The short version

Quick answer

Consumers filed 55,651 unwanted-call reports with the FTC in the week of August 3, 2026. 37,634 of them — 68% — described a recorded or automated voice. The FTC verifies none of it: these are reports, not findings. Reporting peaked on Thursday, August 6 and fell to 1,518 on Sunday, August 9.

What the data is, and what it is not

The FTC states that none of the information about these reported calls is verified. These are consumer reports, not findings of fact or of any violation. Counts reflect what consumers chose to report, which is shaped by who reports and how, and is not a measure of total call volume.

These figures come from the FTC's Do Not Call daily data releases for August 3 to August 9, 2026. Counts describe reports consumers chose to file. They do not measure how many unwanted calls were placed, and they establish no violation by anyone.

Source basis: ftc dnc data

Reports by day

Reporting peaked on Thursday, August 6 at 11,244 and bottomed on Sunday, August 9 at 1,518 — a 7.4× difference across a single week.

That weekend drop is almost certainly a reporting artifact rather than a drop in calls. Filing a complaint is a weekday errand; the calls do not observe the same schedule.

  • Monday, August 3: 8,829
  • Tuesday, August 4: 9,905
  • Wednesday, August 5: 10,511
  • Thursday, August 6: 11,244
  • Friday, August 7: 10,395
  • Saturday, August 8: 3,249
  • Sunday, August 9: 1,518

What people said the calls were about

The largest identified subject was reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans) at 12,442 reports.

Read the ranking with its gaps in view: 21,836 reports were filed under "Other" and 3,777 carried no subject at all. Those two together exceed any identified category, so the table below ranks what was described, not what happened.

  • Other: 21,836
  • Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans): 12,442
  • Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends: 6,526
  • Dropped call or no message: 4,201
  • Medical & prescriptions: 3,914
  • No Subject Provided: 3,777
  • Warranties & protection plans: 776
  • Home improvement & cleaning: 714

Where reports came from

Florida led at 6,368 reports.

State totals track population and reporting habits as much as call volume, so a larger state appearing high in this list is not evidence that its residents are targeted more often.

  • Florida: 6,368
  • California: 5,790
  • Texas: 4,440
  • Illinois: 2,421
  • Pennsylvania: 2,353
  • Ohio: 2,018
  • Georgia: 1,969
  • North Carolina: 1,913

How this week compares

Against the 42 complete weeks charted before it, this week ran 4% below the median of 57,898 reports. A single week moving against that baseline says how many people filed, not how many calls were placed.

The FCC logged 3,092 unwanted-call complaints over the same seven days through its own separate complaint system. The two agencies track each other closely in the shape of a week and much more loosely in weekly totals, which is why they are charted side by side and never added together.

Every week in the series, both agencies, and the method behind the figures are charted together on the unwanted-call reporting data page.

Source basis: ftc dnc data

Reading a week of this data honestly

One week is a snapshot, and the FTC's releases are sometimes incomplete when first published. This piece is written only from weeks with all seven days released; a partial week would show a collapse in reports that never happened.

Nothing here tells you whether any particular call you received was lawful. That depends on consent, the technology used, the content of the message, and who placed it.