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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
2024 13420 92274
2023 9476 78854
2022 7533 69378
2021 7360 61845
2020 6670 54485
2019 5298 47815
2018 4184 42517
2017 3965 38333
2016 3504 34368
2015 3420 30864
2014 3189 27444
2013 3017 24255
2012 2609 21238
2011 2284 18629
2010 2319 16345
2009 2150 14026
2008 1800 11876
2007 1555 10076
2006 1273 8521
2005 1288 7248
2004 990 5960
2003 909 4970
2002 895 4061
2001 864 3166
2000 897 2302
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
2024 1018 5526
2023 672 4508
2022 368 3836
2021 358 3468
2020 415 3110
2019 284 2695
2018 234 2411
2017 207 2177
2016 178 1970
2015 148 1792
2014 232 1644
2013 162 1412
2012 150 1250
2011 96 1100
2010 149 1004
2009 156 855
2008 165 699
2007 165 534
2006 91 369
2005 237 278
2004 41 41
Number of active domains by registration month in regard to kennitalas
domesticforeign
reg.total%reg.total%
February 759 66409 69.96 496 28518 30.04
2025 January 789 65650 70.08 609 28022 29.92
December 525 64861 70.29 558 27413 29.71
November 683 64336 70.55 588 26855 29.45
October 699 63653 70.79 488 26267 29.21
September 672 62954 70.95 486 25779 29.05
August 586 62282 71.12 411 25293 28.88
July 585 61696 71.26 421 24882 28.74
June 622 61111 71.41 396 24461 28.59
May 635 60489 71.54 425 24065 28.46
April 875 59854 71.69 447 23640 28.31
March 710 58979 71.78 458 23193 28.22
February 718 58269 71.93 450 22735 28.07
2024 January 637 57551 72.09 345 22285 27.91
December 482 56914 72.18 266 21940 27.82
November 630 56432 72.25 277 21674 27.75
October 587 55802 72.28 244 21397 27.72
September 657 55215 72.30 305 21153 27.70
August 495 54558 72.35 275 20848 27.65
July 440 54063 72.44 239 20573 27.56
June 502 53623 72.51 241 20334 27.49
May 510 53121 72.56 289 20093 27.44
April 469 52611 72.65 249 19804 27.35
March 586 52142 72.73 311 19555 27.27
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
February 516 30533
2025 January 529 30017
December 361 29488
November 465 29127
October 451 28662
September 452 28211
August 411 27759
July 372 27348
June 404 26976
May 411 26572
April 592 26161
March 463 25569
February 467 25106
2024 January 384 24639
December 298 24255
November 400 23957
October 361 23557
September 398 23196
August 309 22798
July 266 22489
June 295 22223
May 324 21928
April 282 21604
March 344 21322
Age-distribution of registrants, Icelandic individuals
age (years)number
90-100 107
80-90 181
70-80 1210
60-70 4191
50-60 7295
40-50 8522
30-40 6538
20-30 2338
10-20 151
0-10 0
Mean age 48.3
Registration month

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

monththis yearlast yearolder
01 1398 982 6842
02 1255 1168 6764
03 0 1168 7520
04 0 1322 6710
05 0 1060 6684
06 0 1018 5783
07 0 1006 5288
08 0 997 6111
09 0 1158 7035
10 0 1187 7244
11 0 1271 7050
12 0 1083 5829
Domain Age Distribution

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

age (years)number
30-31 10
29-30 61
28-29 98
27-28 296
26-27 447
25-26 639
24-25 947
23-24 844
22-23 873
21-22 923
20-21 1028
19-20 1302
18-19 1350
17-18 1562
16-17 1862
15-16 2136
14-15 2369
13-14 2357
12-13 2642
11-12 3039
10-11 3306
9-10 3455
8-9 3600
7-8 3950
6-7 4250
5-6 5406
4-5 6986
3-4 7515
2-3 7546
1-2 10175
0-1 13923
Mean age 7.4
Net number of new domains per month
new [dom/for] % deleted [dom/for] % net change [dom/for] %
Febrúar. 1260 [779 / 481] 1.33 880 [503 / 377] 0.93 380 [276 / 104] 0.40
2025 Janúar. 1407 [809 / 598] 1.49 787 [435 / 352] 0.83 620 [374 / 246] 0.66
Desember. 1095 [542 / 553] 1.17 834 [461 / 373] 0.89 261 [81 / 180] 0.28
Nóvember. 1292 [698 / 594] 1.38 822 [458 / 364] 0.88 470 [240 / 230] 0.50
Október. 1202 [712 / 490] 1.29 810 [428 / 382] 0.87 392 [284 / 108] 0.42
September. 1178 [694 / 484] 1.27 825 [421 / 404] 0.89 353 [273 / 80] 0.38
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
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]
05. Mar 54 [35/19] 21 [11/10 ] 33 [24/9]
04. Mar 58 [31/27] 31 [17/14 ] 27 [14/13]
03. Mar 59 [32/27] 26 [16/10 ] 33 [16/17]
02. Mar 34 [22/12] 25 [15/10 ] 9 [7/2]
01. Mar 36 [25/11] 29 [17/12 ] 7 [8/-1]
28. Feb 34 [26/8] 26 [17/9 ] 8 [9/-1]
27. Feb 45 [20/25] 39 [24/15 ] 6 [-4/10]
26. Feb 35 [15/20] 34 [22/12 ] 1 [-7/8]
25. Feb 37 [29/8] 15 [7/8 ] 22 [22/0]
24. Feb 63 [39/24] 40 [24/16 ] 23 [15/8]
23. Feb 26 [10/16] 19 [10/9 ] 7 [0/7]
22. Feb 20 [10/10] 16 [5/11 ] 4 [5/-1]
21. Feb 41 [21/20] 35 [28/7 ] 6 [-7/13]
20. Feb 52 [41/11] 37 [30/7 ] 15 [11/4]
19. Feb 47 [28/19] 29 [13/16 ] 18 [15/3]
18. Feb 67 [40/27] 58 [36/22 ] 9 [4/5]
17. Feb 54 [33/21] 37 [22/15 ] 17 [11/6]
16. Feb 31 [15/16] 18 [8/10 ] 13 [7/6]
15. Feb 37 [19/18] 19 [8/11 ] 18 [11/7]
14. Feb 51 [33/18] 48 [16/32 ] 3 [17/-14]
13. Feb 52 [36/16] 25 [20/5 ] 27 [16/11]
12. Feb 65 [33/32] 31 [19/12 ] 34 [14/20]
11. Feb 47 [36/11] 40 [26/14 ] 7 [10/-3]
10. Feb 56 [30/26] 25 [13/12 ] 31 [17/14]
09. Feb 30 [20/10] 36 [20/16 ] -6 [0/-6]
08. Feb 23 [15/8] 48 [15/33 ] -25 [0/-25]
07. Feb 45 [29/16] 27 [13/14 ] 18 [16/2]
06. Feb 52 [38/14] 32 [21/11 ] 20 [17/3]
05. Feb 62 [46/16] 29 [21/8 ] 33 [25/8]
04. Feb 54 [34/20] 40 [22/18 ] 14 [12/2]
03. Feb 67 [45/22] 23 [17/6 ] 44 [28/16]
Total 1434 [886/548] 958 [553/405] 476 [333/143]

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

New Registrations per year
registered deleted net change
2025 2908 1799 1109
2024 14031 10242 3789
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
February 1260 95
2025 January 1407 133
December 1095 59
November 1292 93
October 1202 80
September 1178 89
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
Deleted domains

When domain has been purged and is available for registration.

deleted
February 880
2025 January 787
December 834
November 822
October 810
September 825
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
Registration changes

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

changed
February 1665
2025 January 1746
December 1564
November 1978
October 1705
September 1704
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
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
February 1229
2025 January 1302
December 1011
November 1072
October 1133
September 1142
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
Reactivated domains (i.e. after being on hold)

Domains can be put on hold temporarily. This is the number of reactivated domains.

reactivated
February 470
2025 January 515
December 356
November 372
October 437
September 478
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
Transferred domains

Number of domains transferred from one registrant to another.

transferred
February 268
2025 January 368
December 278
November 262
October 376
September 285
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
Signed domains (DNSSEC)

Number of domains signed using DNSSEC.

signed
February 3312
2025 January 3302
December 3249
November 3244
October 3219
September 3196
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
Domains using ISNIC's nameservers

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

parkedISNIC DNS Hosting
Mars 20459 12767
Febrúar 20383 12674
2025 Janúar 20237 12551
Desember 20175 12506
Nóvember 20149 12406
Október 20064 12283
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
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
February 6712 48 15 6 18
2025 January 7680 62 14 5 20
December 6242 47 12 4 6
November 6295 26 13 2 15
October 7048 52 7 13 10
September 6817 52 3 9 20
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
Number of nameserver registrations
registered nameservers
February 66
2025 January 76
December 49
November 90
October 96
September 86
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
Domain names

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

lengthnumberlengthnumberlengthnumberlengthnumber
1 46 2 1242 3 5961 4 6783
5 8331 6 9426 7 9213 8 9491
9 9109 10 8032 11 6728 12 5201
13 3897 14 3145 15 2387 16 1785
17 1267 18 884 19 665 20 456
21 279 22 197 23 128 24 95
25 61 26 36 27 28 28 16
29 13 30 8 31 8 32 6
33 1 34 3 35 1 36 1
37 1 38 1 40 1
First character of a domain name
letternumberletternumberletternumberletternumber
0 64 1 397 2 207 3 165
4 104 5 80 6 56 7 73
8 91 9 57 a 5815 á 92
b 6204 c 3234 d 3004 ð 1
e 3419 é 5 f 4866 g 4427
h 6213 i 3990 í 127 j 1623
k 3870 l 4480 m 5384 n 3192
o 2106 ó 45 p 3624 q 245
r 3899 s 10516 t 4935 u 1190
ú 50 v 4123 w 1352 x 337
y 492 ý 3 z 434 þ 215
æ 36 ö 91

Following is information about recidency of registrants

Country
registrant country of residencenumer of domains
IS 66589
US 9224
GB 2158
DE 2155
NO 1780
SE 1278
CA 955
HK 774
DK 743
NL 727
CH 620
FR 606
AU 471
ES 385
IT 375
IN 365
CN 300
RO 271
AT 240
BG 224
Domestic registrants in more detail

Postal code

postal codenumber of domains
105 Reykjavík 5971
101 Reykjavík 5630
110 Reykjavík 4279
108 Reykjavík 4245
210 Garðabæ 3618
200 Kópavogi 3336
104 Reykjavík 3234
220 Hafnarfirði 2707
201 Kópavogi 2641
112 Reykjavík 2254
270 Mosfellsbæ 2158
221 Hafnarfirði 1867
600 Akureyri 1678
203 Kópavogi 1588
800 Selfossi 1365
107 Reykjavík 1319
113 Reykjavík 1278
109 Reykjavík 1278
230 Reykjanesbæ 1152
170 Seltjarnarnesi 925

Towns

town/countynumber of domains
Reykjavík 31978
Kópavogi 7574
Hafnarfirði 4602
Garðabæ 4132
Akureyri 2543
Mosfellsbæ 2258
Reykjanesbæ 2133
Selfossi 1947
Seltjarnarnesi 929
Akranesi 761
Borgarnesi 461
Egilsstöðum 409
Hveragerði 408
Grindavík 373
Vestmannaeyjum 356
Ísafirði 346
Húsavík 310
Sauðárkróki 302
Höfn í Hornafirði 298
Hellu 279
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 12.26  |  21 midja.is 0.45
2 cloudflare.com 10.39  |  22 wordpress.com 0.44
3 registrar-servers.com 5.11  |  23 googledomains.com 0.43
4 wixdns.net 1.87  |  24 thekking.is 0.43
5 hysingar.is 1.49  |  25 x.is 0.42
6 hyp.net 1.49  |  26 101domain.com 0.41
7 vist.is 1.43  |  27 awsdns.co.uk 0.41
8 netvistun.is 1.05  |  28 digitalocean.com 0.40
9 hysing.is 0.84  |  29 microsoftonline.com 0.39
10 azure-dns.com 0.81  |  30 eurodns.com 0.39
11 c.is 0.77  |  31 dns-parking.com 0.38
12 xnet.is 0.75  |  32 t.is 0.38
13 cscdns.net 0.62  |  33 dreamhost.com 0.35
14 siteground.net 0.58  |  34 vercel-dns.com 0.34
15 simnet.is 0.53  |  35 nsone.net 0.34
16 markmonitor.com 0.53  |  36 snerpa.is 0.32
17 stefna.is 0.53  |  37 vortex.is 0.31
18 awsdns.org 0.51  |  38 reykjavik.is 0.28
19 awsdns.com 0.47  |  39 okhysing.is 0.28
20 awsdns.net 0.46  |  40 netim.net 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: