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Robocalls in California

California consumers have filed 115,439 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 92,041 different phone numbers between 2014-01-01 and 2026-09-08 — 11.7% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 1 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are down 15% on the 12 months before that.

115,439
FCC complaints
35,200
FTC DNC reports
23,007
FTC reports, last 30 days
#1
National rank (FCC)

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
50,751
Live Voice
39,723
Abandoned Calls
16,705
Text Message
7,388
Autodialed Live Voice Call
700
Email
17
Wireless (cell phone)
64,784
Wired
35,430
Internet (VOIP)
15,175

Numbers California residents reported this month

The numbers California consumers reported most to the FTC's Do Not Call Registry in the last 30 days — 23,007 reports in all, 4,128 of them this week; 71% were described as robocalls. Click a number for what it was reported for.

What California residents were called about this month

  • Other / unspecified
    8,413
  • Debt reduction
    6,630
  • Impostor (government, business, family)
    2,572
  • Dropped call / no message
    2,331
  • No subject given
    1,358
  • Home improvement & cleaning
    512
  • Medical & prescriptions
    287
  • Energy, solar & utilities
    278

Numbers most reported to the FCC by California consumers

Ranked by how many California FCC 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.

Recently reported by California consumers

Numbers with the newest California complaints in the last 12 months — the campaigns calling California right now, not the historical leaders above.

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 115,439 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 92,041 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-01-01 to 2026-09-08. 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 50,751 of the 115,439 complaints (44%). Live Voice is second with 39,723.

Complaint figures from the FCC Consumer Complaint Data Center, imported nightly, and FTC Do Not Call complaints (unverified consumer reports), published every weekday. The state recorded is the state the complainant filed from.