On Search.ch, the most searches in 2015 were for numbers of telemarketing companies
According to an analysis by the information platform Search.ch, the most common searches in Switzerland in 2015 were for phone numbers belonging to telemarketing companies.
As recently reported by the Annoyance list According to a survey by Consumer Protection, Mr. and Mrs. Swiss were most annoyed in 2015 by annoying calls, which often come at ungodly hours. More and more telemarketing companies are no longer calling with anonymous numbers, as many people don't even answer them, but are instead supposedly identifying themselves. The Android app from Search.ch offers a way to protect yourself from annoying advertising calls (Werbewoche.ch reported).
The top 10 disturbers of the peace
A total of around 1000 call centers are registered with Search.ch. The ten most frequent unwanted callers were searched for almost 1.4 million times in 2015.
| Phone number | Number of calls | |||||
| 1 | 044 551 00 03 | 234'806 | ||||
| 2 | 052 508 72 63 | 221'704 | ||||
| 3 | 031 518 19 21 | 149'458 | ||||
| 4 | 044 551 00 21 | 136'072 | ||||
| 5 | 044 508 71 03 | 123'080 | ||||
| 6 | 043 550 74 18 | 115'316 | ||||
| 7 | 062 588 01 93 | 105'266 | ||||
| 8 | 044 567 25 25 | 100'794 | ||||
| 9 | 052 508 72 72 | 91'348 | ||||
| 10 | 044 551 00 90 | 88'708 | ||||
| Total | 1'366'552 | |||||
