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	12282	86560
2022	8644	74278
2021	8333	65634
2020	7359	57301
2019	5807	49942
2018	4458	44135
2017	4155	39677
2016	3693	35522
2015	3579	31829
2014	3321	28250
2013	3117	24929
2012	2734	21812
2011	2360	19078
2010	2378	16718
2009	2209	14340
2008	1860	12131
2007	1600	10271
2006	1300	8671
2005	1328	7371
2004	1004	6043
2003	923	5039
2002	911	4116
2001	877	3205
2000	910	2328
1999	567	1418

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	825	4878
2022	421	4053
2021	394	3632
2020	445	3238
2019	301	2793
2018	244	2492
2017	220	2248
2016	185	2028
2015	152	1843
2014	239	1691
2013	166	1452
2012	152	1286
2011	100	1134
2010	150	1034
2009	159	884
2008	173	725
2007	168	552
2006	92	384
2005	250	292
2004	42	42

Number of active domains by registration month in regard to kennitalas

	domestic			foreign
	reg.	total	%	reg.	total	%
April	885	64125	70.02	461	27461	29.98
March	741	63240	70.08	471	27000	29.92
February	759	62499	70.20	457	26529	29.80
2024 January	764	61740	70.31	488	26072	29.69
December	615	60976	70.44	400	25584	29.56
November	771	60361	70.56	429	25184	29.44
October	724	59590	70.65	430	24755	29.35
September	797	58866	70.76	476	24325	29.24
August	602	58069	70.89	451	23849	29.11
July	543	57467	71.07	437	23398	28.93
June	604	56924	71.26	395	22961	28.74
May	652	56320	71.39	467	22566	28.61
April	545	55668	71.58	411	22099	28.42
March	613	55123	71.76	330	21688	28.24
February	477	54510	71.85	273	21358	28.15
2023 January	561	54033	71.93	279	21085	28.07
December	367	53472	71.99	250	20806	28.01
November	506	53105	72.09	279	20556	27.91
October	487	52599	72.18	305	20277	27.82
September	513	52112	72.29	285	19972	27.71
August	529	51599	72.38	287	19687	27.62
July	363	51070	72.47	230	19400	27.53
June	394	50707	72.57	252	19170	27.43
May	391	50313	72.67	271	18918	27.33

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
April	611	29070
March	494	28459
February	522	27965
2024 January	485	27443
December	403	26958
November	514	26555
October	470	26041
September	512	25571
August	400	25059
July	360	24659
June	381	24299
May	415	23918
April	339	23503
March	377	23164
February	292	22787
2023 January	328	22495
December	214	22167
November	291	21953
October	269	21662
September	314	21393
August	281	21079
July	211	20798
June	237	20587
May	224	20350

Age-distribution of registrants, Icelandic individuals

age (years)	number
90-100	110
80-90	136
70-80	1100
60-70	3809
50-60	6976
40-50	8089
30-40	6494
20-30	2233
10-20	123
0-10	0
Mean age	48.0

Registration month

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

month	this year	last year	older
01	1252	840	6521
02	1216	750	6106
03	1212	943	6712
04	1346	956	6472
05	0	1119	6434
06	0	999	5503
07	0	980	5023
08	0	1053	5836
09	0	1273	6567
10	0	1154	6929
11	0	1200	6640
12	0	1015	5541

Domain Age Distribution

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

age (years)	number
30-31	9
29-30	21
28-29	56
27-28	127
26-27	326
25-26	481
24-25	680
23-24	980
22-23	857
21-22	908
20-21	937
19-20	1183
18-19	1246
17-18	1394
16-17	1638
15-16	2059
14-15	2206
13-14	2422
12-13	2552
11-12	2871
10-11	3267
9-10	3322
8-9	3688
7-8	3858
6-7	4212
5-6	4793
4-5	6117
3-4	7888
2-3	8455
1-2	9229
0-1	13781
Mean age	7.2

Net number of new domains per month

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

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. May	40	[21/19]	27	[11/16 ]	13	[10/3]
07. May	60	[48/12]	24	[7/17 ]	36	[41/-5]
06. May	45	[32/13]	40	[12/28 ]	5	[20/-15]
05. May	29	[12/17]	37	[9/28 ]	-8	[3/-11]
04. May	26	[10/16]	21	[9/12 ]	5	[1/4]
03. May	46	[29/17]	25	[18/7 ]	21	[11/10]
02. May	35	[17/18]	37	[28/9 ]	-2	[-11/9]
01. May	35	[27/8]	44	[24/20 ]	-9	[3/-12]
30. Apr	52	[37/15]	26	[17/9 ]	26	[20/6]
29. Apr	40	[16/24]	31	[23/8 ]	9	[-7/16]
28. Apr	23	[13/10]	16	[5/11 ]	7	[8/-1]
27. Apr	23	[15/8]	28	[15/13 ]	-5	[0/-5]
26. Apr	36	[22/14]	30	[19/11 ]	6	[3/3]
25. Apr	33	[17/16]	34	[18/16 ]	-1	[-1/0]
24. Apr	50	[28/22]	39	[20/19 ]	11	[8/3]
23. Apr	40	[30/10]	39	[22/17 ]	1	[8/-7]
22. Apr	50	[35/15]	23	[17/6 ]	27	[18/9]
21. Apr	20	[10/10]	30	[13/17 ]	-10	[-3/-7]
20. Apr	39	[30/9]	14	[6/8 ]	25	[24/1]
19. Apr	42	[23/19]	23	[11/12 ]	19	[12/7]
18. Apr	66	[51/15]	39	[12/27 ]	27	[39/-12]
17. Apr	54	[39/15]	54	[27/27 ]	0	[12/-12]
16. Apr	48	[28/20]	33	[22/11 ]	15	[6/9]
15. Apr	83	[62/21]	30	[16/14 ]	53	[46/7]
14. Apr	23	[16/7]	24	[10/14 ]	-1	[6/-7]
13. Apr	33	[16/17]	21	[10/11 ]	12	[6/6]
12. Apr	43	[24/19]	38	[14/24 ]	5	[10/-5]
11. Apr	50	[38/12]	37	[21/16 ]	13	[17/-4]
10. Apr	59	[30/29]	36	[19/17 ]	23	[11/12]
09. Apr	47	[36/11]	37	[17/20 ]	10	[19/-9]
08. Apr	37	[24/13]	36	[23/13 ]	1	[1/0]
Total	1307	[836/471]	973	[495/478]	334	[341/-7]

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

New Registrations per year

	registered	deleted	net change
2024	5414	3903	1511
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
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
June	978	56
May	1302	33

Deleted domains

When domain has been purged and is available for registration.

	deleted
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
June	1082
May	824

Registration changes

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

	changed
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
June	1451
May	1704

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
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
June	1088
May	1532

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

	reactivated
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
June	463
May	511

Transferred domains

Number of domains transferred from one registrant to another.

	transferred
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
June	217
May	254

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

Number of domains signed using DNSSEC.

	signed
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
June	2900
May	2867

Domains using ISNIC's nameservers

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

	parked	ISNIC DNS Hosting
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
Júlí	18210	9999
Júní	18231	9978

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
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
June	5051	32	13	4	3
May	5724	40	6	6	7

Number of nameserver registrations

	registered nameservers
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
June	206
May	98

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	1163	3	5840	4	6558
5	8057	6	9092	7	8923	8	9126
9	8779	10	7734	11	6470	12	4996
13	3770	14	3004	15	2296	16	1742
17	1207	18	850	19	652	20	446
21	274	22	186	23	119	24	89
25	55	26	33	27	27	28	16
29	14	30	8	31	5	32	3
33	1	34	4	36	2	37	1
38	1	40	1	55	1	63	1

First character of a domain name

letter	number	letter	number	letter	number	letter	number
0	57	1	376	2	189	3	167
4	104	5	70	6	55	7	71
8	73	9	48	a	5605	á	89
b	5955	c	3185	d	2911	ð	3
e	3318	é	6	f	4758	g	4264
h	6036	i	3895	í	121	j	1551
k	3672	l	4347	m	5173	n	3079
o	1981	ó	38	p	3518	q	240
r	3773	s	10117	t	4692	u	1164
ú	44	v	4009	w	1301	x	335
y	459	ý	4	z	422	þ	204
æ	29	ö	84

Following is information about recidency of registrants

Country

registrant country of residence	numer of domains
IS	64260
US	8695
DE	2189
GB	2097
NO	1879
SE	1250
CA	1013
DK	749
NL	701
CH	611
FR	599
HK	560
AU	448
IN	385
IT	372
ES	363
CN	330
FI	318
BG	274
AT	237

Domestic registrants in more detail

Postal code

postal code	number of domains
105 Reykjavík	5926
101 Reykjavík	5546
110 Reykjavík	4186
108 Reykjavík	4160
210 Garðabæ	3481
200 Kópavogi	3158
104 Reykjavík	3103
220 Hafnarfirði	2609
201 Kópavogi	2493
112 Reykjavík	2183
270 Mosfellsbæ	1999
221 Hafnarfirði	1737
600 Akureyri	1603
203 Kópavogi	1524
800 Selfossi	1279
107 Reykjavík	1252
109 Reykjavík	1236
113 Reykjavík	1216
230 Reykjanesbæ	1055
170 Seltjarnarnesi	899

Towns

town/county	number of domains
Reykjavík	31282
Kópavogi	7184
Hafnarfirði	4373
Garðabæ	3968
Akureyri	2373
Mosfellsbæ	2137
Reykjanesbæ	2059
Selfossi	1860
Seltjarnarnesi	905
Akranesi	701
Grindavík	485
Borgarnesi	443
Hveragerði	395
Egilsstöðum	364
Vestmannaeyjum	340
Ísafirði	335
Húsavík	316
Höfn í Hornafirði	294
Sauðárkróki	290
Hellu	277

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	12.81	\|	21	awsdns.com	0.49
2	cloudflare.com	8.86	\|	22	awsdns.net	0.48
3	registrar-servers.com	4.50	\|	23	101domain.com	0.46
4	wixdns.net	1.85	\|	24	digitalocean.com	0.45
5	hysingar.is	1.66	\|	25	thekking.is	0.43
6	hyp.net	1.65	\|	26	eurodns.com	0.42
7	vist.is	1.47	\|	27	wordpress.com	0.42
8	netvistun.is	0.99	\|	28	awsdns.co.uk	0.41
9	hysing.is	0.93	\|	29	t.is	0.40
10	c.is	0.87	\|	30	googledomains.com	0.40
11	azure-dns.com	0.82	\|	31	microsoftonline.com	0.39
12	xnet.is	0.76	\|	32	dreamhost.com	0.36
13	x.is	0.70	\|	33	vortex.is	0.33
14	cscdns.net	0.66	\|	34	snerpa.is	0.33
15	simnet.is	0.59	\|	35	nsone.net	0.32
16	siteground.net	0.57	\|	36	iwantmyname.net	0.30
17	stefna.is	0.54	\|	37	dns-parking.com	0.30
18	markmonitor.com	0.54	\|	38	reykjavik.is	0.30
19	awsdns.org	0.50	\|	39	trademarkarea.com	0.29
20	midja.is	0.50	\|	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: