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19%
19% -- unknown call answer rate for Adult Americans (2026)
19% of adult Americans answer incoming calls from unknown numbers.
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19%
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Data Vintage
2026
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B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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Pew Research
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Adult Americans: 19% unknown call answer rate. Source: Pew Research (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/unknown-call-answer-rate-19
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