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How many spam calls do people in Massachusetts report? They filed 2,794 FCC complaints in 12 months, 14th most per person.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people in Massachusetts filed 2,794 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC, or 39.1 for every 100,000 residents, which ranks 14th among the 50 states and DC. 37% of the 2,794 complaints were about a live caller, against 26% across the country.
- 2,794unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by people in Massachusetts, October 2025 to September 2026
- 39.1complaints for every 100,000 residents, 14th of 51 (the whole country: 36.6)
- 508the area code people there named most, on 211 complaints (Worcester, Framingham, Brockton and Cape Cod, Massachusetts)
Source: Federal Communications Commission, CGB - Consumer Complaints Data (dataset 3xyp-aqkj), issue "Unwanted Calls", read on November 4, 2026. Population: U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025. All sources.
People in Massachusetts reported area code 508 most, and 6 of the 10 busiest area codes are in Massachusetts.
Each row counts the complaints from people in Massachusetts whose caller ID started with that code. 3 codes in the list are toll-free and belong to no place. Together these 10 codes account for 713 of the 1,457 complaints that gave a caller ID.
| Rank | Code | Where it is | In Massachusetts? | Complaints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 508 | Worcester, Framingham, Brockton and Cape CodIn Massachusetts | Yes | 211 |
| 2 | 978 | Lowell, Lawrence and HaverhillIn Massachusetts | Yes | 166 |
| 3 | 781 | Waltham, Lynn and the communities around BostonIn Massachusetts | Yes | 101 |
| 4 | 617 | BostonIn Massachusetts | Yes | 64 |
| 5 | 833 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 39 |
| 6 | 413 | Springfield and western MassachusettsIn Massachusetts | Yes | 34 |
| 7 | 877 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 29 |
| 8 | 855 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 25 |
| 9 | 857 | Boston, Cambridge and QuincyIn Massachusetts | Yes | 23 |
| 10 | 804 | Richmond and central VirginiaIn VA | No, VA | 21 |
Monthly complaints from Massachusetts rose from 171 in February to 406 in September.
October 2025 and November 2025 are shaded and dotted because the FCC file holds only 323 and 16,267 complaints of any kind in those months, against about 29,400 in a usual one.
Complaints from Massachusetts by month
Unwanted-call complaints filed from Massachusetts per month, October 2025 to September 2026.
- Complaints filed from Massachusetts
- Months the FCC file is thin
| Month | All complaints |
|---|---|
| October 2025 | 0 |
| November 2025 | 127 |
| December 2025 | 293 |
| January 2026 | 301 |
| February 2026 | 171 |
| March 2026 | 248 |
| April 2026 | 257 |
| May 2026 | 203 |
| June 2026 | 238 |
| July 2026 | 268 |
| August 2026 | 282 |
| September 2026 | 406 |
Prerecorded calls are the biggest group of complaints from Massachusetts, at 44% against 41% across the country.
The FCC files robocalls, live callers and texts under one issue, "Unwanted Calls". The bar shows how the 2,794 complaints from Massachusetts split by what the person says reached them.
What reached people in Massachusetts
How the 2,794 complaints from Massachusetts split.
- Prerecorded call44% · 1,220 complaints
- Live caller37% · 1,043 complaints
- Text message8% · 218 complaints
- Kind not stated11% · 313 complaints
Across the country the split is prerecorded call 41%, live caller 26%, text message 15%, kind not stated 17%.
About half of the US numbers people in Massachusetts reported carry a Massachusetts area code, 629 of 1,249 (50%), against 50% across the country.
Of 1,457 complaints that gave a caller ID, 629 named a Massachusetts code, 620 a code from another state, 156 a toll-free code and 52 something else, such as a special-use code, a number abroad or a prefix that is not assigned.
Where the numbers people in Massachusetts reported came from
Where the 1,457 caller ID numbers from Massachusetts came from.
- Massachusetts area codes43% · 629 complaints
- Other states' area codes43% · 620 complaints
- Toll-free codes11% · 156 complaints
- Other or not assigned4% · 52 complaints
After Massachusetts, people there named New York, California and Virginia codes most.
Massachusetts ranks 14th of 51 for complaints per 100,000 people, between Pennsylvania and Nevada.
Colorado leads the list at 109.8 and North Dakota is last at 13.8. The 50 states and DC together file 36.6.
Massachusetts next to the states ranked around it
Complaints for every 100,000 residents, the states ranked next to Massachusetts.
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2,794 unwanted-call complaints from October 2025 to September 2026, which is 39.1 for every 100,000 residents. That ranks 14th among the 50 states and DC per person and 18th by total count.
508 (Worcester, Framingham, Brockton and Cape Cod, Massachusetts) was named on 211 complaints, 14% of the complaints that gave a caller ID number. Next were 978 (Lowell, Lawrence and Haverhill, Massachusetts) with 166 and 781 (Waltham, Lynn and the communities around Boston, Massachusetts) with 101.
About half do. 50% of the complaints that named a US area code carried a Massachusetts code, against 50% across the country. After Massachusetts, the area codes named most belonged to New York (63), California (61) and Virginia (49). Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
44% were about prerecorded calls, 37% about a live caller and 8% about text messages, and 11% did not say. Across the country the split is 41%, 26% and 15%.
Yes. People in Massachusetts filed 956 complaints in July to September 2026, 33% more than the 720 in January to March 2026. For the whole country the change over the same months was up 28%.
File a complaint with the FCC's Consumer Help Center at consumercomplaints.fcc.gov. Complaints filed there are the ones counted on this page, listed by the state of the person who filed. To report a scam or fraud call, use ReportFraud.ftc.gov.
A state with more people files more complaints just by being bigger. Dividing by the Census Bureau's July 1, 2025 estimate for Massachusetts (7,154,084 residents) puts every state on one scale, which is why Massachusetts ranks 14th per person and 18th by total count.
Every number on this page comes from two public sources.
The complaints come from the FCC.
Federal Communications Commission, CGB - Consumer Complaints Data (dataset 3xyp-aqkj), issue "Unwanted Calls", filed October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026, read from opendata.fcc.gov on November 4, 2026.
The population comes from the Census Bureau.
U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 (NST-EST2025-POP), Vintage 2025 estimate for July 1, 2025, released January 2026, checked November 2026.
Data: FCC Consumer Complaints, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026, analysed by ExpressNumber. www.expressnumber.com/spam-calls-by-state/massachusetts
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