Fun facts
Records and oddities among the 2'657'074 names in the .ch zone. Nothing useful, all true.
Figures from 00:16 UTC, next update around 06:06 UTC. They are refreshed every 6 hours and after each daily zone import.
characters in the longest names, the most DNS allows
characters in a typical name (median)
palindromes that read the same backwards
emoji domains
Longest names
63 characters is the limit for one DNS label. 26 names come within 3 of it.
- 0--0----------------------------------------------------------0.ch63
- archiv-milleetdeuxfeuilles-buchhandlung-zum-mittelmeer-und-mehr.ch63
- gitnumeanotwortbinererichtigwichtigeaafragundbirichtiggueteidee.ch63
- gitnumeeantwortbinererichtigwichtigeaafragundbirichtiggueteidee.ch63
- informaticien-en-developpement-applications-avec-brevet-federal.ch63
Shortest names
Two characters is the minimum, and there are only 29: the 26 canton codes, ch.ch for the Confederation, and au.ch, gy.ch.
Longest numbers
The longest of the 3'379 names made only of digits.
Most hyphens
576 names have five hyphens or more.
Switzerland, in five languages
Names containing the country's name. English wins.
| swiss | 36'964 | 54.5% | |
| schweiz | 20'321 | 30.0% | |
| suisse | 9'344 | 13.8% | |
| svizzera | 1'091 | 1.6% | |
| svizra | 88 | 0.1% |
100% = all names containing one of these words
Swiss classics
Names containing a few national treasures (rösti counts roesti too).
| velo | 3'610 | 74.8% | |
| fondue | 569 | 11.8% | |
| raclette | 257 | 5.3% | |
| schoggi | 234 | 4.9% | |
| rösti | 74 | 1.5% | |
| müesli | 24 | 0.5% | |
| grüezi | 20 | 0.4% | |
| cervelat | 17 | 0.4% | |
| znüni | 14 | 0.3% | |
| chuchichäschtli | 5 | 0.1% |
100% = all names containing one of these words
Three letters
90.5% of all 17'576 names from aaa to zzz are in the zone.
Some that are not*:
* Not in the zone does not mean free to register: a name can be registered without name servers, or reserved.
Years
111 of the 131 years from 1900 to 2030 are in the zone as a name.
Missing*:
* Not in the zone does not mean free to register: a name can be registered without name servers, or reserved.
Palindromes
The longest of 384 names (over 5 characters) that read the same backwards.
Said twice
1'541 names are one word, twice.
One key, pressed repeatedly
134 names repeat a single character at least three times.
Most accents
The names with the most letters outside plain ASCII, out of 64'515 internationalised names.
Accents only
13 names without a single plain letter or digit.
Favourite accents
How often each special letter appears in names. Guess which country this is.
| ü | 28'142 | 40.3% | |
| ä | 23'507 | 33.7% | |
| ö | 10'994 | 15.8% | |
| é | 5'139 | 7.4% | |
| è | 814 | 1.2% | |
| à | 284 | 0.4% | |
| â | 180 | 0.3% | |
| ê | 175 | 0.3% | |
| ô | 171 | 0.2% | |
| ï | 161 | 0.2% | |
| ç | 121 | 0.2% | |
| í | 67 | 0.1% |
100% = all special letters in names
Emoji domains: 0
The .ch registry only accepts Latin letters, with or without accents, so 🦄.ch cannot exist. Some other top-level domains do allow emoji.