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.

year	registered	total
2023	11096	83306
2022	8194	72210
2021	7940	64016
2020	7042	56076
2019	5545	49034
2018	4353	43489
2017	4074	39136
2016	3633	35062
2015	3499	31429
2014	3269	27930
2013	3070	24661
2012	2678	21591
2011	2331	18913
2010	2356	16582
2009	2186	14226
2008	1840	12040
2007	1586	10200
2006	1287	8614
2005	1312	7327
2004	999	6015
2003	919	5016
2002	908	4097
2001	872	3189
2000	904	2317
1999	567	1413

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.

year	registered	total
2023	769	4733
2022	401	3964
2021	381	3563
2020	434	3182
2019	297	2748
2018	239	2451
2017	211	2212
2016	182	2001
2015	151	1819
2014	237	1668
2013	164	1431
2012	150	1267
2011	99	1117
2010	149	1018
2009	159	869
2008	169	710
2007	167	541
2006	91	374
2005	241	283
2004	42	42

Number of active domains by registration month in regard to kennitalas

	domestic			foreign
	reg.	total	%	reg.	total	%
August	589	64911	70.21	423	27539	29.79
July	588	64322	70.34	437	27116	29.66
June	625	63734	70.49	399	26679	29.51
May	637	63109	70.60	438	26280	29.40
April	880	62472	70.74	458	25842	29.26
March	740	61592	70.81	466	25384	29.19
February	759	60852	70.95	456	24918	29.05
2024 January	761	60093	71.07	488	24462	28.93
December	615	59332	71.22	398	23974	28.78
November	766	58717	71.35	429	23576	28.65
October	721	57951	71.46	426	23147	28.54
September	778	57230	71.58	474	22721	28.42
August	580	56452	71.73	447	22247	28.27
July	441	55872	71.93	252	21800	28.07
June	503	55431	72.01	242	21548	27.99
May	515	54928	72.05	289	21306	27.95
April	472	54413	72.14	250	21017	27.86
March	597	53941	72.20	313	20767	27.80
February	477	53344	72.28	273	20454	27.72
2023 January	559	52867	72.37	279	20181	27.63
December	366	52308	72.44	250	19902	27.56
November	504	51942	72.55	280	19652	27.45
October	486	51438	72.64	305	19372	27.36
September	503	50952	72.77	285	19067	27.23

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.

	registered	total
August	420	29589
July	385	29169
June	413	28784
May	418	28371
April	606	27953
March	492	27347
February	519	26855
2024 January	481	26336
December	402	25855
November	507	25453
October	465	24946
September	493	24481
August	378	23988
July	268	23610
June	294	23342
May	325	23048
April	284	22723
March	361	22439
February	290	22078
2023 January	327	21788
December	212	21461
November	289	21249
October	266	20960
September	307	20694

Age-distribution of registrants, Icelandic individuals

age (years)	number
90-100	109
80-90	132
70-80	1094
60-70	3842
50-60	7001
40-50	8212
30-40	6645
20-30	2399
10-20	155
0-10	0
Mean age	47.7

Registration month

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

month	this year	last year	older
01	1249	838	6508
02	1215	750	6096
03	1206	910	6673
04	1338	722	6009
05	1075	804	5898
06	1024	745	5046
07	1025	693	4626
08	1012	1027	5778
09	0	1252	6516
10	0	1147	6914
11	0	1195	6625
12	0	1013	5527

Domain Age Distribution

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

age (years)	number
30-31	8
29-30	32
28-29	69
27-28	186
26-27	370
25-26	500
24-25	819
23-24	942
22-23	868
21-22	904
20-21	937
19-20	1274
18-19	1213
17-18	1495
16-17	1664
15-16	2181
14-15	2247
13-14	2365
12-13	2616
11-12	3027
10-11	3162
9-10	3445
8-9	3455
7-8	3981
6-7	4258
5-6	5007
4-5	6382
3-4	7727
2-3	8106
1-2	9489
0-1	13698
Mean age	7.3

Net number of new domains per month

	new	[dom/for]	%	deleted	[dom/for]	%	net change	[dom/for]	%
Ágúst.	1015	[600 / 415]	1.10	761	[378 / 383]	0.82	254	[222 / 32]	0.27
Júlí.	1034	[598 / 436]	1.12	739	[372 / 367]	0.80	295	[226 / 69]	0.32
Júní.	1027	[626 / 401]	1.12	889	[459 / 430]	0.97	138	[167 / -29]	0.15
Maí.	1090	[656 / 434]	1.19	914	[481 / 433]	1.00	176	[175 / 1]	0.19
Apríl.	1354	[896 / 458]	1.48	915	[489 / 426]	1.00	439	[407 / 32]	0.48
Mars.	1241	[753 / 488]	1.36	963	[510 / 453]	1.06	278	[243 / 35]	0.30
Febrúar.	1225	[778 / 447]	1.35	855	[463 / 392]	0.94	370	[315 / 55]	0.41
2024 Janúar.	1278	[776 / 502]	1.41	915	[423 / 492]	1.01	363	[353 / 10]	0.40
Desember.	1046	[624 / 422]	1.16	999	[445 / 554]	1.11	47	[179 / -132]	0.05
Nóvember.	1241	[785 / 456]	1.38	801	[416 / 385]	0.89	440	[369 / 71]	0.49
Október.	1180	[741 / 439]	1.32	780	[399 / 381]	0.87	400	[342 / 58]	0.45
September.	1297	[818 / 479]	1.45	770	[362 / 408]	0.86	527	[456 / 71]	0.59
Ágúst.	1151	[616 / 535]	1.30	782	[339 / 443]	0.88	369	[277 / 92]	0.42
Júlí.	1085	[561 / 524]	1.23	797	[324 / 473]	0.90	288	[237 / 51]	0.33
Júní.	1060	[621 / 439]	1.20	830	[396 / 434]	0.94	230	[225 / 5]	0.26
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

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]
19. Sep	52	[30/22]	27	[10/17 ]	25	[20/5]
18. Sep	58	[32/26]	36	[23/13 ]	22	[9/13]
17. Sep	51	[32/19]	24	[15/9 ]	27	[17/10]
16. Sep	37	[18/19]	37	[20/17 ]	0	[-2/2]
15. Sep	36	[16/20]	31	[20/11 ]	5	[-4/9]
14. Sep	23	[13/10]	8	[3/5 ]	15	[10/5]
13. Sep	42	[23/19]	22	[8/14 ]	20	[15/5]
12. Sep	44	[25/19]	26	[18/8 ]	18	[7/11]
11. Sep	44	[24/20]	28	[13/15 ]	16	[11/5]
10. Sep	41	[25/16]	37	[18/19 ]	4	[7/-3]
09. Sep	43	[30/13]	28	[20/8 ]	15	[10/5]
08. Sep	28	[14/14]	13	[4/9 ]	15	[10/5]
07. Sep	24	[9/15]	17	[7/10 ]	7	[2/5]
06. Sep	34	[24/10]	23	[10/13 ]	11	[14/-3]
05. Sep	46	[31/15]	25	[10/15 ]	21	[21/0]
04. Sep	47	[22/25]	19	[10/9 ]	28	[12/16]
03. Sep	30	[24/6]	39	[28/11 ]	-9	[-4/-5]
02. Sep	48	[32/16]	31	[13/18 ]	17	[19/-2]
01. Sep	34	[26/8]	20	[5/15 ]	14	[21/-7]
31. Aug	19	[10/9]	20	[10/10 ]	-1	[0/-1]
30. Aug	40	[31/9]	33	[16/17 ]	7	[15/-8]
29. Aug	43	[27/16]	36	[11/25 ]	7	[16/-9]
28. Aug	30	[17/13]	36	[22/14 ]	-6	[-5/-1]
27. Aug	32	[22/10]	31	[17/14 ]	1	[5/-4]
26. Aug	39	[21/18]	27	[15/12 ]	12	[6/6]
25. Aug	19	[6/13]	17	[6/11 ]	2	[0/2]
24. Aug	34	[15/19]	8	[3/5 ]	26	[12/14]
23. Aug	45	[32/13]	23	[15/8 ]	22	[17/5]
22. Aug	40	[21/19]	28	[12/16 ]	12	[9/3]
21. Aug	49	[29/20]	30	[13/17 ]	19	[16/3]
20. Aug	31	[19/12]	36	[20/16 ]	-5	[-1/-4]
Total	1183	[700/483]	816	[415/401]	367	[285/82]

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

New Registrations per year

	registered	deleted	net change
2024	10026	7442	2584
2023	13955	10233	3722
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
August	1015	71
July	1034	66
June	1027	78
May	1090	79
April	1354	143
March	1241	103
February	1225	105
2024 January	1278	114
December	1046	79
November	1241	91
October	1180	96
September	1297	106
August	1151	96
July	1085	59
June	1060	77
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

Deleted domains

When domain has been purged and is available for registration.

	deleted
August	761
July	739
June	889
May	914
April	915
March	963
February	855
2024 January	915
December	999
November	801
October	780
September	770
August	782
July	797
June	830
May	871
April	889
March	1001
February	828
2023 January	885
December	882
November	845
October	894
September	807

Registration changes

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

	changed
August	1407
July	1242
June	1332
May	1535
April	1482
March	1499
February	1560
2024 January	1590
December	1299
November	1873
October	1609
September	1625
August	1450
July	1219
June	1470
May	1678
April	1375
March	1705
February	1677
2023 January	1711
December	1554
November	1688
October	1963
September	1907

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
August	1158
July	1009
June	1008
May	1267
April	1168
March	1268
February	1261
2024 January	1238
December	1088
November	1195
October	1169
September	1092
August	1069
July	1034
June	1030
May	1249
April	1241
March	1379
February	1249
2023 January	1580
December	1405
November	1239
October	1292
September	1258

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

	reactivated
August	394
July	364
June	419
May	475
April	462
March	491
February	476
2024 January	424
December	376
November	400
October	456
September	443
August	409
July	376
June	450
May	458
April	506
March	580
February	741
2023 January	482
December	739
November	481
October	495
September	509

Transferred domains

Number of domains transferred from one registrant to another.

	transferred
August	205
July	203
June	197
May	242
April	314
March	476
February	316
2024 January	308
December	283
November	564
October	438
September	396
August	184
July	204
June	290
May	344
April	224
March	339
February	294
2023 January	764
December	476
November	258
October	272
September	388

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

Number of domains signed using DNSSEC.

	signed
August	3179
July	3167
June	3167
May	3125
April	3123
March	3101
February	3105
2024 January	2991
December	2965
November	2955
October	2943
September	2919
August	2908
July	2926
June	2863
May	2806
April	3139
March	3172
February	3167
2023 January	3167
December	3124
November	3101
October	3061
September	3026

Domains using ISNIC's nameservers

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

	parked	ISNIC DNS Hosting
September	19987	12168
Ágúst	19955	12078
Júlí	19876	12015
Júní	19725	11943
Maí	19749	11897
Apríl	19549	11777
Mars	19380	11710
Febrúar	19252	11657
2024 Janúar	19178	11614
Desember	19030	11560
Nóvember	18865	11467
Október	18764	11382
September	18638	11256
Ágúst	18565	11147
Júlí	18502	11083
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

Renewals for two or more years

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

	1 year	2 years	3 years	4 years	5 years
August	6617	39	17	5	24
July	5669	36	11	3	8
June	5280	53	11	5	8
May	6176	41	13	6	15
April	6529	51	23	5	17
March	7125	60	7	7	17
February	6737	41	11	15	22
2024 January	7213	59	20	13	34
December	5881	43	13	2	12
November	6084	52	9	4	20
October	6721	39	5	3	25
September	6494	53	9	4	18
August	6355	45	14	2	9
July	5313	34	2	0	13
June	5265	39	10	6	13
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

Number of nameserver registrations

	registered nameservers
August	50
July	66
June	72
May	60
April	64
March	70
February	77
2024 January	98
December	68
November	79
October	100
September	88
August	59
July	76
June	96
May	101
April	122
March	109
February	104
2023 January	106
December	108
November	156
October	99
September	95

Domain names

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

length	number	length	number	length	number	length	number
1	46	2	1167	3	5865	4	6626
5	8114	6	9213	7	8967	8	9210
9	8864	10	7803	11	6554	12	5048
13	3806	14	3020	15	2325	16	1748
17	1230	18	860	19	666	20	459
21	278	22	193	23	122	24	93
25	58	26	35	27	29	28	16
29	13	30	8	31	7	32	4
33	1	34	3	36	1	37	1
38	1	40	1	55	1

First character of a domain name

letter	number	letter	number	letter	number	letter	number
0	60	1	379	2	194	3	170
4	99	5	75	6	58	7	72
8	75	9	46	a	5661	á	89
b	6012	c	3162	d	2946	ð	3
e	3332	é	6	f	4752	g	4290
h	6088	i	3942	í	122	j	1575
k	3710	l	4370	m	5216	n	3128
o	2004	ó	42	p	3555	q	238
r	3801	s	10265	t	4794	u	1160
ú	45	v	4052	w	1306	x	326
y	475	ý	4	z	427	þ	211
æ	35	ö	84

Following is information about recidency of registrants

Country

registrant country of residence	numer of domains
IS	65050
US	8705
DE	2175
GB	2141
NO	1836
SE	1256
CA	953
DK	750
NL	711
FR	606
CH	605
HK	576
AU	465
IN	383
ES	374
IT	367
CN	311
FI	308
BG	241
AT	235

Domestic registrants in more detail

Postal code

postal code	number of domains
105 Reykjavík	5962
101 Reykjavík	5556
110 Reykjavík	4247
108 Reykjavík	4242
210 Garðabæ	3521
200 Kópavogi	3224
104 Reykjavík	3121
220 Hafnarfirði	2665
201 Kópavogi	2578
112 Reykjavík	2195
270 Mosfellsbæ	2066
221 Hafnarfirði	1755
600 Akureyri	1643
203 Kópavogi	1519
800 Selfossi	1312
113 Reykjavík	1258
107 Reykjavík	1253
109 Reykjavík	1213
230 Reykjanesbæ	1086
170 Seltjarnarnesi	909

Towns

town/county	number of domains
Reykjavík	31523
Kópavogi	7330
Hafnarfirði	4446
Garðabæ	4016
Akureyri	2430
Mosfellsbæ	2208
Reykjanesbæ	2042
Selfossi	1893
Seltjarnarnesi	914
Akranesi	732
Borgarnesi	443
Grindavík	414
Hveragerði	395
Egilsstöðum	375
Vestmannaeyjum	369
Ísafirði	332
Húsavík	316
Sauðárkróki	306
Höfn í Hornafirði	295
Hellu	286

Companies hosting .IS domains

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

Rank	Hosting Company	share (%)	\|	Rank	Hosting Company	share (%)
1	1984.is	12.66	\|	21	awsdns.com	0.48
2	cloudflare.com	9.22	\|	22	awsdns.net	0.47
3	registrar-servers.com	4.65	\|	23	digitalocean.com	0.45
4	wixdns.net	1.87	\|	24	101domain.com	0.45
5	hysingar.is	1.62	\|	25	wordpress.com	0.44
6	hyp.net	1.59	\|	26	thekking.is	0.42
7	vist.is	1.45	\|	27	awsdns.co.uk	0.42
8	netvistun.is	1.00	\|	28	eurodns.com	0.42
9	hysing.is	0.91	\|	29	googledomains.com	0.41
10	c.is	0.83	\|	30	microsoftonline.com	0.39
11	azure-dns.com	0.82	\|	31	t.is	0.38
12	xnet.is	0.76	\|	32	dreamhost.com	0.35
13	cscdns.net	0.64	\|	33	dns-parking.com	0.35
14	siteground.net	0.59	\|	34	snerpa.is	0.33
15	simnet.is	0.57	\|	35	nsone.net	0.33
16	stefna.is	0.54	\|	36	vortex.is	0.32
17	x.is	0.54	\|	37	reykjavik.is	0.29
18	markmonitor.com	0.53	\|	38	vercel-dns.com	0.28
19	awsdns.org	0.51	\|	39	trademarkarea.com	0.28
20	midja.is	0.48	\|	40	okhysing.is	0.28

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: