Cumulative number of domains and number of domains registered each 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.

year registered total 2019 6346 68202 2018 8784 61856 2017 7016 53072 2016 5937 46056 2015 5350 40119 2014 4611 34769 2013 4249 30158 2012 3650 25909 2011 3020 22259 2010 2915 19239 2009 2694 16324 2008 2185 13630 2007 1907 11445 2006 1510 9538 2005 1477 8028 2004 1119 6551 2003 1021 5432 2002 987 4411 2001 939 3424 2000 990 2485 1999 598 1495 1998 439 897 1997 276 458 1996 84 182 1995 56 98

IDN registrations began 2004. This is the number of existing registrations by year of creation.

year registered total 2018 432 3328 2017 321 2896 2016 276 2575 2015 213 2299 2014 286 2086 2013 213 1800 2012 215 1587 2011 158 1372 2010 185 1214 2009 192 1029 2008 199 837 2007 204 638 2006 107 434 2005 281 327 2004 46 46

Number of active domains by registration month

domestic foreign reg. total % reg. total % Júní 437 49013 71.86 481 19192 28.14 Maí 508 48576 72.19 565 18711 27.81 Apríl 581 48068 72.59 935 18146 27.41 Mars 615 47487 73.40 330 17211 26.60 Febrúar 574 46872 73.52 349 16881 26.48 2019 Janúar 647 46298 73.69 324 16532 26.31 Desember 372 45651 73.80 286 16208 26.20 Nóvember 504 45279 73.98 282 15922 26.02 Október 633 44775 74.11 305 15640 25.89 September 488 44142 74.22 264 15335 25.78 Ágúst 453 43654 74.34 324 15071 25.66 Júlí 416 43201 74.55 293 14747 25.45 Júní 436 42785 74.75 325 14454 25.25 Maí 442 42349 74.98 235 14129 25.02 Apríl 450 41907 75.10 229 13894 24.90 Mars 483 41457 75.21 197 13665 24.79 Febrúar 454 40974 75.26 229 13468 24.74 2018 Janúar 445 40520 75.37 239 13239 24.63 Desember 341 40075 75.51 227 13000 24.49 Nóvember 424 39734 75.67 233 12773 24.33 Október 422 39310 75.81 193 12540 24.19 September 414 38888 75.90 175 12347 24.10 Ágúst 331 38474 75.97 176 12172 24.03 Júlí 279 38143 76.07 186 11996 23.93

Domains registered to individuals

registered total Júní 259 19567 Maí 302 19308 Apríl 358 19006 Mars 389 18648 Febrúar 328 18259 2019 Janúar 403 17931 Desember 240 17528 Nóvember 298 17288 Október 372 16990 September 279 16618 Ágúst 257 16339 Júlí 226 16082 Júní 245 15856 Maí 219 15611 Apríl 245 15392 Mars 253 15147 Febrúar 236 14894 2018 Janúar 260 14658 Desember 186 14398 Nóvember 229 14212 Október 195 13983 September 204 13788 Ágúst 175 13584 Júlí 156 13409

Age-distribution of domestic registrants

Age distribution of individual domestic registrants of current .is domains.

age (years) number 90-100 3 80-90 43 70-80 522 60-70 2157 50-60 4218 40-50 5508 30-40 5144 20-30 1917 10-20 55 0-10 0 Mean age 46,1

Registration month

Number of active domains, registered in each month of the year. Green is this year, red is last year and gray is older:

month this year last year older 01 971 684 4722 02 923 683 4615 03 945 680 4978 04 1516 679 4255 05 1073 677 4332 06 918 761 3976 07 0 709 3600 08 0 777 4080 09 0 752 4666 10 0 938 4940 11 0 786 4863 12 0 658 4048

Domain Age Distribution

Age (years since registration) distribution of current .is domains.

age (years) number 30-31 4 29-30 4 28-29 8 27-28 6 26-27 6 25-26 9 24-25 27 23-24 57 22-23 171 21-22 368 20-21 523 19-20 841 18-19 1007 17-18 925 16-17 1006 15-16 1037 14-15 1382 13-14 1392 12-13 1676 11-12 2017 10-11 2544 9-10 2722 8-9 3013 7-8 3434 6-7 3926 5-6 4511 4-5 4932 3-4 5494 2-3 6629 1-2 7565 0-1 10966 Mean age 6,2

Net number of new domains per month

Green is net number of domains, blue is registered(+) and red is unregistered(-)

new [dom/for] % deleted [dom/for] % net change [dom/for] % Júní 916 [436 / 480] 1.34 719 [430 / 289] 1.05 197 [6 / 191] 0.29 Maí 1078 [519 / 559] 1.60 769 [438 / 331] 1.14 309 [81 / 228] 0.46 Apríl 1549 [589 / 960] 2.34 809 [503 / 306] 1.22 740 [86 / 654] 1.12 Mars 971 [615 / 356] 1.50 775 [495 / 280] 1.20 196 [120 / 76] 0.30 Febrúar 922 [577 / 345] 1.45 714 [449 / 265] 1.12 208 [128 / 80] 0.33 2019 Janúar 976 [649 / 327] 1.55 649 [407 / 242] 1.03 327 [242 / 85] 0.52 Desember 666 [375 / 291] 1.08 639 [370 / 269] 1.03 27 [5 / 22] 0.04 Nóvember 801 [515 / 286] 1.31 644 [406 / 238] 1.05 157 [109 / 48] 0.26 Október 949 [639 / 310] 1.57 743 [479 / 264] 1.23 206 [160 / 46] 0.34 September 770 [504 / 266] 1.29 616 [390 / 226] 1.04 154 [114 / 40] 0.26 Ágúst 803 [469 / 334] 1.37 702 [374 / 328] 1.20 101 [95 / 6] 0.17 Júlí 734 [437 / 297] 1.27 568 [327 / 241] 0.98 166 [110 / 56] 0.29 Júní 787 [455 / 332] 1.38 644 [329 / 315] 1.13 143 [126 / 17] 0.25 Maí 969 [610 / 359] 1.72 1288 [715 / 573] 2.28 -319 [-105 / -214] -0.56 Apríl 993 [636 / 357] 1.78 710 [411 / 299] 1.27 283 [225 / 58] 0.51 Mars 1027 [680 / 347] 1.86 511 [296 / 215] 0.93 516 [384 / 132] 0.94 Febrúar 967 [637 / 330] 1.78 480 [307 / 173] 0.88 487 [330 / 157] 0.89 2018 Janúar 981 [612 / 369] 1.82 775 [463 / 312] 1.44 206 [149 / 57] 0.38 Desember 801 [452 / 349] 1.51 523 [320 / 203] 0.99 278 [132 / 146] 0.52 Nóvember 834 [510 / 324] 1.59 518 [313 / 205] 0.99 316 [197 / 119] 0.60

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 increase [dom/for] 17 34 [26/8] 22 [14/8 ] 12 [12/0] 16 38 [20/18] 19 [12/7 ] 19 [8/11] 15 48 [32/16] 23 [13/10 ] 25 [19/6] 14 17 [3/14] 18 [9/9 ] -1 [-6/5] 13 22 [9/13] 17 [9/8 ] 5 [0/5] 12 30 [8/22] 20 [13/7 ] 10 [-5/15] 11 41 [20/21] 15 [11/4 ] 26 [9/17] 10 27 [14/13] 16 [11/5 ] 11 [3/8] 09 38 [22/16] 19 [11/8 ] 19 [11/8] 08 72 [24/48] 34 [26/8 ] 38 [-2/40] 07 20 [5/15] 13 [7/6 ] 7 [-2/9] 06 27 [10/17] 17 [9/8 ] 10 [1/9] 05 52 [10/42] 14 [10/4 ] 38 [0/38] 04 49 [29/20] 12 [4/8 ] 37 [25/12] 03 64 [33/31] 26 [17/9 ] 38 [16/22] 02 39 [19/20] 33 [21/12 ] 6 [-2/8] 1. Júlí 100 [23/77] 32 [17/15 ] 68 [6/62] 30 15 [3/12] 19 [9/10 ] -4 [-6/2] 29 55 [9/46] 20 [9/11 ] 35 [0/35] 28 82 [18/64] 16 [11/5 ] 66 [7/59] 27 37 [20/17] 24 [19/5 ] 13 [1/12] 26 33 [19/14] 22 [18/4 ] 11 [1/10] 25 32 [13/19] 27 [16/11 ] 5 [-3/8] 24 40 [20/20] 26 [15/11 ] 14 [5/9] 23 23 [7/16] 21 [13/8 ] 2 [-6/8] 22 14 [5/9] 12 [2/10 ] 2 [3/-1] 21 37 [19/18] 14 [8/6 ] 23 [11/12] 20 33 [16/17] 34 [27/7 ] -1 [-11/10] 19 36 [18/18] 23 [12/11 ] 13 [6/7] 18 34 [26/8] 14 [11/3 ] 20 [15/5] 17 12 [2/10] 22 [12/10 ] -10 [-10/0] Samtals 1201 [502/699] 644 [396/248] 557 [106/451]

Domain administration

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

New Registrations

registered deleted net change 2019 7130 4785 2345 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

registered /IDN Júní 916 31 Maí 1078 49 Apríl 1549 43 Mars 971 50 Febrúar 922 33 2019 Janúar 976 48 Desember 666 39 Nóvember 801 35 Október 949 51 September 770 35 Ágúst 803 33 Júlí 734 43 Júní 787 26 Maí 969 51 Apríl 993 52 Mars 1027 56 Febrúar 967 47 2018 Janúar 981 52 Desember 801 37 Nóvember 834 36 Október 836 34 September 851 38 Ágúst 735 30 Júlí 695 32

Deleted domains

deleted Júní 719 Maí 769 Apríl 809 Mars 775 Febrúar 714 2019 Janúar 649 Desember 639 Nóvember 644 Október 743 September 616 Ágúst 702 Júlí 568 Júní 644 Maí 1288 Apríl 710 Mars 511 Febrúar 480 2018 Janúar 775 Desember 523 Nóvember 518 Október 594 September 724 Ágúst 616 Júlí 502

Registration changes

changed Júní 1096 Maí 1395 Apríl 2953 Mars 1050 Febrúar 1092 2019 Janúar 1124 Desember 829 Nóvember 1189 Október 1183 September 1170 Ágúst 1401 Júlí 1178 Júní 1362 Maí 1872 Apríl 1942 Mars 1822 Febrúar 1576 2018 Janúar 2193 Desember 1586 Nóvember 1808 Október 1432 September 1942 Ágúst 1638 Júlí 1467

Domains put on hold

on hold Júní 920 Maí 1202 Apríl 1166 Mars 1296 Febrúar 1059 2019 Janúar 1193 Desember 837 Nóvember 1003 Október 1050 September 1046 Ágúst 896 Júlí 872 Júní 804 Maí 1038 Apríl 1225 Mars 788 Febrúar 795 2018 Janúar 804 Desember 544 Nóvember 711 Október 859 September 707 Ágúst 881 Júlí 792

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

reactivated Júní 424 Maí 554 Apríl 480 Mars 590 Febrúar 506 2019 Janúar 465 Desember 406 Nóvember 514 Október 466 September 451 Ágúst 402 Júlí 325 Júní 391 Maí 486 Apríl 520 Mars 329 Febrúar 287 2018 Janúar 269 Desember 230 Nóvember 269 Október 343 September 290 Ágúst 318 Júlí 263

Transferred domains (from one registrant to another)

transferred Júní 187 Maí 251 Apríl 187 Mars 182 Febrúar 316 2019 Janúar 324 Desember 209 Nóvember 248 Október 219 September 325 Ágúst 186 Júlí 126 Júní 189 Maí 207 Apríl 198 Mars 234 Febrúar 263 2018 Janúar 333 Desember 182 Nóvember 189 Október 166 September 226 Ágúst 344 Júlí 268

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

signed Júní 2220 Maí 2195 Apríl 2184 Mars 2180 Febrúar 2175 2019 Janúar 2150 Desember 2113 Nóvember 2101 Október 2026 September 1955 Ágúst 1932 Júlí 1910 Júní 1900 Maí 1863 Apríl 1875 Mars 1868 Febrúar 1799 2018 Janúar 1746 Desember 1732 Nóvember 1706 Október 1683 September 1673 Ágúst 1648 Júlí 1633

Parked and forwarded domains

parked forwarded Júlí 13182 6990 Júní 13151 6949 Maí 13051 6893 Apríl 12844 6872 Mars 12770 6826 Febrúar 12626 6816 2019 Janúar 12601 6764 Desember 12553 6732 Nóvember 12579 6681 Október 12435 6681 September 12431 6628 Ágúst 12351 6595 Júlí 12326 6541 Júní 12296 6432 Maí 12209 6341 Apríl 12078 6288 Mars 11932 6189 Febrúar 11849 6076 2018 Janúar 11741 6006 Desember 11556 5947 Nóvember 11411 5733 Október 11333 5718 September 11231 5696 Ágúst 11142 5692

Renewals for two or more years.

1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years Júní 3893 31 4 5 4 Maí 4791 38 6 1 8 Apríl 4656 19 8 2 4 Mars 5392 35 5 5 8 Febrúar 5008 29 8 3 4 2019 Janúar 5785 34 7 7 5 Desember 4379 15 9 2 6 Nóvember 4651 28 10 5 6 Október 4877 28 4 1 4 September 4705 29 5 6 5 Ágúst 4519 17 10 3 3 Júlí 3679 15 10 1 4 Júní 3837 27 7 1 5 Maí 4364 44 5 3 5 Apríl 3830 22 2 0 3 Mars 5184 33 4 4 2 Febrúar 4770 30 3 3 5 2018 Janúar 5350 21 6 1 0 Desember 4374 21 7 1 3 Nóvember 4625 37 3 3 4 Október 4680 33 3 1 2 September 4711 30 6 1 2 Ágúst 4428 19 4 1 3 Júlí 3730 12 3 0 0

Number of nameserver registrations

registered nameservers Júní 107 Maí 168 Apríl 187 Mars 110 Febrúar 130 2019 Janúar 132 Desember 94 Nóvember 139 Október 124 September 98 Ágúst 133 Júlí 120 Júní 141 Maí 101 Apríl 130 Mars 176 Febrúar 118 2018 Janúar 149 Desember 129 Nóvember 204 Október 63 September 91 Ágúst 56 Júlí 101

Domain names

length number length number length number length number 1 46 2 1012 3 4382 4 4783 5 5917 6 6760 7 6550 8 6649 9 6400 10 5766 11 4890 12 3671 13 2914 14 2280 15 1729 16 1334 17 913 18 681 19 509 20 338 21 230 22 140 23 101 24 69 25 47 26 30 27 17 28 11 29 10 30 9 31 4 32 4 33 1 34 2 37 2 38 1 39 2 40 1

letter number letter number letter number letter number 0 35 1 294 2 116 3 103 4 81 5 44 6 35 7 30 8 36 9 30 a 4170 á 63 b 4318 c 2328 d 2160 ð 1 e 2467 é 5 f 3591 g 3211 h 4598 i 3248 í 99 j 1156 k 2766 l 3245 m 3674 n 2389 o 1485 ó 24 p 2577 q 160 r 2836 s 7478 t 3571 u 848 ú 31 v 2873 w 966 x 244 y 339 ý 2 z 300 þ 115 æ 18 ö 45

Registrant residency

registrant country of residence numer of domains IS 48853 US 5765 NO 1781 DE 1713 GB 1645 SE 954 CA 693 DK 675 NL 557 CH 543 FR 426 BZ 413 AU 299 IT 262 ES 214 AT 194 CZ 174 CN 164 RU 157 BE 155

Domestic registrants in more detail ..

postal code number of domains 101 Reykjavík 4953 105 Reykjavík 4778 108 Reykjavík 3606 110 Reykjavík 3083 104 Reykjavík 2519 200 Kópavogi 2514 210 Garðabæ 2089 220 Hafnarfirði 2057 112 Reykjavík 1792 201 Kópavogi 1732 270 Mosfellsbæ 1287 600 Akureyri 1225 109 Reykjavík 1184 221 Hafnarfirði 1152 203 Kópavogi 1041 107 Reykjavík 1004 113 Reykjavík 885 230 Reykjanesbæ 777 800 Selfossi 752 170 Seltjarnarnesi 628

city/county number of domains Reykjavík 25287 Kópavogi 5294 Hafnarfirði 3232 Garðabæ 2455 Akureyri 1801 Reykjanesbæ 1386 Mosfellsbæ 1365 Selfossi 1167 Seltjarnarnesi 634 Borgarnesi 401 Akranesi 399 Egilsstöðum 298 Grindavík 263 Höfn í Hornafirði 261 Húsavík 259 Vestmannaeyjum 247 Ísafirði 240 Sauðárkróki 230 Hveragerði 212 Hellu 198

Companies hosting .IS domains

Percentage of .IS domains hosted by the largest hosting companies:

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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