---
title: "U.S. Phones Received Over 3.9 Billion Robocalls in April, Says YouMail Robocall Index"
metaTitle: "39b Robocalls in April"
slug: 3-9b-april-robocalls
date: "2022-05-05T08:00:00-05:00"
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  name: PR Newswire
  url: www.prnewswire.com
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  url: "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/us-phones-received-over-3-9-billion-robocalls-in-april-says-youmail-robocall-index-301540784.html"
legacySlug: us-phones-received-over-3-9-billion-robocalls-in-april
tags: [Phone Scam, Robocalls, STIR/SHAKEN]
status: published
---

## April Robocall Volume Down Nearly 10% After March Spike

IRVINE, Calif., May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In April, Americans received over 3.9 billion robocalls, keeping 2022 on pace to hit 48 billion robocalls for the full year, averaging roughly 4 billion robocalls a month. This monthly call volume marked a 9.7% decrease from March. Because April has one fewer day than March, robocalls were actually down 6.7% on a daily basis. Specifically, April averaged 131.4m calls/day and 1,521 calls/second, compared to 140.8 million calls/day and 1,630 calls/second in March.

“It’s always nice to see a month with lower robocall volume, but we’ve seen that before, only to be followed by spikes in call traffic,” said YouMail CEO Alex Quilici. “We’re on pace for at most a small decline from last year’s robocall volume, despite the rollout of STIR/SHAKEN...”