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	11671	84784
2022	8393	73113
2021	8118	64720
2020	7192	56602
2019	5639	49410
2018	4384	43771
2017	4109	39387
2016	3659	35278
2015	3528	31619
2014	3296	28091
2013	3100	24795
2012	2705	21695
2011	2342	18990
2010	2365	16648
2009	2201	14283
2008	1851	12082
2007	1591	10231
2006	1294	8640
2005	1318	7346
2004	1000	6028
2003	920	5028
2002	910	4108
2001	872	3198
2000	910	2326
1999	567	1416

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	798	4806
2022	413	4008
2021	390	3595
2020	437	3205
2019	299	2768
2018	241	2469
2017	215	2228
2016	184	2013
2015	151	1829
2014	238	1678
2013	166	1440
2012	151	1274
2011	99	1123
2010	150	1024
2009	159	874
2008	172	715
2007	167	543
2006	92	376
2005	242	284
2004	42	42

Number of active domains by registration month in regard to kennitalas

	domestic			foreign
	reg.	total	%	reg.	total	%
June	625	64457	70.14	401	27443	29.86
May	638	63832	70.24	441	27042	29.76
April	880	63194	70.38	458	26601	29.62
March	741	62314	70.45	466	26143	29.55
February	759	61573	70.57	457	25677	29.43
2024 January	761	60814	70.69	489	25220	29.31
December	615	60053	70.83	400	24731	29.17
November	766	59438	70.95	430	24331	29.05
October	723	58672	71.05	430	23901	28.95
September	796	57949	71.17	476	23471	28.83
August	600	57153	71.31	448	22995	28.69
July	522	56553	71.50	438	22547	28.50
June	586	56031	71.71	391	22109	28.29
May	526	55445	71.85	299	21718	28.15
April	472	54919	71.94	250	21419	28.06
March	599	54447	72.00	314	21169	28.00
February	477	53848	72.08	273	20855	27.92
2023 January	561	53371	72.17	279	20582	27.83
December	366	52810	72.23	250	20303	27.77
November	505	52444	72.34	279	20053	27.66
October	486	51939	72.43	305	19774	27.57
September	513	51453	72.55	285	19469	27.45
August	527	50940	72.64	287	19184	27.36
July	352	50413	72.74	230	18897	27.26

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
June	412	29293
May	422	28881
April	607	28459
March	493	27852
February	520	27359
2024 January	481	26839
December	401	26358
November	508	25957
October	466	25449
September	509	24983
August	398	24474
July	341	24076
June	361	23735
May	331	23374
April	283	23043
March	366	22760
February	291	22394
2023 January	328	22103
December	213	21775
November	290	21562
October	268	21272
September	313	21004
August	279	20691
July	207	20412

Age-distribution of registrants, Icelandic individuals

age (years)	number
90-100	110
80-90	135
70-80	1097
60-70	3816
50-60	7012
40-50	8117
30-40	6568
20-30	2298
10-20	140
0-10	0
Mean age	47.9

Registration month

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

month	this year	last year	older
01	1250	840	6513
02	1216	750	6099
03	1207	913	6680
04	1338	722	6013
05	1079	825	5926
06	1026	977	5431
07	0	960	4989
08	0	1048	5824
09	0	1272	6554
10	0	1153	6919
11	0	1196	6637
12	0	1015	5534

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	27
28-29	56
27-28	160
26-27	349
25-26	498
24-25	792
23-24	921
22-23	855
21-22	918
20-21	928
19-20	1248
18-19	1209
17-18	1417
16-17	1686
15-16	2122
14-15	2190
13-14	2441
12-13	2575
11-12	2946
10-11	3246
9-10	3344
8-9	3556
7-8	3967
6-7	4196
5-6	4855
4-5	6322
3-4	7784
2-3	8107
1-2	9419
0-1	13735
Mean age	7.3

Net number of new domains per month

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

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]
26. Jul	34	[20/14]	20	[10/10 ]	14	[10/4]
25. Jul	32	[15/17]	30	[17/13 ]	2	[-2/4]
24. Jul	41	[31/10]	22	[15/7 ]	19	[16/3]
23. Jul	35	[24/11]	24	[10/14 ]	11	[14/-3]
22. Jul	45	[22/23]	30	[11/19 ]	15	[11/4]
21. Jul	20	[10/10]	19	[10/9 ]	1	[0/1]
20. Jul	15	[5/10]	24	[6/18 ]	-9	[-1/-8]
19. Jul	26	[15/11]	13	[7/6 ]	13	[8/5]
18. Jul	43	[23/20]	26	[11/15 ]	17	[12/5]
17. Jul	35	[24/11]	17	[14/3 ]	18	[10/8]
16. Jul	38	[23/15]	21	[9/12 ]	17	[14/3]
15. Jul	19	[11/8]	13	[6/7 ]	6	[5/1]
14. Jul	19	[10/9]	20	[10/10 ]	-1	[0/-1]
13. Jul	33	[18/15]	26	[8/18 ]	7	[10/-3]
12. Jul	58	[32/26]	18	[12/6 ]	40	[20/20]
11. Jul	43	[20/23]	25	[18/7 ]	18	[2/16]
10. Jul	47	[24/23]	32	[19/13 ]	15	[5/10]
09. Jul	42	[25/17]	43	[13/30 ]	-1	[12/-13]
08. Jul	40	[22/18]	40	[24/16 ]	0	[-2/2]
07. Jul	18	[8/10]	37	[16/21 ]	-19	[-8/-11]
06. Jul	11	[4/7]	18	[10/8 ]	-7	[-6/-1]
05. Jul	48	[25/23]	15	[5/10 ]	33	[20/13]
04. Jul	35	[25/10]	18	[9/9 ]	17	[16/1]
03. Jul	32	[22/10]	17	[9/8 ]	15	[13/2]
02. Jul	48	[28/20]	28	[18/10 ]	20	[10/10]
01. Jul	32	[29/3]	27	[19/8 ]	5	[10/-5]
30. Jun	15	[3/12]	15	[6/9 ]	0	[-3/3]
29. Jun	23	[11/12]	35	[21/14 ]	-12	[-10/-2]
28. Jun	37	[19/18]	28	[14/14 ]	9	[5/4]
27. Jun	34	[20/14]	28	[14/14 ]	6	[6/0]
26. Jun	49	[27/22]	44	[24/20 ]	5	[3/2]
Total	1047	[595/452]	773	[395/378]	274	[200/74]

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

New Registrations per year

	registered	deleted	net change
2024	8104	6074	2030
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
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
August	1311	48
July	884	29

Deleted domains

When domain has been purged and is available for registration.

	deleted
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
August	808
July	755

Registration changes

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

	changed
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
August	1469
July	1246

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
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
August	1125
July	1058

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

	reactivated
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
August	416
July	381

Transferred domains

Number of domains transferred from one registrant to another.

	transferred
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
August	248
July	214

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

Number of domains signed using DNSSEC.

	signed
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
August	2977
July	2944

Domains using ISNIC's nameservers

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

	parked	ISNIC DNS Hosting
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
September	18195	10149
Ágúst	18115	10060

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
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
August	5904	34	10	5	4
July	4981	31	7	6	10

Number of nameserver registrations

	registered nameservers
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
August	104
July	77

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	1168	3	5845	4	6570
5	8082	6	9129	7	8918	8	9197
9	8830	10	7761	11	6497	12	5021
13	3790	14	3006	15	2303	16	1738
17	1208	18	849	19	652	20	447
21	276	22	188	23	119	24	92
25	55	26	34	27	29	28	16
29	13	30	8	31	5	32	4
33	1	34	3	36	2	37	1
38	1	40	1	55	1

First character of a domain name

letter	number	letter	number	letter	number	letter	number
0	62	1	385	2	194	3	172
4	101	5	70	6	59	7	73
8	74	9	49	a	5638	á	89
b	5965	c	3160	d	2935	ð	3
e	3321	é	6	f	4751	g	4279
h	6059	i	3904	í	123	j	1563
k	3692	l	4360	m	5183	n	3102
o	1987	ó	40	p	3527	q	235
r	3766	s	10178	t	4754	u	1148
ú	44	v	4015	w	1288	x	332
y	466	ý	4	z	423	þ	209
æ	35	ö	83

Following is information about recidency of registrants

Country

registrant country of residence	numer of domains
IS	64595
US	8664
DE	2175
GB	2125
NO	1851
SE	1258
CA	951
DK	748
NL	708
CH	606
FR	604
HK	564
AU	459
IN	384
ES	380
IT	370
CN	331
FI	313
BG	259
AT	237

Domestic registrants in more detail

Postal code

postal code	number of domains
105 Reykjavík	5941
101 Reykjavík	5560
108 Reykjavík	4250
110 Reykjavík	4210
210 Garðabæ	3533
200 Kópavogi	3182
104 Reykjavík	3082
220 Hafnarfirði	2614
201 Kópavogi	2541
112 Reykjavík	2173
270 Mosfellsbæ	2019
221 Hafnarfirði	1728
600 Akureyri	1633
203 Kópavogi	1529
800 Selfossi	1271
113 Reykjavík	1251
107 Reykjavík	1240
109 Reykjavík	1237
230 Reykjanesbæ	1067
170 Seltjarnarnesi	911

Towns

town/county	number of domains
Reykjavík	31404
Kópavogi	7261
Hafnarfirði	4369
Garðabæ	4029
Akureyri	2401
Mosfellsbæ	2158
Reykjanesbæ	2028
Selfossi	1851
Seltjarnarnesi	916
Akranesi	710
Grindavík	463
Borgarnesi	450
Hveragerði	402
Egilsstöðum	367
Vestmannaeyjum	357
Ísafirði	333
Húsavík	317
Sauðárkróki	298
Höfn í Hornafirði	297
Hellu	276

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	12.71	\|	21	awsdns.com	0.48
2	cloudflare.com	9.05	\|	22	awsdns.net	0.47
3	registrar-servers.com	4.58	\|	23	101domain.com	0.46
4	wixdns.net	1.88	\|	24	digitalocean.com	0.45
5	hysingar.is	1.65	\|	25	wordpress.com	0.43
6	hyp.net	1.61	\|	26	eurodns.com	0.42
7	vist.is	1.46	\|	27	thekking.is	0.42
8	netvistun.is	0.98	\|	28	awsdns.co.uk	0.41
9	hysing.is	0.92	\|	29	googledomains.com	0.41
10	c.is	0.86	\|	30	t.is	0.39
11	azure-dns.com	0.82	\|	31	microsoftonline.com	0.39
12	xnet.is	0.77	\|	32	dreamhost.com	0.35
13	cscdns.net	0.65	\|	33	nsone.net	0.34
14	x.is	0.64	\|	34	snerpa.is	0.33
15	simnet.is	0.58	\|	35	vortex.is	0.32
16	siteground.net	0.58	\|	36	dns-parking.com	0.32
17	stefna.is	0.54	\|	37	reykjavik.is	0.30
18	markmonitor.com	0.53	\|	38	trademarkarea.com	0.29
19	awsdns.org	0.51	\|	39	okhysing.is	0.29
20	midja.is	0.49	\|	40	iwantmyname.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: