FCC Consumer Complaints – June 2026

Introduction

The Federal Communications Commission recorded 32895 consumer complaints in June 2026 relating to telecommunications services, this represented an increase from the 28950 complaints recorded the month before. Complaints were reported across 55 states and territories, with California slightly ahead of the other locations. Unwanted Calls was reported slightly more frequently than other issues.

Key statistics

Total complaints

32895

Days with complaint data

30

Days with complaints

30

States & territories reporting

55

Most common issue

Unwanted Calls (11624)

Most reported state/territory

California (3598)

Daily complaint activity

Across the month, the FCC recorded an average of 1096.5 complaints per day. The highest daily total was 1584 complaints on 30 June 2026, while 22 days recorded more complaints than the monthly daily average. The quietest day was 21 June 2026, with 444 complaints, noticeably below the monthly average.

Each bar represents one day of the month. Taller bars indicate more complaints.

Where the complaints came from

In June 2026, the 32895 complaints recorded by the Federal Communications Commission were reported from 6282 cities across 55 states and territories. Complaints were relatively evenly spread across states and territories, with no individual location contributing a dominant share. At the city level, a significant concentration was observed in District of Columbia, where Washington accounted for 359 of the 372 complaints recorded.

The monthly distribution of complaints by state and territory is shown below, with locations ranked by the number of reports recorded.

Location highlights

• Nearly all complaints reported in District of Columbia originated from Washington.
• Complaints in California were reported across 623 cities, the widest spread observed during the month.

What the complaints were about

Complaints recorded during the month related to 7 different complaint categories. The largest number of complaints fell within Phone, which accounted for 24763 reports. Complaint activity was strongly concentrated in this category, with other categories contributing comparatively fewer reports.

Phone complaints

24763 complaints were recorded in this category during the month, representing 75.3% of the total.

Unwanted calls again accounted for the largest share of complaints in this category. These reports are examined in more detail in the section below. Complaints in this category covered a range of issues, including Billing, Equipment and Availability (including rural call completion).

Internet complaints

6161 complaints were recorded in this category during the month, representing 18.7% of the total.

The largest share of complaints in this category related to Billing and Availability, with fewer reports falling into other issue types.

TV complaints

1291 complaints were recorded in this category during the month, representing 3.9% of the total.

Complaints in this category covered a range of issues, including Billing, Availability and Indecency.

Radio complaints

394 complaints were recorded in this category during the month, representing 1.2% of the total.

The largest share of complaints in this category related to Interference and Pirate Radio, with fewer reports falling into other issue types.

Emergency complaints

166 complaints were recorded in this category during the month, representing 0.5% of the total.

The largest share of complaints in this category related to Interference and Other, with fewer reports falling into other issue types.

Accessibility complaints

85 complaints were recorded in this category during the month, representing 0.3% of the total.

Complaints in this category covered a range of issues, including Closed Captioning on TV, Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) and Closed Captioning over the Internet.

Request for Dispute Assistance complaints

35 complaints were recorded in this category during the month, representing 0.1% of the total.

Unwanted calls

There were 11624 complaints relating to unwanted calls on this date, representing 35.3% of all complaints. Caller ID and business contact number details are listed below where there is enough concentration to make the data meaningful.

Key patterns

• Other Services accounted for the largest share of unwanted call complaints by service type.
• Prerecorded Voice was reported slightly more often than other call types.
• (844) 515-1257 was reported slightly more often than other business contact numbers.
• (833) 662-5740 was reported slightly more often than other caller ID numbers.