The Global Alarm Index
Estimated alarms currently being ignored worldwide
4,217,839,402
This figure was last verified on July 14, 2025.
This figure includes: smoke detectors with low batteries, car alarms in parking lots, unread email notifications, expired calendar reminders, overdue maintenance alerts, check engine lights, weather warnings in regions where the weather has already happened, and approximately 12,000 tornado sirens that are tested monthly in jurisdictions where most residents have learned to ignore the test.
The verification reminder was issued on October 1, 2025. The reminder was snoozed. A follow-up reminder was issued on January 15, 2026. The follow-up was snoozed. The figure above is the July 2025 figure. The actual current figure is higher. We are aware of this. We will update it shortly.
Breakdown by Category
2,847,293
Car alarms currently sounding
Nobody is investigating any of them.
84,000,000+
Smoke detectors with low batteries
Beeping intermittently. Being ignored.
77,000,000
Check engine lights currently illuminated
Vehicles still in operation.
4.8 trillion
Unread email notifications
This number increases faster than we can update it.
Updated never
Dismissed calendar reminders
We have alarm fatigue about updating this field.
Incalculable
Pending software updates
We stopped counting. The number was upsetting.
Methodology: a combination of publicly available datasets, industry estimates, and extrapolation. The extrapolation is significant. The numbers are directionally accurate. The person responsible for verifying them received the verification request several months ago and has not responded. We interpret this as data.