When calling someone how many rings do you give before hanging up?

In the days of landlines and before answering machines, I would let it ring up to 15 times if calling a residence,

I would hang up on a business after 8 rings.

What Zen said.

Maybe 3–4, I’m not very patient. Ha!

6

If this happens, and it’s extraordinarily rare, I assume the voicemail is malfunctioning and hang up after 8 or 9. The only time I think I might be calling a landline is when I call a business.

4. That’s all the time I have for that endeavor.

Five or six, but usually the voicemail has picked up before then.

Exactly Four and a half rings.

I’d say usually 6–8.

7. Unless it’s a business and I know they should be answering. In that case, if I’m annoyed enough, I’ll let it ring til the cows come home.

Five.

3 or 4. In the landline days, probably 7 or 8.

5 for a residence.
Many more for a business

It entirely depends on the ID of the called party.

3 or 4. Enough to show as a missed call…