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2026 Study: Debt Collection Calls Continue to Surge In These US States and Cities

Debt collection calls are surging across America. As financial pressures continue to weigh on many Americans, some states and cities are seeing triple-digit increases in debt collection complaints compared to the year before. To better understand where consumers are facing the most debt collection calls, NumberBarn, a phone number management company and marketplace, analyzed the […]

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Left on Read: Study Reveals America’s Most Unreachable Cities

Despite feeling constantly connected, Americans are routinely letting calls go to voicemail, leaving text messages on read, or ignoring incoming calls altogether. Meanwhile, spam calls, robocalls, and promotional texts have made people more selective about who they answer and when they respond. In order to understand how phone avoidant people truly are, NumberBarn surveyed Americans […]

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2026 Survey Reveals Phone Costs Are Rising Again in Canada, Despite Official Reports

After years of declining prices, mobile phone costs in Canada are starting to rise again. A new nationwide survey of Canadians from NumberBarn finds that costs are increasing for many households, while confusion around pricing remains widespread. While Statistics Canada’s Cellular Services Price Index has shown reported mobile prices falling for years, six in 10 […]

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The Most Valuable Phone Numbers of 2025

Whether it’s that catchy jingle from an old radio commercial, or an obnoxiously enormous billboard on our commute to work, we’ve all experienced that phone number earworm echoing in our subconscious longer than we expected. We’ll refrain from the complex psychology behind that, but we can confidently say that this phenomenon is, in fact, by […]

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Cities with the Highest Phone Bills in 2025

From groceries to gas, it seems like everything has gotten more expensive in 2025. While most of us are keeping a close eye on rising prices, one recurring cost might be quietly draining your wallet: your phone bill. In some U.S. cities, residents are paying over $2,500 a year just to stay connected. But where […]

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The Most Valuable Phone Numbers Purchased Last Year (A 2025 Study)

Likely, we’ve all spotted a funny or puzzling personalized license plate while out on the road. Or, less likely, your mom’s license plate spelled “YUR-MAHM”… or that was just me. And of course, you’ve likely seen that unmissable billboard with a massive phone number that spells something like 555-INJURED as you inch your way through […]

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Which Area Codes Have Produced the Best NFL Players of All-Time?

With the 2025–2026 season about to kick off, it’s the perfect time to look back at just how rare it is to make it to the NFL. Here’s a fun fact: if you took the amount of people who have ever played even one game in the league’s history and placed them all inside an […]

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Top NBA Players By Area Code

Truth be told, hardly any force in the world is as powerful as basketball homecourt pride. Whether it’s the shaking rafters at Allen Fieldhouse during a Kansas’ playoff run, pick up games at Venice Beach, or a young Michael Jordan practicing free throws in his driveway, protecting your home turf is everything. Which begs the […]

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2025 Study: Top 20 Area Codes of 2024 – 25

Key Findings In 2024, a lot happened in the U.S., including the rise of AI, massive political events, weather disruptions, and honestly, way more to list. In thinking about how these things impacted us all, one interesting way to look at the data is … which area codes grew in popularity, and which ones dropped […]

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Study Reveals Cities Where Ghosting is Most Common

From unanswered voicemails to text messages being left on read, ghosting has become all too common in modern communication. Whether it’s professionally, personally, or romantically, ghosting is now a familiar way to end communication with someone without any explanation. But just how prevalent is ghosting in America, and which cities have the highest rates of […]

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