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
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.

year	registered	total
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

	domestic			foreign
	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.

	registered	total
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.

month	this year	last year	older
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.

	parked	ISNIC 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 year	2 years	3 years	4 years	5 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.

length	number	length	number	length	number	length	number
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

letter	number	letter	number	letter	number	letter	number
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 residence	numer 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 code	number 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/county	number 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.

Rank	Hosting Company	share (%)	\|	Rank	Hosting 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: