You’re welcome, America: Columbus tops for making robocalls

COLUMBUS (AP) — Columbus and central Ohio lead the nation in generating robocalls from bill collectors, politicians and other sources, according to statistics from a voicemail provider.

YouMail Inc. said Columbus was the top city for sending out the calls in December, with 68.9 million calls recorded. That outpaced second-place Kansas City’s 42.1 million calls.

The company tallies which cities send and receive the most robocalls. This was the second month in a row that Columbus was on top.

The Columbus Dispatch reported there are several reasons why the city leads the way these calls. YouMail said there are a lot of call centers there for large financial institutions that handle credit cards for third-party retailers.

Columbus is also home base for many telemarketers. Recent statistics indicate there are more than 3,300 telemarketing workers in the area.