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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 9846 77722
2021 9031 67876
2020 7746 58845
2019 6009 51099
2018 4611 45090
2017 4295 40479
2016 3809 36184
2015 3676 32375
2014 3394 28699
2013 3188 25305
2012 2798 22117
2011 2397 19319
2010 2419 16922
2009 2251 14503
2008 1881 12252
2007 1627 10371
2006 1317 8744
2005 1339 7427
2004 1013 6088
2003 934 5075
2002 915 4141
2001 882 3226
2000 918 2344
1999 568 1426
1998 418 858

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 459 4203
2021 432 3744
2020 460 3312
2019 307 2852
2018 250 2545
2017 227 2295
2016 194 2068
2015 157 1874
2014 242 1717
2013 166 1475
2012 158 1309
2011 103 1151
2010 151 1048
2009 162 897
2008 174 735
2007 174 561
2006 92 387
2005 253 295
2004 42 42

Number of active domains by registration month in regard to kennitalas

domesticforeign
reg.total%reg.total%
November 777 62656 69.55 457 27433 30.45
October 730 61879 69.64 434 26976 30.36
September 800 61149 69.73 478 26542 30.27
August 604 60349 69.84 504 26064 30.16
July 544 59745 70.04 438 25560 29.96
June 609 59201 70.21 398 25122 29.79
May 683 58592 70.33 468 24724 29.67
April 572 57909 70.48 412 24256 29.52
March 749 57337 70.63 502 23844 29.37
February 596 56588 70.80 433 23342 29.20
2023 January 703 55992 70.96 476 22909 29.04
December 430 55289 71.14 445 22433 28.86
November 587 54859 71.39 522 21988 28.61
October 495 54272 71.66 318 21466 28.34
September 515 53777 71.77 285 21148 28.23
August 530 53262 71.85 287 20863 28.15
July 367 52732 71.93 229 20576 28.07
June 394 52365 72.02 254 20347 27.98
May 411 51971 72.12 271 20093 27.88
April 412 51560 72.23 250 19822 27.77
March 530 51148 72.32 422 19572 27.68
February 565 50618 72.55 301 19150 27.45
2022 January 635 50053 72.64 391 18849 27.36
December 414 49418 72.81 330 18458 27.19

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
November 528 28106
October 474 27578
September 527 27104
August 404 26577
July 365 26173
June 392 25808
May 463 25416
April 375 24953
March 510 24578
February 387 24068
2023 January 437 23681
December 265 23244
November 344 22979
October 279 22635
September 318 22356
August 286 22038
July 213 21752
June 239 21539
May 243 21300
April 247 21057
March 313 20810
February 299 20497
2022 January 392 20198
December 238 19806

Age-distribution of registrants, Icelandic individuals

age (years)number
90-100 111
80-90 84
70-80 979
60-70 3256
50-60 6596
40-50 7829
30-40 6728
20-30 2353
10-20 169
0-10 0
Mean age 47.3

Registration month

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

monththis yearlast yearolder
01 1179 1026 6050
02 1029 866 5828
03 1251 952 6317
04 984 662 5897
05 1151 682 5810
06 1007 648 4872
07 982 596 4440
08 1108 817 5039
09 1278 800 5779
10 1164 813 6192
11 1234 1109 6348
12 0 875 5310

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 11
28-29 51
27-28 80
26-27 246
25-26 412
24-25 560
23-24 902
22-23 899
21-22 923
20-21 925
19-20 966
18-19 1349
17-18 1306
16-17 1614
15-16 1850
14-15 2228
13-14 2381
12-13 2404
11-12 2784
10-11 3174
9-10 3390
8-9 3655
7-8 3757
6-7 4263
5-6 4600
4-5 5912
3-4 7499
2-3 8967
1-2 9714
0-1 13242
Mean age 7.1

Net number of new domains per month

new [dom/for] % deleted [dom/for] % net change [dom/for] %
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
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

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]
02. Dec 19 [11/8] 22 [8/14 ] -3 [3/-6]
01. Dec 45 [32/13] 34 [18/16 ] 11 [14/-3]
30. Nov 37 [22/15] 26 [7/19 ] 11 [15/-4]
29. Nov 48 [29/19] 32 [14/18 ] 16 [15/1]
28. Nov 44 [21/23] 26 [11/15 ] 18 [10/8]
27. Nov 62 [42/20] 31 [18/13 ] 31 [24/7]
26. Nov 21 [12/9] 25 [11/14 ] -4 [1/-5]
25. Nov 17 [6/11] 27 [11/16 ] -10 [-5/-5]
24. Nov 39 [21/18] 19 [8/11 ] 20 [13/7]
23. Nov 50 [41/9] 29 [19/10 ] 21 [22/-1]
22. Nov 44 [30/14] 30 [20/10 ] 14 [10/4]
21. Nov 39 [28/11] 25 [12/13 ] 14 [16/-2]
20. Nov 36 [20/16] 29 [15/14 ] 7 [5/2]
19. Nov 38 [27/11] 26 [12/14 ] 12 [15/-3]
18. Nov 25 [14/11] 25 [10/15 ] 0 [4/-4]
17. Nov 40 [22/18] 19 [9/10 ] 21 [13/8]
16. Nov 60 [43/17] 25 [16/9 ] 35 [27/8]
15. Nov 31 [17/14] 24 [19/5 ] 7 [-2/9]
14. Nov 45 [35/10] 40 [18/22 ] 5 [17/-12]
13. Nov 46 [35/11] 28 [16/12 ] 18 [19/-1]
12. Nov 24 [20/4] 18 [10/8 ] 6 [10/-4]
11. Nov 22 [8/14] 16 [10/6 ] 6 [-2/8]
10. Nov 50 [32/18] 20 [13/7 ] 30 [19/11]
09. Nov 43 [30/13] 31 [16/15 ] 12 [14/-2]
08. Nov 53 [29/24] 38 [21/17 ] 15 [8/7]
07. Nov 53 [34/19] 24 [14/10 ] 29 [20/9]
06. Nov 60 [27/33] 32 [15/17 ] 28 [12/16]
05. Nov 32 [17/15] 32 [19/13 ] 0 [-2/2]
04. Nov 26 [20/6] 22 [10/12 ] 4 [10/-6]
03. Nov 60 [43/17] 34 [20/14 ] 26 [23/3]
02. Nov 53 [35/18] 25 [10/15 ] 28 [25/3]
Total     1262 [803/459] 834 [430/404] 428 [373/55]

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

New Registrations per year

registered deleted net change
2023 12974 9290 3684
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
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
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

Deleted domains

When domain has been purged and is available for registration.

deleted
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
August 808
July 755
June 1082
May 824
April 725
March 787
February 653
2022 January 691
December 685

Registration changes

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

changed
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
August 1469
July 1246
June 1451
May 1704
April 1500
March 1896
February 1613
2022 January 1943
December 1391

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
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
August 1125
July 1058
June 1088
May 1532
April 1186
March 1166
February 1040
2022 January 1125
December 957

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

reactivated
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
August 416
July 381
June 463
May 511
April 479
March 510
February 470
2022 January 500
December 441

Transferred domains

Number of domains transferred from one registrant to another.

transferred
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
August 248
July 214
June 217
May 254
April 176
March 329
February 271
2022 January 232
December 209

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

Number of domains signed using DNSSEC.

signed
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
August 2977
July 2944
June 2900
May 2867
April 2848
March 2851
February 2836
2022 January 2815
December 2784

Domains using ISNIC's nameservers

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

parkedISNIC DNS Hosting
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
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

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
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
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

Number of nameserver registrations

registered nameservers
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
August 104
July 77
June 206
May 98
April 146
March 126
February 85
2022 January 167
December 120

Domain names

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

lengthnumberlengthnumberlengthnumberlengthnumber
1 46 2 1161 3 5824 4 6487
5 7923 6 8921 7 8780 8 8971
9 8662 10 7609 11 6330 12 4921
13 3705 14 2930 15 2232 16 1709
17 1175 18 821 19 620 20 434
21 273 22 182 23 118 24 87
25 57 26 33 27 27 28 13
29 13 30 9 31 5 32 5
33 1 34 4 36 2 37 1
38 1 40 1 55 1 63 1

First character of a domain name

letternumberletternumberletternumberletternumber
0 57 1 373 2 206 3 169
4 107 5 69 6 66 7 70
8 75 9 45 a 5486 á 85
b 5797 c 3202 d 2851 ð 3
e 3272 é 6 f 4670 g 4165
h 5967 i 3841 í 112 j 1545
k 3624 l 4258 m 5153 n 3012
o 1935 ó 34 p 3460 q 235
r 3695 s 9973 t 4608 u 1159
ú 41 v 3903 w 1267 x 324
y 458 ý 3 z 419 þ 188
æ 27 ö 80

Following is information about recidency of registrants

Country

registrant country of residencenumer of domains
IS 62769
US 8818
DE 2196
GB 2120
NO 1950
SE 1216
CA 1029
DK 741
NL 700
FR 613
CH 601
AU 448
BZ 435
IN 373
IT 371
FI 348
CN 323
ES 314
BG 267
AT 238

Domestic registrants in more detail

Postal code

postal codenumber of domains
105 Reykjavík 5754
101 Reykjavík 5555
110 Reykjavík 4132
108 Reykjavík 4004
210 Garðabæ 3361
200 Kópavogi 3112
104 Reykjavík 3057
220 Hafnarfirði 2514
201 Kópavogi 2373
112 Reykjavík 2157
270 Mosfellsbæ 1976
221 Hafnarfirði 1644
600 Akureyri 1561
203 Kópavogi 1442
800 Selfossi 1258
107 Reykjavík 1231
109 Reykjavík 1213
113 Reykjavík 1169
230 Reykjanesbæ 1039
170 Seltjarnarnesi 861

Towns

town/countynumber of domains
Reykjavík 30757
Kópavogi 6937
Hafnarfirði 4185
Garðabæ 3826
Akureyri 2314
Mosfellsbæ 2112
Reykjanesbæ 2007
Selfossi 1839
Seltjarnarnesi 867
Akranesi 661
Grindavík 468
Borgarnesi 438
Egilsstöðum 382
Hveragerði 372
Ísafirði 319
Vestmannaeyjum 313
Húsavík 310
Höfn í Hornafirði 297
Sauðárkróki 293
Hellu 251

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 12.97  |  21 awsdns.com 0.48
2 cloudflare.com 8.30  |  22 101domain.com 0.48
3 registrar-servers.com 4.27  |  23 awsdns.net 0.47
4 wixdns.net 1.86  |  24 digitalocean.com 0.46
5 hysingar.is 1.73  |  25 thekking.is 0.45
6 hyp.net 1.71  |  26 eurodns.com 0.43
7 vist.is 1.52  |  27 t.is 0.42
8 netvistun.is 1.01  |  28 googledomains.com 0.42
9 hysing.is 0.96  |  29 awsdns.co.uk 0.41
10 c.is 0.89  |  30 wordpress.com 0.41
11 xnet.is 0.80  |  31 microsoftonline.com 0.39
12 azure-dns.com 0.78  |  32 dreamhost.com 0.36
13 x.is 0.74  |  33 vortex.is 0.34
14 cscdns.net 0.68  |  34 snerpa.is 0.33
15 siteground.net 0.63  |  35 iwantmyname.net 0.32
16 simnet.is 0.63  |  36 nsone.net 0.31
17 stefna.is 0.56  |  37 reykjavik.is 0.31
18 markmonitor.com 0.55  |  38 trademarkarea.com 0.30
19 midja.is 0.53  |  39 okhysing.is 0.30
20 awsdns.org 0.50  |  40 netim.net 0.30

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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