Robocalls in California
California consumers have filed 114,765 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 91,391 different phone numbers between 2014-01-01 and 2026-07-24 — 11.7% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 1 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are down 17% on the 12 months before that.
California complaint volume by year
Unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by California consumers each year. The shape of this curve reflects both actual call volume and how aware consumers are that the FCC complaint centre exists.
Area codes most reported in California
The displayed area code of numbers reported by California consumers — often, but not always, a local code, because spoofing favours familiar-looking numbers.
How the calls reached California
- Prerecorded Voice
- 50,428
- Live Voice
- 39,449
- Abandoned Calls
- 16,705
- Text Message
- 7,311
- Autodialed Live Voice Call
- 700
- 17
- Wireless (cell phone)
- 64,222
- Wired
- 35,357
- Internet (VOIP)
- 15,136
Numbers most reported by California consumers
Ranked by how many California complaints name them, limited to the last five years. A number appearing here means people in California reported receiving calls that displayed it — not that its owner placed them.
- (916) 322-••••58 from CA · 2026-05-08
- (916) 518-••••29 from CA · 2026-06-25
- (818) 230-••••28 from CA · 2022-08-26
- (916) 263-••••25 from CA · 2026-04-15
- (404) 595-••••20 from CA · 2022-03-06
- (800) 743-••••19 from CA · 2023-11-07
- (555) 555-••••18 from CA · 2025-11-10
- (916) 561-••••17 from CA · 2026-03-25
- (341) 200-••••15 from CA · 2022-09-22
- (571) 272-••••13 from CA · 2024-04-09
- (424) 451-••••12 from CA · 2022-12-14
- (310) 695-••••11 from CA · 2023-02-14
- (404) 962-••••11 from CA · 2022-03-19
- (916) 263-••••10 from CA · 2026-03-12
- (424) 294-••••10 from CA · 2022-09-30
Do Not Call protection in California
California formally adopted the FTC's National Do Not Call Registry as its own state list rather than running a separate one, so a single free registration at donotcall.gov covers you. State authorities can still enforce against telemarketers who ignore it, in addition to any federal penalty.
Whatever your state does, the federal National Do Not Call Registry applies, and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act gives you a private right of action against certain unlawful calls. Report unwanted calls at the FCC complaint centre and fraud at ReportFraud.ftc.gov.
Do Not Call classification per National Association of Attorneys General — history of Do Not Call. This is general information, not legal advice.
California robocall FAQs
How many robocall complaints do California residents file?
California consumers have filed 114,765 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 91,391 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-01-01 to 2026-07-24. That is 11.7% of all state-attributed complaints in the dataset, ranking California 1 among US states and territories by complaint volume.
Does California have its own Do Not Call list?
California formally adopted the FTC's National Do Not Call Registry as its own state list rather than running a separate one, so a single free registration at donotcall.gov covers you. State authorities can still enforce against telemarketers who ignore it, in addition to any federal penalty.
Where do the calls reported in California come from?
The FCC records the state the person filing the complaint was in, not where the caller was. Because caller ID is easily spoofed, a call reported in California may have been placed from anywhere in the world and may have displayed a California number that belongs to an uninvolved person. Area code alone tells you nothing reliable about a caller's location.
What kind of calls are reported most in California?
Prerecorded Voice is the most-reported category in California, accounting for 50,428 of the 114,765 complaints (44%). Live Voice is second with 39,449.
Complaint figures from the FCC Consumer Complaint Data Center, imported nightly. The state recorded is the state the complainant filed from.