Robocalls in Kentucky

Kentucky consumers have filed 16,154 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 12,801 different phone numbers between 2014-01-22 and 2026-09-09 — 1.6% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 19 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are down 16% on the 12 months before that.

16,154

FCC complaints

5,173

FTC DNC reports

3,481

FTC reports, last 30 days

#19

National rank (FCC)

Kentucky complaint volume by year

Unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by Kentucky 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 Kentucky

The displayed area code of numbers reported by Kentucky consumers — often, but not always, a local code, because spoofing favours familiar-looking numbers.

How the calls reached Kentucky

Prerecorded Voice: 5,744
Abandoned Calls: 5,475
Live Voice: 4,307
Text Message: 569
Autodialed Live Voice Call: 37

Wired: 8,206
Wireless (cell phone): 6,662
Internet (VOIP): 1,279

Numbers Kentucky residents reported this month

The numbers Kentucky consumers reported most to the FTC's Do Not Call Registry in the last 30 days — 3,481 reports in all, 508 of them this week; 72% were described as robocalls. Click a number for what it was reported for.

What Kentucky residents were called about this month

Other / unspecified
1,161
Debt reduction
975
Medical & prescriptions
335
Impostor (government, business, family)
330
Dropped call / no message
299
No subject given
234
Warranties & protection plans
66
Home security & alarms
22

Numbers most reported to the FCC by Kentucky consumers

Ranked by how many Kentucky FCC complaints name them, limited to the last five years. A number appearing here means people in Kentucky reported receiving calls that displayed it — not that its owner placed them.

Recently reported by Kentucky consumers

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

Do Not Call protection in Kentucky

Kentucky 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.

Kentucky robocall FAQs

How many robocall complaints do Kentucky residents file?

Kentucky consumers have filed 16,154 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 12,801 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-01-22 to 2026-09-09. That is 1.6% of all state-attributed complaints in the dataset, ranking Kentucky 19 among US states and territories by complaint volume.

Does Kentucky have its own Do Not Call list?

Where do the calls reported in Kentucky 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 Kentucky may have been placed from anywhere in the world and may have displayed a Kentucky 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 Kentucky?

Prerecorded Voice is the most-reported category in Kentucky, accounting for 5,744 of the 16,154 complaints (36%). Abandoned Calls is second with 5,475.

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.