Nigeria ranks ninth in spam calls globally truecaller
According to a report by Truecaller, a popular phone app that helps users identify and block spam calls, Nigeria ranks 9th globally in terms of the number of spam calls received by its users.
The report, which was released in 2020, analyzed data from Truecaller's database of over 250 million users worldwide. It found that Nigeria received an average of 14.4 spam calls per user per month, which is significantly higher than the global average of 6.5 spam calls per user per month.
The top 10 countries with the highest number of spam calls per user per month, according to the report, are:
- India - 24.4 spam calls per user per month
- Brazil - 18.4 spam calls per user per month
- Mexico - 17.4 spam calls per user per month
- Indonesia - 16.4 spam calls per user per month
- Philippines - 15.9 spam calls per user per month
- Vietnam - 15.4 spam calls per user per month
- Thailand - 14.9 spam calls per user per month
- Pakistan - 14.6 spam calls per user per month
- Nigeria - 14.4 spam calls per user per month
- Bangladesh - 14.2 spam calls per user per month
It's worth noting that the report only analyzed data from Truecaller's users, and the actual number of spam calls received by users in Nigeria may be higher or lower than the reported figure. Additionally, the report did not provide information on the types of spam calls received by users in Nigeria, such as phishing calls or robocalls.