Number of currently active domains by year

The first domain was established in ccTLD IS in 1986, but formal domain registration began in 1989, as Iceland became officially part of the Internet.

See also historical statistics on the number of registered hosts in Iceland.
yearregisteredtotal
2022 11447 82123
2021 9820 70676
2020 8318 60856
2019 6331 52538
2018 4855 46207
2017 4424 41352
2016 3929 36928
2015 3778 32999
2014 3489 29221
2013 3275 25732
2012 2872 22457
2011 2450 19585
2010 2467 17135
2009 2290 14668
2008 1898 12378
2007 1673 10480
2006 1333 8807
2005 1351 7474
2004 1018 6123
2003 940 5105
2002 922 4165
2001 887 3243
2000 923 2356
1999 571 1433
1998 422 862

Current number of IDN domains by year of creation

IDN registrations began 2004. This is the number of registrations that still exist by year of creation.
yearregisteredtotal
2022 521 4368
2021 448 3847
2020 474 3399
2019 316 2925
2018 258 2609
2017 231 2351
2016 196 2120
2015 161 1924
2014 248 1763
2013 169 1515
2012 163 1346
2011 108 1183
2010 157 1075
2009 168 918
2008 174 750
2007 187 576
2006 92 389
2005 255 297
2004 42 42

Number of active domains by registration month in regard to kennitalas

domesticforeign
reg.total%reg.total%
May 684 60741 69.15 535 27094 30.85
April 573 60057 69.34 430 26559 30.66
March 753 59484 69.48 511 26129 30.52
February 597 58731 69.63 435 25618 30.37
2023 January 710 58134 69.77 484 25183 30.23
December 440 57424 69.92 449 24699 30.08
November 609 56984 70.15 528 24250 29.85
October 594 56375 70.38 446 23722 29.62
September 635 55781 70.56 434 23276 29.44
August 638 55146 70.71 524 22842 29.29
July 440 54508 70.95 379 22318 29.05
June 459 54068 71.14 421 21939 28.86
May 483 53609 71.36 442 21518 28.64
April 416 53126 71.60 255 21076 28.40
March 534 52710 71.68 423 20821 28.32
February 565 52176 71.89 301 20398 28.11
2022 January 640 51611 71.97 392 20097 28.03
December 427 50971 72.12 332 19705 27.88
November 489 50544 72.29 412 19373 27.71
October 558 50055 72.53 431 18961 27.47
September 526 49497 72.76 394 18530 27.24
August 458 48971 72.97 346 18136 27.03
July 398 48513 73.17 253 17790 26.83
June 497 48115 73.29 266 17537 26.71

Domains registered to individuals

In March 1999 individuals were allowed to register domains. Below is the number of currently active domains which were registered by individuals.

registeredtotal
May 469 26819
April 378 26350
March 517 25972
February 391 25455
2023 January 450 25064
December 277 24614
November 368 24337
October 351 23969
September 403 23618
August 356 23215
July 274 22859
June 291 22585
May 294 22294
April 252 22000
March 317 21748
February 300 21431
2022 January 397 21131
December 244 20734
November 267 20490
October 323 20223
September 243 19900
August 282 19657
July 225 19375
June 284 19150

Age-distribution of registrants, Icelandic individuals

age (years)number
90-100 6
80-90 85
70-80 967
60-70 3215
50-60 6397
40-50 7669
30-40 6318
20-30 2036
10-20 126
0-10 0
Mean age 47.5

Registration month

Number of active domains, registered in each month of the year.

monththis yearlast yearolder
01 1194 1032 6068
02 1032 866 5835
03 1264 957 6329
04 1003 671 5928
05 1219 925 6243
06 0 880 5240
07 0 819 4836
08 0 1162 5488
09 0 1069 6219
10 0 1040 6722
11 0 1137 6408
12 0 889 5366

Domain Age Distribution

Distribution of current .is domains in regard to how many years they were registered.

age (years)number
30-31 6
29-30 9
28-29 23
27-28 56
26-27 149
25-26 334
24-25 495
23-24 757
22-23 970
21-22 855
20-21 950
19-20 947
18-19 1243
17-18 1230
16-17 1462
15-16 1727
14-15 2190
13-14 2259
12-13 2518
11-12 2661
10-11 3076
9-10 3476
8-9 3509
7-8 3868
6-7 4192
5-6 4553
4-5 5343
3-4 6955
2-3 9059
1-2 10238
0-1 12708
Mean age 6.9

Net number of new domains per month

new [dom/for] % deleted [dom/for] % net change [dom/for] %
Maí. 1235 [694 / 541] 1.41 871 [382 / 489] 0.99 364 [312 / 52] 0.41
Apríl. 1086 [590 / 496] 1.24 889 [430 / 459] 1.02 197 [160 / 37] 0.23
Mars. 1300 [767 / 533] 1.49 1001 [437 / 564] 1.15 299 [330 / -31] 0.34
Febrúar. 1047 [609 / 438] 1.20 828 [414 / 414] 0.95 219 [195 / 24] 0.25
2023 Janúar. 1227 [725 / 502] 1.41 885 [425 / 460] 1.02 342 [300 / 42] 0.39
Desember. 918 [457 / 461] 1.06 882 [425 / 457] 1.02 36 [32 / 4] 0.04
Nóvember. 1197 [635 / 562] 1.39 845 [359 / 486] 0.98 352 [276 / 76] 0.41
Október. 1119 [606 / 513] 1.30 894 [433 / 461] 1.04 225 [173 / 52] 0.26
September. 1123 [650 / 473] 1.31 807 [359 / 448] 0.94 316 [291 / 25] 0.37
Ágúst. 1311 [659 / 652] 1.53 808 [362 / 446] 0.95 503 [297 / 206] 0.59
Júlí. 884 [467 / 417] 1.04 755 [378 / 377] 0.89 129 [89 / 40] 0.15
Júní. 978 [483 / 495] 1.15 1082 [353 / 729] 1.27 -104 [130 / -234] -0.12
Maí. 1302 [533 / 769] 1.53 824 [382 / 442] 0.97 478 [151 / 327] 0.56
Apríl. 965 [515 / 450] 1.14 725 [398 / 327] 0.86 240 [117 / 123] 0.28
Mars. 1372 [650 / 722] 1.63 787 [464 / 323] 0.93 585 [186 / 399] 0.69
Febrúar. 1262 [704 / 558] 1.51 653 [363 / 290] 0.78 609 [341 / 268] 0.73
2022 Janúar. 1464 [785 / 679] 1.76 691 [353 / 338] 0.83 773 [432 / 341] 0.93
Desember. 1180 [553 / 627] 1.43 685 [392 / 293] 0.83 495 [161 / 334] 0.60
Nóvember. 1332 [638 / 694] 1.63 692 [422 / 270] 0.85 640 [216 / 424] 0.78
Október. 1421 [689 / 732] 1.75 664 [406 / 258] 0.82 757 [283 / 474] 0.93

Number of new domains by registration day

Blue is total new registrations, red is the number of domains deleted on that date.

registered [dom/for] deleted [dom/for] net change [dom/for]
08. Jun 48 [35/13] 43 [16/27 ] 5 [19/-14]
07. Jun 46 [20/26] 23 [17/6 ] 23 [3/20]
06. Jun 39 [24/15] 29 [15/14 ] 10 [9/1]
05. Jun 41 [23/18] 44 [27/17 ] -3 [-4/1]
04. Jun 37 [26/11] 20 [9/11 ] 17 [17/0]
03. Jun 17 [8/9] 59 [19/40 ] -42 [-11/-31]
02. Jun 28 [16/12] 27 [10/17 ] 1 [6/-5]
01. Jun 26 [20/6] 32 [19/13 ] -6 [1/-7]
31. May 52 [32/20] 20 [7/13 ] 32 [25/7]
30. May 32 [20/12] 30 [19/11 ] 2 [1/1]
29. May 26 [15/11] 90 [8/82 ] -64 [7/-71]
28. May 32 [18/14] 21 [11/10 ] 11 [7/4]
27. May 22 [10/12] 34 [16/18 ] -12 [-6/-6]
26. May 43 [21/22] 25 [13/12 ] 18 [8/10]
25. May 57 [33/24] 25 [19/6 ] 32 [14/18]
24. May 38 [27/11] 15 [7/8 ] 23 [20/3]
23. May 38 [23/15] 28 [8/20 ] 10 [15/-5]
22. May 33 [21/12] 23 [14/9 ] 10 [7/3]
21. May 23 [19/4] 14 [6/8 ] 9 [13/-4]
20. May 40 [15/25] 32 [2/30 ] 8 [13/-5]
19. May 38 [23/15] 24 [16/8 ] 14 [7/7]
18. May 40 [25/15] 40 [12/28 ] 0 [13/-13]
17. May 30 [18/12] 24 [14/10 ] 6 [4/2]
16. May 49 [32/17] 31 [18/13 ] 18 [14/4]
15. May 53 [23/30] 24 [13/11 ] 29 [10/19]
14. May 20 [12/8] 20 [8/12 ] 0 [4/-4]
13. May 27 [18/9] 25 [8/17 ] 2 [10/-8]
12. May 40 [19/21] 20 [6/14 ] 20 [13/7]
11. May 37 [19/18] 29 [14/15 ] 8 [5/3]
10. May 49 [26/23] 28 [14/14 ] 21 [12/9]
09. May 72 [43/29] 32 [17/15 ] 40 [26/14]
Total     1173 [684/489] 931 [402/529] 242 [282/-40]

Following are statistics on the various aspects of domain administartion services performed by ISNIC.

New Registrations per year

registered deleted net change
2023 6177 4751 1426
2022 13895 9753 4142
2021 14825 8224 6601
2020 13896 8586 5310
2019 12581 8374 4207
2018 10447 8320 2127
2017 10418 6853 3565
2016 10781 6197 4584
2015 10324 5619 4705
2014 9773 5356 4417
2013 9881 4615 5266
2012 8965 3793 5172
2011 7903 3329 4574
2010 7157 2990 4167
2009 7084 3019 4065
2008 5275 2150 3125
2007 4765 1384 3381
2006 3964 1424 2540
2005 3624 1160 2464
2004 2486 1199 1287
2003 2398 1125 1273
2002 2326 1243 1083
2001 785 346 439

Registrations per month

registered/IDN
May 1235 65
April 1086 41
March 1300 65
February 1047 41
2023 January 1227 75
December 918 39
November 1197 73
October 1119 61
September 1123 49
August 1311 48
July 884 29
June 978 56
May 1302 33
April 965 27
March 1372 38
February 1262 59
2022 January 1464 67
December 1180 46
November 1332 48
October 1421 49
September 1293 44
August 1119 44
July 955 40
June 1103 31

Deleted domains

When domain has been purged and is available for registration.

deleted
May 871
April 889
March 1001
February 828
2023 January 885
December 882
November 845
October 894
September 807
August 808
July 755
June 1082
May 824
April 725
March 787
February 653
2022 January 691
December 685
November 692
October 664
September 613
August 765
July 642
June 817

Registration changes

Any change made to the domain registration, including delegation changes, but excluding transfers.

changed
May 1678
April 1375
March 1705
February 1677
2023 January 1711
December 1554
November 1688
October 1963
September 1907
August 1469
July 1246
June 1451
May 1704
April 1500
March 1896
February 1613
2022 January 1943
December 1391
November 1664
October 1474
September 1414
August 1182
July 1106
June 1306

Domains put on hold

Number of domains put on hold. Domains are put on hold when renewal fee is unpaid past due date or if the domain is not hosted properly on its nameservers.

on hold
May 1249
April 1241
March 1379
February 1249
2023 January 1580
December 1405
November 1239
October 1292
September 1258
August 1125
July 1058
June 1088
May 1532
April 1186
March 1166
February 1040
2022 January 1125
December 957
November 1019
October 1057
September 1021
August 977
July 1023
June 974

Reactivated domains (i.e. after being on hold)

reactivated
May 458
April 506
March 580
February 741
2023 January 482
December 739
November 481
October 495
September 509
August 416
July 381
June 463
May 511
April 479
March 510
February 470
2022 January 500
December 441
November 417
October 452
September 494
August 437
July 404
June 453

Transferred domains

Number of domains transferred from one registrant to another.

transferred
May 344
April 224
March 339
February 294
2023 January 764
December 476
November 258
October 272
September 388
August 248
July 214
June 217
May 254
April 176
March 329
February 271
2022 January 232
December 209
November 152
October 225
September 402
August 226
July 155
June 188

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

Number of domains signed using DNSSEC.

signed
May 2806
April 3139
March 3172
February 3167
2023 January 3167
December 3124
November 3101
October 3061
September 3026
August 2977
July 2944
June 2900
May 2867
April 2848
March 2851
February 2836
2022 January 2815
December 2784
November 2779
October 2744
September 2731
August 2700
July 2664
June 2656

Domains using ISNIC's nameservers

Number of domains per month using ISNIC's parking or ISNIC DNS Hosting.

parkedISNIC DNS Hosting
Júní 18368 11002
Maí 18273 10875
Apríl 18241 10776
Mars 18082 10665
Febrúar 18077 10562
2023 Janúar 18029 10492
Desember 18081 10404
Nóvember 18172 10300
Október 18206 10243
September 18195 10149
Ágúst 18115 10060
Júlí 18210 9999
Júní 18231 9978
Maí 18359 9937
Apríl 18424 9861
Mars 18425 9777
Febrúar 18455 9730
2022 Janúar 18361 9629
Desember 18183 9529
Nóvember 17885 9447
Október 17470 9355
September 17175 9233
Ágúst 16874 9183
Júlí 16721 9156

Renewals for two or more years

Number of domains renewed for two, three, four or five years in a given month.

1 year2 years3 years4 years5 years
May 5850 30 9 4 14
April 5954 23 9 6 9
March 7066 37 8 6 10
February 6410 13 10 13 15
2023 January 7220 53 10 9 11
December 5836 31 14 8 10
November 5880 32 9 8 7
October 6412 36 9 7 17
September 6536 31 7 3 6
August 5904 34 10 5 4
July 4981 31 7 6 10
June 5051 32 13 4 3
May 5724 40 6 6 7
April 5777 19 14 4 15
March 6894 60 10 3 8
February 6178 25 5 4 5
2022 January 6819 53 13 9 10
December 5525 32 3 5 9
November 5603 39 8 1 7
October 6134 31 4 1 11
September 5975 26 11 9 6
August 5463 41 12 7 6
July 4685 22 1 2 1
June 4347 33 9 8 7

Number of nameserver registrations

registered nameservers
May 101
April 122
March 109
February 104
2023 January 106
December 108
November 156
October 99
September 95
August 104
July 77
June 206
May 98
April 146
March 126
February 85
2022 January 167
December 120
November 132
October 143
September 131
August 102
July 101
June 96

Domain names

Number of characters in a domain. It can between 1 up to 63 characters.

lengthnumberlengthnumberlengthnumberlengthnumber
1 45 2 1182 3 5753 4 6320
5 7696 6 8698 7 8565 8 8758
9 8428 10 7454 11 6166 12 4749
13 3587 14 2875 15 2155 16 1661
17 1132 18 795 19 591 20 419
21 263 22 175 23 121 24 86
25 56 26 33 27 27 28 11
29 12 30 9 31 4 32 3
33 1 34 4 35 1 36 1
37 1 38 1 39 1 40 1
63 1

First character of a domain name

letternumberletternumberletternumberletternumber
0 57 1 384 2 179 3 157
4 109 5 69 6 59 7 61
8 64 9 40 a 5320 á 78
b 5661 c 3120 d 2787 ð 1
e 3201 é 6 f 4499 g 4072
h 5807 i 3783 í 109 j 1495
k 3505 l 4152 m 5037 n 2952
o 1902 ó 32 p 3389 q 234
r 3577 s 9777 t 4533 u 1126
ú 41 v 3779 w 1236 x 310
y 452 ý 1 z 417 þ 169
æ 23 ö 79

Following is information about recidency of registrants

Country

registrant country of residencenumer of domains
IS 60823
US 8757
DE 2228
GB 2091
NO 2063
SE 1194
CA 1027
DK 727
NL 711
FR 587
CH 582
AU 443
BZ 404
FI 388
IT 368
IN 354
ES 315
CN 285
AT 233
BG 220

Domestic registrants in more detail

Postal code

postal codenumber of domains
105 Reykjavík 5599
101 Reykjavík 5436
108 Reykjavík 3865
110 Reykjavík 3793
104 Reykjavík 3177
210 Garðabæ 3164
200 Kópavogi 3027
220 Hafnarfirði 2522
201 Kópavogi 2241
112 Reykjavík 2130
270 Mosfellsbæ 1972
221 Hafnarfirði 1585
600 Akureyri 1521
203 Kópavogi 1403
109 Reykjavík 1217
107 Reykjavík 1189
800 Selfossi 1163
113 Reykjavík 1098
230 Reykjanesbæ 985
103 Reykjavík 821

Towns

town/countynumber of domains
Reykjavík 30051
Kópavogi 6681
Hafnarfirði 4129
Garðabæ 3598
Akureyri 2224
Mosfellsbæ 2101
Reykjanesbæ 1943
Selfossi 1700
Seltjarnarnesi 762
Akranesi 632
Grindavík 460
Borgarnesi 429
Egilsstöðum 360
Hveragerði 349
Vestmannaeyjum 302
Húsavík 302
Ísafirði 299
Höfn í Hornafirði 277
Sauðárkróki 273
Hellu 255

Companies hosting .IS domains

Percentage of .IS domains with primary nameserver in domain of the largest hosting companies.

RankHosting Company share (%) | RankHosting Company share (%)
1 1984.is 13.15  |  21 awsdns.org 0.48
2 cloudflare.com 7.68  |  22 awsdns.net 0.47
3 registrar-servers.com 3.88  |  23 awsdns.com 0.47
4 hyp.net 1.81  |  24 thekking.is 0.45
5 hysingar.is 1.79  |  25 digitalocean.com 0.44
6 wixdns.net 1.77  |  26 t.is 0.43
7 vist.is 1.61  |  27 eurodns.com 0.43
8 netvistun.is 1.00  |  28 googledomains.com 0.42
9 hysing.is 0.99  |  29 awsdns.co.uk 0.42
10 c.is 0.87  |  30 wordpress.com 0.41
11 x.is 0.80  |  31 microsoftonline.com 0.40
12 xnet.is 0.80  |  32 dreamhost.com 0.38
13 azure-dns.com 0.79  |  33 vortex.is 0.36
14 cscdns.net 0.68  |  34 parkingcrew.net 0.35
15 simnet.is 0.67  |  35 snerpa.is 0.34
16 siteground.net 0.64  |  36 iwantmyname.net 0.33
17 stefna.is 0.59  |  37 dan.com 0.32
18 midja.is 0.56  |  38 reykjavik.is 0.32
19 markmonitor.com 0.52  |  39 nsone.net 0.31
20 101domain.com 0.49  |  40 okhysing.is 0.31

See past years.


Number of domains

Number of domains since 1990 and a updated forcast for the next few years.

The following is a attempt to predict the number of .is domains by the year 2030. The prediction was made in july 2010, based on the data available then:

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