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 2018 10301 66231 2017 7837 55930 2016 6476 48093 2015 5717 41617 2014 4891 35900 2013 4441 31009 2012 3815 26568 2011 3147 22753 2010 3010 19606 2009 2761 16596 2008 2226 13835 2007 1944 11609 2006 1533 9665 2005 1500 8132 2004 1136 6632 2003 1032 5496 2002 1003 4464 2001 949 3461 2000 1003 2512 1999 605 1509 1998 443 904 1997 277 461 1996 85 184 1995 57 99 1994 12 42

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

year registered total 2019 2 3509 2018 499 3507 2017 349 3008 2016 294 2659 2015 224 2365 2014 296 2141 2013 223 1845 2012 223 1622 2011 166 1399 2010 189 1233 2009 196 1044 2008 200 848 2007 204 648 2006 109 444 2005 289 335 2004 46 46

Number of active domains by registration month

domestic foreign reg. total % reg. total % Desember 378 48430 73.12 289 17804 26.88 Nóvember 514 48052 73.29 282 17515 26.71 Október 643 47538 73.39 302 17233 26.61 September 496 46895 73.47 263 16931 26.53 Ágúst 468 46399 73.57 325 16668 26.43 Júlí 435 45931 73.76 292 16343 26.24 Júní 454 45496 73.92 331 16051 26.08 Maí 604 45042 74.13 357 15720 25.87 Apríl 627 44438 74.31 347 15363 25.69 Mars 666 43811 74.47 346 15016 25.53 Febrúar 625 43145 74.63 327 14670 25.37 2018 Janúar 571 42520 74.78 359 14343 25.22 Desember 427 41949 75.00 343 13984 25.00 Nóvember 426 41522 75.27 236 13641 24.73 Október 430 41096 75.40 192 13405 24.60 September 421 40666 75.48 176 13213 24.52 Ágúst 336 40245 75.53 176 13037 24.47 Júlí 289 39909 75.63 188 12861 24.37 Júní 348 39620 75.77 211 12673 24.23 Maí 467 39272 75.91 227 12462 24.09 Apríl 422 38805 76.03 240 12235 23.97 Mars 555 38383 76.19 239 11995 23.81 Febrúar 517 37828 76.29 221 11756 23.71 2017 Janúar 506 37311 76.38 244 11535 23.62

Domains registered to individuals

registered total Desember 246 19163 Nóvember 306 18917 Október 378 18611 September 295 18233 Ágúst 275 17938 Júlí 240 17663 Júní 264 17423 Maí 332 17159 Apríl 394 16827 Mars 400 16433 Febrúar 363 16033 2018 Janúar 347 15670 Desember 238 15323 Nóvember 229 15085 Október 198 14856 September 211 14658 Ágúst 175 14447 Júlí 159 14272 Júní 170 14113 Maí 226 13943 Apríl 230 13717 Mars 263 13487 Febrúar 241 13224 2017 Janúar 240 12983

Age-distribution of domestic registrants

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

age (years) number 90-100 3 80-90 47 70-80 528 60-70 2174 50-60 4256 40-50 5306 30-40 5068 20-30 1747 10-20 34 0-10 0 Mean age 46,4

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 0 930 5189 02 0 952 5014 03 0 1012 5462 04 0 974 4670 05 0 961 4762 06 0 785 4023 07 0 727 3638 08 0 793 4101 09 0 759 4683 10 0 945 4964 11 0 796 4899 12 0 667 4528

Domain Age Distribution

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

age (years) number 30-31 1 29-30 4 28-29 11 27-28 4 26-27 5 25-26 6 24-25 12 23-24 58 22-23 87 21-22 274 20-21 451 19-20 622 18-19 996 17-18 942 16-17 996 15-16 1032 14-15 1145 13-14 1512 12-13 1538 11-12 1935 10-11 2212 9-10 2769 8-9 3013 7-8 3153 6-7 3808 5-6 4449 4-5 4893 3-4 5703 2-3 6482 1-2 7838 0-1 10281 Mean age 6,1

Net number of new domains per month

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

new [dom/for] % deleted [dom/for] % net change [dom/for] % 2019 Janúar 11 [9 / 2] 0.02 22 [12 / 10] 0.03 -11 [-3 / -8] -0.02 Desember 666 [375 / 291] 1.02 639 [370 / 269] 0.97 27 [5 / 22] 0.04 Nóvember 801 [515 / 286] 1.24 644 [406 / 238] 0.99 157 [109 / 48] 0.24 Október 949 [639 / 310] 1.49 743 [479 / 264] 1.16 206 [160 / 46] 0.32 September 770 [504 / 266] 1.22 616 [390 / 226] 0.98 154 [114 / 40] 0.24 Ágúst 803 [469 / 334] 1.29 702 [374 / 328] 1.13 101 [95 / 6] 0.16 Júlí 734 [437 / 297] 1.19 568 [327 / 241] 0.92 166 [110 / 56] 0.27 Júní 787 [455 / 332] 1.30 644 [329 / 315] 1.06 143 [126 / 17] 0.24 Maí 969 [610 / 359] 1.62 1288 [715 / 573] 2.15 -319 [-105 / -214] -0.53 Apríl 993 [636 / 357] 1.69 710 [411 / 299] 1.21 283 [225 / 58] 0.48 Mars 1027 [680 / 347] 1.78 511 [296 / 215] 0.88 516 [384 / 132] 0.89 Febrúar 967 [637 / 330] 1.70 480 [307 / 173] 0.84 487 [330 / 157] 0.86 2018 Janúar 981 [612 / 369] 1.75 775 [463 / 312] 1.39 206 [149 / 57] 0.37 Desember 801 [452 / 349] 1.45 523 [320 / 203] 0.95 278 [132 / 146] 0.50 Nóvember 834 [510 / 324] 1.53 518 [313 / 205] 0.95 316 [197 / 119] 0.58 Október 836 [533 / 303] 1.55 594 [266 / 328] 1.10 242 [267 / -25] 0.45 September 851 [554 / 297] 1.60 724 [308 / 416] 1.36 127 [246 / -119] 0.24 Ágúst 735 [455 / 280] 1.39 616 [366 / 250] 1.17 119 [89 / 30] 0.23 Júlí 695 [382 / 313] 1.33 502 [279 / 223] 0.96 193 [103 / 90] 0.37 Júní 758 [449 / 309] 1.47 538 [307 / 231] 1.04 220 [142 / 78] 0.43

Number of new domains by registration day

Red is total new registrations, blue is the number of domains deleted on that date.

registered [dom/for] deleted [dom/for] net increase [dom/for] 20 11 [4/7] 14 [5/9 ] -3 [-1/-2] 19 9 [7/2] 17 [10/7 ] -8 [-3/-5] 18 25 [19/6] 12 [10/2 ] 13 [9/4] 17 34 [17/17] 21 [11/10 ] 13 [6/7] 16 38 [29/9] 21 [12/9 ] 17 [17/0] 15 35 [28/7] 16 [13/3 ] 19 [15/4] 14 48 [35/13] 29 [22/7 ] 19 [13/6] 13 15 [11/4] 19 [14/5 ] -4 [-3/-1] 12 21 [13/8] 16 [6/10 ] 5 [7/-2] 11 41 [33/8] 15 [10/5 ] 26 [23/3] 10 30 [16/14] 19 [11/8 ] 11 [5/6] 09 36 [26/10] 21 [16/5 ] 15 [10/5] 08 36 [25/11] 21 [12/9 ] 15 [13/2] 07 41 [26/15] 33 [16/17 ] 8 [10/-2] 06 33 [21/12] 25 [15/10 ] 8 [6/2] 05 11 [6/5] 19 [10/9 ] -8 [-4/-4] 04 38 [21/17] 35 [30/5 ] 3 [-9/12] 03 49 [33/16] 34 [23/11 ] 15 [10/5] 02 31 [19/12] 60 [39/21 ] -29 [-20/-9] 2019 1. Janúar 11 [9/2] 22 [12/10 ] -11 [-3/-8] 31 12 [7/5] 28 [12/16 ] -16 [-5/-11] 30 13 [8/5] 19 [11/8 ] -6 [-3/-3] 29 19 [16/3] 16 [12/4 ] 3 [4/-1] 28 21 [15/6] 15 [10/5 ] 6 [5/1] 27 14 [8/6] 17 [12/5 ] -3 [-4/1] 26 10 [4/6] 18 [13/5 ] -8 [-9/1] 25 8 [3/5] 15 [7/8 ] -7 [-4/-3] 24 6 [1/5] 18 [13/5 ] -12 [-12/0] 23 10 [6/4] 14 [4/10 ] -4 [2/-6] 22 11 [7/4] 17 [8/9 ] -6 [-1/-5] 21 21 [13/8] 16 [9/7 ] 5 [4/1] Samtals 738 [486/252] 662 [408/254] 76 [78/-2]

Domain administration

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

New Registrations

registered deleted net change 2019 593 469 124 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 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 Júní 758 34 Maí 976 44 Apríl 878 27 Mars 1061 43 Febrúar 998 40 2017 Janúar 995 35

Deleted domains

deleted 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 Júní 538 Maí 699 Apríl 494 Mars 549 Febrúar 496 2017 Janúar 600

Registration changes

changed 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 Júní 1417 Maí 1468 Apríl 1299 Mars 1815 Febrúar 1797 2017 Janúar 1690

Domains put on hold

on hold 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 Júní 737 Maí 862 Apríl 624 Mars 817 Febrúar 683 2017 Janúar 758

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

reactivated 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 Júní 303 Maí 289 Apríl 233 Mars 327 Febrúar 244 2017 Janúar 270

Transferred domains (from one registrant to another)

transferred 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 Júní 210 Maí 237 Apríl 130 Mars 290 Febrúar 281 2017 Janúar 245

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

signed 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 Júní 1607 Maí 1604 Apríl 1576 Mars 254 Febrúar 247 2017 Janúar 224

Parked and forwarded domains

parked forwarded 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 Júlí 11109 5622 Júní 11050 5560 Maí 10954 5449 Apríl 10845 5353 Mars 10747 5281 Febrúar 10628 5168

Renewals for two or more years.

1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years 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 Júní 3945 4 2 1 1 Maí 4285 8 2 2 3 Apríl 4180 10 1 1 4 Mars 4979 15 5 4 3 Febrúar 4463 5 5 2 1 2017 Janúar 4987 15 3 0 2

Number of nameserver registrations

registered nameservers 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 Júní 87 Maí 85 Apríl 63 Mars 86 Febrúar 109 2017 Janúar 71

Domain names

length number length number length number length number 1 46 2 989 3 4175 4 4609 5 5716 6 6551 7 6313 8 6425 9 6252 10 5588 11 4756 12 3573 13 2842 14 2247 15 1704 16 1320 17 918 18 665 19 505 20 345 21 236 22 140 23 107 24 72 25 49 26 28 27 17 28 9 29 10 30 10 31 4 32 5 33 1 34 2 37 1 38 1 39 2 40 1

letter number letter number letter number letter number 0 26 1 276 2 107 3 109 4 82 5 41 6 35 7 32 8 36 9 28 a 4070 á 60 b 4265 c 2213 d 2099 ð 1 e 2368 é 7 f 3481 g 3163 h 4501 i 3191 í 99 j 1136 k 2608 l 3128 m 3561 n 2325 o 1437 ó 26 p 2459 q 150 r 2741 s 7251 t 3492 u 841 ú 31 v 2788 w 916 x 248 y 325 ý 2 z 299 þ 116 æ 20 ö 44

Registrant residency

registrant country of residence numer of domains IS 48238 US 5349 NO 1758 DE 1670 GB 1541 SE 903 DK 658 NL 538 CH 477 CA 444 BZ 434 FR 388 AU 297 IT 260 ES 204 AT 189 CZ 183 RU 168 FI 134 BE 127

Domestic registrants in more detail ..

postal code number of domains 101 Reykjavík 4958 105 Reykjavík 4656 108 Reykjavík 3593 110 Reykjavík 3078 104 Reykjavík 2509 200 Kópavogi 2456 210 Garðabæ 2087 220 Hafnarfirði 2027 201 Kópavogi 1789 112 Reykjavík 1756 600 Akureyri 1260 270 Mosfellsbæ 1220 109 Reykjavík 1141 221 Hafnarfirði 1111 107 Reykjavík 992 203 Kópavogi 986 113 Reykjavík 853 230 Reykjanesbæ 750 800 Selfossi 708 170 Seltjarnarnesi 618

city/county number of domains Reykjavík 25026 Kópavogi 5239 Hafnarfirði 3159 Garðabæ 2107 Akureyri 1808 Mosfellsbæ 1299 Reykjanesbæ 1290 Selfossi 1123 Seltjarnarnesi 624 Akranesi 396 Borgarnesi 390 Garðabær 337 Egilsstöðum 284 Húsavík 274 Grindavík 268 Höfn í Hornafirði 256 Ísafirði 252 Vestmannaeyjum 239 Sauðárkróki 220 Hveragerði 211

Companies hosting .IS domains

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

Rank Hosting Company share (%)  |  Rank Hosting Company share (%) 1 1984.is 15.62  |  21 dg.is 0.56 2 cloudflare.com 3.33  |  22 vortex.is 0.51 3 hysingar.is 2.27  |  23 eurodns.com 0.51 4 simnet.is 2.24  |  24 dreamhost.com 0.50 5 hyp.net 2.22  |  25 dnsimple.com 0.50 6 x.is 1.78  |  26 smartmedia.is 0.49 7 hysing.is 1.51  |  27 nethonnun.is 0.48 8 c.is 1.51  |  28 markmonitor.com 0.48 9 vist.is 1.28  |  29 udag.org 0.45 10 netvistun.is 1.24  |  30 awsdns.com 0.45 11 opex.is 1.00  |  31 instradns.com 0.45 12 101domain.com 0.90  |  32 dacoda.is 0.44 13 xnet.is 0.87  |  33 reykjavik.is 0.43 14 stefna.is 0.75  |  34 snerpa.is 0.41 15 thekking.is 0.72  |  35 awsdns.net 0.41 16 iwantmyname.net 0.69  |  36 awsdns.org 0.40 17 midja.is 0.69  |  37 digitalocean.com 0.40 18 wixdns.net 0.62  |  38 trademarkarea.com 0.39 19 t.is 0.61  |  39 wordpress.com 0.38 20 cscdns.net 0.58  |  40 vefhysing.is 0.38

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:

Internet á Íslandi hf / Maríus Ólafsson
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