These days a phone call longer than five minutes would be a rarity for most people as we move to texting and messaging as a primary form of communication, but one Vodafone customer went to the extreme this year with a phone call lasting over five days!

The telco has released a list of the fifteen longest phone calls of 2025 with the 133 hour call topping the list – even the 15th longest was over 15 hours!

What are these people talking about and who are they talking to?

A Vodafone spokesperson said “There were roughly 11 million calls per day on Vodafone’s network across Australia last year. While unlimited calls and texts are standard across all Vodafone plans, a typical phone call usually lasts a few minutes. 
 
“This spike in longer calls shows an interesting trend and highlights how important it is to have a reliable network when connect with friends and family.“

VODAFONE’S TOP 15 LONGEST CALLS OF 2025 

 STATE LOCATION DATE OF CALL CALL LENGTH 
1 South Australia Kilkenny Sunday, 5 January 133 hours 
2 Western Australia Morley Central Wednesday, 1 October 116.98 hours 
3 New South Wales Olympic Park East Saturday, 22 February 106.26 hours 
4 Queensland Coomera West Thursday, 31 July 75.25 hours 
5 Victoria Keysborough West Wednesday, 8 January 53.01 hours 
6 South Australia Port Pine Monday, 1 September 28.68 hours 
7 Queensland Innisfail Sunday, 27 July 26.65 hours 
8 New South Wales Orange Calare Friday, 18 July 25.40 hours 
9 Victoria Teesdale Sunday, 22 June 22.09 hours 
10 Western Australia Kununurra   Thursday, 1 May 21.48 hours 
11 Victoria Bannockburn Thursday, 1 September 20.19 hours 
12 Queensland Bowen Friday, 3 January 19.59 hours 
13 Northern Territory Alice Springs CBD Sunday, 5 January 18.71 hours 
14 Northern Territory Berry Springs Tuesday, 1 July 16.55 hours 
15 Tasmania Ravenswood Wednesday, 8 January 15.52 hours 

Turns out Sundays are a good day for longer calls (26% of them), with Wednesday and Thursday the next best.

One third of those fifteen calls took place in January!

Honestly, who are these people?

I get there might be a taxi driver or two among them (We’ve all been there right?) but these calls are all longer than the average shift!

I’m perplexed!