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
2022	12880	85533
2021	10474	72653
2020	8683	62179
2019	6545	53496
2018	4985	46951
2017	4542	41966
2016	4023	37424
2015	3857	33401
2014	3558	29544
2013	3327	25986
2012	2923	22659
2011	2473	19736
2010	2502	17263
2009	2316	14761
2008	1917	12445
2007	1681	10528
2006	1342	8847
2005	1356	7505
2004	1023	6149
2003	946	5126
2002	924	4180
2001	894	3256
2000	926	2362
1999	571	1436
1998	423	865

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
2022	550	4478
2021	470	3928
2020	489	3458
2019	325	2969
2018	263	2644
2017	235	2381
2016	199	2146
2015	165	1947
2014	251	1782
2013	175	1531
2012	167	1356
2011	108	1189
2010	159	1081
2009	168	922
2008	176	754
2007	188	578
2006	92	390
2005	256	298
2004	42	42

Number of active domains by registration month in regard to kennitalas

	domestic			foreign
	reg.	total	%	reg.	total	%
2023 January	712	59757	68.88	510	26998	31.12
December	445	59045	69.03	453	26488	30.97
November	612	58600	69.24	534	26035	30.76
October	597	57988	69.46	445	25501	30.54
September	636	57391	69.61	435	25056	30.39
August	641	56755	69.74	526	24621	30.26
July	445	56114	69.96	380	24095	30.04
June	469	55669	70.13	423	23715	29.87
May	518	55200	70.33	445	23292	29.67
April	502	54682	70.53	439	22847	29.47
March	636	54180	70.74	690	22408	29.26
February	660	53544	71.14	551	21718	28.86
2022 January	741	52884	71.42	657	21167	28.58
December	428	52143	71.77	342	20510	28.23
November	489	51715	71.94	413	20168	28.06
October	558	51226	72.17	432	19755	27.83
September	527	50668	72.39	396	19323	27.61
August	458	50141	72.60	346	18927	27.40
July	398	49683	72.78	254	18581	27.22
June	509	49285	72.89	266	18327	27.11
May	536	48776	72.98	359	18061	27.02
April	595	48240	73.16	292	17702	26.84
March	660	47645	73.24	315	17410	26.76
February	581	46985	73.32	387	17095	26.68

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
2023 January	456	26205
December	285	25749
November	375	25464
October	350	25089
September	405	24739
August	363	24334
July	279	23971
June	304	23692
May	325	23388
April	327	23063
March	395	22736
February	373	22341
2022 January	466	21968
December	246	21502
November	267	21256
October	322	20989
September	240	20667
August	283	20427
July	225	20144
June	294	19919
May	292	19625
April	372	19333
March	385	18961
February	315	18576

Age-distribution of registrants, Icelandic individuals

age (years)	number
90-100	8
80-90	85
70-80	972
60-70	3241
50-60	6316
40-50	7580
30-40	6057
20-30	1856
10-20	90
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	1222	1398	6462
02	0	1211	6313
03	0	1326	6807
04	0	941	6387
05	0	963	6292
06	0	892	5284
07	0	825	4844
08	0	1167	5499
09	0	1071	6229
10	0	1042	6732
11	0	1146	6417
12	0	898	5393

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	7
28-29	10
27-28	62
26-27	88
25-26	284
24-25	454
23-24	622
22-23	946
21-22	895
20-21	890
19-20	966
18-19	1037
17-18	1364
16-17	1408
15-16	1659
14-15	1925
13-14	2352
12-13	2517
11-12	2532
10-11	2931
9-10	3319
8-9	3665
7-8	3872
6-7	4081
5-6	4554
4-5	5036
3-4	6661
2-3	8954
1-2	10940
0-1	12703
Mean age	6.8

Net number of new domains per month

	new	[dom/for]	%	deleted	[dom/for]	%	net change	[dom/for]	%
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
Mars.	1372	[650 / 722]	1.63	787	[464 / 323]	0.93	585	[186 / 399]	0.69
Febrúar.	1262	[704 / 558]	1.51	653	[363 / 290]	0.78	609	[341 / 268]	0.73
2022 Janúar.	1464	[785 / 679]	1.76	691	[353 / 338]	0.83	773	[432 / 341]	0.93
Desember.	1180	[553 / 627]	1.43	685	[392 / 293]	0.83	495	[161 / 334]	0.60
Nóvember.	1332	[638 / 694]	1.63	692	[422 / 270]	0.85	640	[216 / 424]	0.78
Október.	1421	[689 / 732]	1.75	664	[406 / 258]	0.82	757	[283 / 474]	0.93
September.	1293	[659 / 634]	1.61	613	[332 / 281]	0.76	680	[327 / 353]	0.85
Ágúst.	1119	[568 / 551]	1.40	765	[329 / 436]	0.96	354	[239 / 115]	0.44
Júlí.	955	[506 / 449]	1.20	642	[297 / 345]	0.81	313	[209 / 104]	0.39
Júní.	1103	[650 / 453]	1.40	817	[504 / 313]	1.03	286	[146 / 140]	0.36

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]
03. Feb	47	[27/20]	25	[9/16 ]	22	[18/4]
02. Feb	55	[30/25]	26	[16/10 ]	29	[14/15]
01. Feb	38	[27/11]	26	[9/17 ]	12	[18/-6]
31. Jan	53	[30/23]	31	[17/14 ]	22	[13/9]
30. Jan	41	[20/21]	16	[12/4 ]	25	[8/17]
29. Jan	27	[18/9]	23	[5/18 ]	4	[13/-9]
28. Jan	22	[17/5]	19	[9/10 ]	3	[8/-5]
27. Jan	46	[32/14]	24	[8/16 ]	22	[24/-2]
26. Jan	36	[21/15]	16	[10/6 ]	20	[11/9]
25. Jan	38	[21/17]	10	[3/7 ]	28	[18/10]
24. Jan	28	[20/8]	25	[16/9 ]	3	[4/-1]
23. Jan	37	[24/13]	43	[20/23 ]	-6	[4/-10]
22. Jan	33	[21/12]	14	[6/8 ]	19	[15/4]
21. Jan	31	[22/9]	27	[6/21 ]	4	[16/-12]
20. Jan	36	[21/15]	28	[13/15 ]	8	[8/0]
19. Jan	41	[26/15]	26	[13/13 ]	15	[13/2]
18. Jan	53	[41/12]	30	[15/15 ]	23	[26/-3]
17. Jan	52	[34/18]	25	[11/14 ]	27	[23/4]
16. Jan	41	[24/17]	42	[11/31 ]	-1	[13/-14]
15. Jan	30	[13/17]	23	[12/11 ]	7	[1/6]
14. Jan	18	[8/10]	44	[26/18 ]	-26	[-18/-8]
13. Jan	52	[28/24]	26	[13/13 ]	26	[15/11]
12. Jan	37	[24/13]	29	[13/16 ]	8	[11/-3]
11. Jan	44	[29/15]	35	[19/16 ]	9	[10/-1]
10. Jan	67	[33/34]	42	[21/21 ]	25	[12/13]
09. Jan	48	[24/24]	35	[22/13 ]	13	[2/11]
08. Jan	34	[22/12]	36	[12/24 ]	-2	[10/-12]
07. Jan	33	[22/11]	21	[6/15 ]	12	[16/-4]
06. Jan	46	[24/22]	25	[16/9 ]	21	[8/13]
05. Jan	41	[25/16]	19	[10/9 ]	22	[15/7]
04. Jan	46	[32/14]	34	[17/17 ]	12	[15/-3]
Total	1251	[760/491]	845	[396/449]	406	[364/42]

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

New Registrations per year

	registered	deleted	net change
2023	1367	962	405
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
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
November	1332	48
October	1421	49
September	1293	44
August	1119	44
July	955	40
June	1103	31
May	1282	48
April	1242	44
March	1318	74
February	1306	61

Deleted domains

When domain has been purged and is available for registration.

	deleted
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
November	692
October	664
September	613
August	765
July	642
June	817
May	819
April	659
March	742
February	549

Registration changes

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

	changed
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
November	1664
October	1474
September	1414
August	1182
July	1106
June	1306
May	1590
April	1502
March	1641
February	1338

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
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
November	1019
October	1057
September	1021
August	977
July	1023
June	974
May	1302
April	1270
March	1063
February	963

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

	reactivated
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
November	417
October	452
September	494
August	437
July	404
June	453
May	474
April	527
March	493
February	420

Transferred domains

Number of domains transferred from one registrant to another.

	transferred
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
November	152
October	225
September	402
August	226
July	155
June	188
May	230
April	242
March	276
February	303

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

Number of domains signed using DNSSEC.

	signed
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
November	2779
October	2744
September	2731
August	2700
July	2664
June	2656
May	2629
April	2595
March	2544
February	2516

Domains using ISNIC's nameservers

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

	parked	ISNIC DNS Hosting
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
Desember	18183	9529
Nóvember	17885	9447
Október	17470	9355
September	17175	9233
Ágúst	16874	9183
Júlí	16721	9156
Júní	16451	8919
Maí	16388	8911
Apríl	16110	8839
Mars	15961	8755

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
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
November	5603	39	8	1	7
October	6134	31	4	1	11
September	5975	26	11	9	6
August	5463	41	12	7	6
July	4685	22	1	2	1
June	4347	33	9	8	7
May	5133	37	3	0	6
April	5356	33	5	5	2
March	6518	18	6	5	4
February	5869	23	2	1	0

Number of nameserver registrations

	registered nameservers
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
November	132
October	143
September	131
August	102
July	101
June	96
May	103
April	130
March	146
February	97

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	45	2	1162	3	5743	4	6277
5	7641	6	8664	7	8465	8	8634
9	8293	10	7359	11	6094	12	4665
13	3529	14	2814	15	2109	16	1623
17	1108	18	766	19	579	20	410
21	255	22	172	23	116	24	81
25	53	26	31	27	24	28	10
29	12	30	9	31	4	32	3
33	1	34	4	35	1	36	1
37	1	38	1	39	1	40	1

First character of a domain name

letter	number	letter	number	letter	number	letter	number
0	57	1	392	2	181	3	154
4	106	5	68	6	59	7	57
8	62	9	38	a	5252	á	78
b	5594	c	3067	d	2770	ð	1
e	3110	é	7	f	4470	g	4007
h	5745	i	3743	í	106	j	1467
k	3455	l	4086	m	4962	n	2924
o	1893	ó	32	p	3330	q	230
r	3549	s	9663	t	4514	u	1089
ú	38	v	3737	w	1227	x	313
y	447	ý	1	z	419	þ	159
æ	25	ö	77

Following is information about recidency of registrants

Country

registrant country of residence	numer of domains
IS	59825
US	8801
DE	2218
GB	2070
NO	2061
SE	1165
CA	1052
DK	715
NL	673
CH	588
FR	586
FI	437
AU	434
BZ	401
IN	393
IT	362
ES	335
CN	258
AT	229
BG	218

Domestic registrants in more detail

Postal code

postal code	number of domains
105 Reykjavík	5644
101 Reykjavík	5395
108 Reykjavík	3825
110 Reykjavík	3734
104 Reykjavík	3073
210 Garðabæ	3059
200 Kópavogi	2999
220 Hafnarfirði	2510
201 Kópavogi	2177
112 Reykjavík	2119
270 Mosfellsbæ	1855
221 Hafnarfirði	1579
600 Akureyri	1496
203 Kópavogi	1373
109 Reykjavík	1249
107 Reykjavík	1156
800 Selfossi	1115
113 Reykjavík	1053
230 Reykjanesbæ	970
103 Reykjavík	768

Towns

town/county	number of domains
Reykjavík	29729
Kópavogi	6560
Hafnarfirði	4111
Garðabæ	3495
Akureyri	2173
Mosfellsbæ	1975
Reykjanesbæ	1900
Selfossi	1627
Seltjarnarnesi	739
Akranesi	605
Grindavík	447
Borgarnesi	435
Egilsstöðum	360
Hveragerði	337
Vestmannaeyjum	308
Ísafirði	295
Húsavík	294
Höfn í Hornafirði	287
Sauðárkróki	272
Hellu	254

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	13.34	\|	21	awsdns.net	0.48
2	cloudflare.com	7.28	\|	22	awsdns.org	0.47
3	registrar-servers.com	3.89	\|	23	awsdns.com	0.46
4	hyp.net	1.85	\|	24	thekking.is	0.46
5	hysingar.is	1.79	\|	25	digitalocean.com	0.45
6	wixdns.net	1.72	\|	26	t.is	0.43
7	vist.is	1.66	\|	27	eurodns.com	0.42
8	netvistun.is	1.03	\|	28	googledomains.com	0.42
9	hysing.is	0.99	\|	29	awsdns.co.uk	0.40
10	c.is	0.89	\|	30	microsoftonline.com	0.39
11	x.is	0.86	\|	31	wordpress.com	0.39
12	xnet.is	0.81	\|	32	dreamhost.com	0.38
13	azure-dns.com	0.79	\|	33	vortex.is	0.37
14	simnet.is	0.69	\|	34	parkingcrew.net	0.37
15	cscdns.net	0.69	\|	35	iwantmyname.net	0.36
16	siteground.net	0.61	\|	36	dan.com	0.36
17	stefna.is	0.59	\|	37	snerpa.is	0.34
18	midja.is	0.56	\|	38	reykjavik.is	0.33
19	101domain.com	0.52	\|	39	okhysing.is	0.32
20	markmonitor.com	0.51	\|	40	trademarkarea.com	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: