Living in Germany, I never got any - until I had to register with my phone number at an American company (for work). Now I get 3-4 spam calls/messages per week.
Haha i moved from Canada to Germany. In Canada i would get at least 3 a week, in Germany I don’t think i’ve gotten one yet in the two years i’ve been here
Netherlands, I’m getting them off and on. I get scam SMS, WhatsAppor phone calls. Maybe 20-30 a year, but they aren’t spread evenly. There are times I seem to be getting them all the time
It sucks because I know where they get my number. My elderly dad gets hacked and scammed constantly on Facebook. So if he has my number in his contact, I have to suffer as well. There should be some technical protection against that
Netherlands. They’re rare but I do get the ones where they immediately hang up as it starts ringing and then hope you call back so they can charhe you money for it. But number recognition helps because generally I don’t expect to be called from Nigeria or something.
1 or 2 in 40+ years
UK here - 1 or 2 a week on my home phone which we never use and not many people have the number anyway. I have BT’s ‘Call Protect’ which is supposed to let you block nuisance calls but it’s such a pain to use - takes too many clicks and menu changes. On Android I just select last number and block.
Hardly any spam calls on mobile as built in software (forget the name) on my S23 automatically warns me of possible spam or blocks them completely.Much better than it was 10 years ago - that was a nightmare.
they are sadly becoming a bit more common here in Spain
Swiss: Basically none except for one specific type. Since the mandatory basic insurance is provided by „competing“ private insurers there are companies who call you at the end of the year and try to convince you to swap to a cheaper insurer. Otherwise, maybe 2 in the last 30 years.
Denmark and I have never experienced it, but I have meet people who have
The US has a national Do Not Call registry… you sign up online. It takes ~2 minutes to register and 30 days to take effect IIRC. Registering took my spam calls from several times a day down to several per year. The only ones I get now are political and people looking for the previous owner.
Edit: if you want to be proactive or vindictive you can report unwanted callers (or anyone using a robodialer) to the FTC.
I get like 5 spam calls in a week and then non for 6 to 12 months. (Germany)
Idk what the UK average is, but personally maybe 4 or 5 year.
Living in Germany, I get rarely get any. Usually about 1-2 per year. Last year was an exception, where the same entity (computer or very confused person) called me like 5 times before I blocked the number.
I gave out my number a lot in groups, but avoid giving it to online or delivery services.
Finland. Rare, unless you’ve been posting your number everywhere or run a business.
Poland: very rare, 2-4 per year
Also Poland: 2-3 calls in a day from bots trying to convince to buy photovoltaics, then nothing for a few weeks. It used to be much, much worse.
My phone number is pretty old though, so it has been leaked lots of times probably.
Damn I get that many in a day at least here in California