Robocalls in Wisconsin

Wisconsin consumers have filed 14,797 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 13,341 different phone numbers between 2014-01-01 and 2026-09-11 — 1.5% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 20 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are down 42% on the 12 months before that.

14,797

FCC complaints

6,187

FTC DNC reports

4,110

FTC reports, last 30 days

#20

National rank (FCC)

Wisconsin complaint volume by year

Unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin

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

How the calls reached Wisconsin

Prerecorded Voice: 7,086
Live Voice: 4,456
Abandoned Calls: 2,185
Text Message: 972
Autodialed Live Voice Call: 85
Email: 3

Wireless (cell phone): 8,976
Wired: 4,016
Internet (VOIP): 1,804

Numbers Wisconsin residents reported this month

The numbers Wisconsin consumers reported most to the FTC's Do Not Call Registry in the last 30 days — 4,110 reports in all, 736 of them this week; 72% were described as robocalls. Click a number for what it was reported for.

What Wisconsin residents were called about this month

Other / unspecified
1,604
Debt reduction
954
Impostor (government, business, family)
430
Medical & prescriptions
428
Dropped call / no message
336
No subject given
208
Warranties & protection plans
45
Home improvement & cleaning
37

Numbers most reported to the FCC by Wisconsin consumers

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

Do Not Call protection in Wisconsin

Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin robocall FAQs

How many robocall complaints do Wisconsin residents file?

Wisconsin consumers have filed 14,797 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 13,341 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-01-01 to 2026-09-11. That is 1.5% of all state-attributed complaints in the dataset, ranking Wisconsin 20 among US states and territories by complaint volume.

Does Wisconsin have its own Do Not Call list?

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

Prerecorded Voice is the most-reported category in Wisconsin, accounting for 7,086 of the 14,797 complaints (48%). Live Voice is second with 4,456.

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.