YouMail: 2,395,731,200 robocalls in 2025, 1,537,423,100 in 2026 YTD. November 2025: 182.9 million in a single month, #5 in the country. Charlotte is a national top-15 city. 92,392 DNC complaints — 873 per 100,000, 9th in the FTC book, up 12.2%.
Federal floor: TCPA $500 / $1,500.
North Carolina layer:
- State telephone-solicitation / consumer-protection rules and AG enforcement.
- Mini-TCPA bills have been in the pipeline. Nothing in force as of this update matches Oklahoma’s private $500 ticker. Use the TCPA now.
- North Carolina signed the 49-AG FCC letters.
What changed: Volume, not a new code section. Two-point-four billion estimated robocalls is a campaign state, not a flyover.
Left on the table: 92,392 × $500 ≈ $46.2 million. × $1,500 ≈ $138.6 million.
Register at donotcall.gov. Log the 704, 980, 919, and 336 spoofs. Report to the North Carolina AG consumer protection division. Use the North Carolina Playbook.
This is a Q3 2026 TeleJustice Academy quarterly law update. Figures: YouMail Robocall Index (estimated volume); 2025 DNC complaint counts and per-capita rates from the FTC Data Book cycle. “Money left on the table” is complaint count × TCPA statutory minimums — an illustration, not a prediction. Robocall indexes include legal recorded calls. Only documented illegal calls and texts support a claim. Educational only. Not legal advice. TeleJustice Academy is not a law firm. Protect the file: donotcall.gov · state list where one exists · call log with date, time, number · screenshots · your state Playbook at telejusticeacademy.com and telejusticepro.com.