WebRecon April 2025 Stats: Everything Down in April, Most Things Up YTD
Quick analysis: Everything Down in April, Most Things Up YTD This was another one of those fun paradoxical months where consumer complaints and litigation in April were all down from March, but most of them (except FDCPA complaints) were still up YTD. Interestingly, the March stats showed everything up for the month, so it’s a complete […]
WebRecon March 2025 Stats: Sea of Green (and not the good kind…)
Quick analysis: Sea of Green (and not the good kind…) Everything was up in March (TCPA +23.5%, FCRA +5.2%, FDCPA +27.7%) over February, and only FDCPA (-8.7%) was down YTD over 2023, while TCPA (+35.5%) and FCRA (+8.5%) were also up YTD. Welcome to spring! CFPB complaints were also up for the month (+16%) and the […]
WebRecon Feb 2024 Stats: Mixed Feb, But YTD Complaints Still High
Quick analysis: Mixed Feb, But YTD Complaints Still High For Feb 2024, FDCPA cases (-20.1%) and TCPA cases (-32%) fell while FCRA cases (+26.4%) and CFPB complaints (+20.4) increased. YTD, everything is still way up. YTD, everything is still up over 2023 by double digits: FDCPA +19.8% TCPA +32.8% FCRA +40.4% CFPB +39.2% In other news, […]
WebRecon Dec 2023 Stats & Year in Review
Quick analysis: Down December & Year in Review The final stats of 2023 are in and for the first time since June, they show the big three statutes (TCPA -4.3%, FDCPA -.3%, FCRA -14.1%) all down from the previous month. CFPB complaints ended the month up +9.4%. It’s been another wild year of swings for […]
WebRecon Nov 2023 Stats: FCRA Up for the Month, TCPA Up YTD
Quick analysis: With just December consumer litigation left to tabulate in the coming weeks, 2023 YTD looks to have shaken out like this… TCPA is up (+8.9%), FCRA is about even (-.3%) and FDCPA is down (-10.3%). The die appears to be cast for one of the most interesting spreads in memory. The only real question […]
WebRecon Sept 2023 Stats: The Pendulum…
Quick analysis: The Pendulum… September saw the consumer complaint pendulum keep on swinging. After August’s big month for lawsuits, most were back down in the month-over-month comparisons. FCRA suits were the exception – while FCRA had been the one consistent growth area in consumer litigation over the last couple of years, they’ve tended to swing with […]
WebRecon Aug 2023 Stats: The Roller Coaster
Quick analysis: The Roller Coaster Continues After a down June and a mixed July, lawsuits and complaints were up across the board again in August. FDCPA complaints (+15%) led the pack with FCRA (+6.5%) and TCPA (+5.3%) following. In spite of all the month-over-month increases, only TCPA (+13.2%) remains up YTD, with FDCPA (-21.4%) and FCRA […]
WebRecon July 2023 Stats: Mixed Results
Quick analysis: Quick analysis: Mixed Results Well, it was bound to happen. Statistically speaking, anyway. For the first time I can remember in nearly 15 years of tracking these numbers, we had a 0.0% month-over-month change in one of the statutes (TCPA). Relevant? No. Meaningful? Also no. But interesting to me nonetheless, and since I write […]
WebRecon June 2023 Stats: Another “Down” Month
Quick analysis: Another “Down” Month Alright, this is kind of funny. The numbers have been swinging pretty wildly this year so far, because I just looked over the headlines of each month’s blog post and this is what they say: Jan: WebRecon Stats: 2023 Starts With Some Bite (Lawsuits Up) Feb: Feb 2023 WebRecon Stats: The […]
WebRecon May 2023 Stats: Everything Up Again
Quick analysis: After a slowdown in April, everything jumped up in May. How high? FDCPA was up +14.1%, FCRA was up +20% and TCPA was up a whopping 98.2%. YTD cases are still down in two out of three of those, with FDCPA down -28.5% and FCRA down -8.5% over 2022, while TCPA’s big month propelled […]