robocall campaigns" in July revolved around pre-approved loan officers that claim to inform a consumer
