YouMail: 2,023,584,800 robocalls in 2025, 1,265,650,900 in 2026 YTD. Memphis, Nashville, and Chattanooga all appear on national city lists. 71,061 DNC complaints — 1,017 per 100,000, #2 in America, behind only Arizona. YouMail flagged Tennessee among the sharpest monthly risers in late 2025 (+10%).
Federal floor: TCPA $500 / $1,500.
Tennessee layer:
- State telemarketing / consumer-protection rules and AG enforcement.
- No Florida-style private $500 mini-TCPA as the primary ticker. The per-call private engine is the TCPA.
- Tennessee signed the 49-AG FCC letters.
What changed: The complaint rank. A top-two per-capita state with two billion estimated robocalls is not a quiet docket. It is an unfiled one.
Left on the table: 71,061 × $500 ≈ $35.5 million. × $1,500 ≈ $106.6 million.
Register at donotcall.gov. Log the 615, 629, 901, and 423 spoofs. Report to the Tennessee AG consumer protection division. Use the Tennessee 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.