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
2025	12939	91783
2024	8745	78844
2023	7448	70099
2022	6198	62651
2021	6170	56453
2020	5752	50283
2019	4684	44531
2018	3756	39847
2017	3586	36091
2016	3224	32505
2015	3139	29281
2014	2972	26142
2013	2812	23170
2012	2450	20358
2011	2163	17908
2010	2218	15745
2009	2046	13527
2008	1725	11481
2007	1479	9756
2006	1231	8277
2005	1237	7046
2004	961	5809
2003	875	4848
2002	867	3973
2001	837	3106

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	644	33698
May	673	33054
April	661	32381
March	735	31720
February	635	30985
2026 January	659	30350
December	492	29691
November	508	29199
October	568	28691
September	513	28123
August	441	27610
July	399	27169
June	408	26770
May	344	26362
April	355	26018
March	384	25663
February	363	25279
2025 January	367	24916
December	258	24549
November	331	24291
October	333	23960
September	351	23627
August	305	23276
July	272	22971

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

month	this year	last year	older
01	1678	927	6959
02	1626	858	6491
03	1950	926	7038
04	1644	858	6439
05	1629	767	6330
06	1633	1072	5998
07	0	1150	5550
08	0	1240	6234
09	0	1282	7261
10	0	1391	7453
11	0	1293	7196
12	0	1175	5901

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

age (years)	number
30-31	54
29-30	154
28-29	343
27-28	490
26-27	766
25-26	895
24-25	812
23-24	883
22-23	875
21-22	1196
20-21	1134
19-20	1342
18-19	1566
17-18	1981
16-17	2039
15-16	2256
14-15	2359
13-14	2677
12-13	2942
11-12	2979
10-11	3150
9-10	3465
8-9	3652
7-8	4082
6-7	5158
5-6	6075
4-5	6085
3-4	6597
2-3	8303
1-2	9885
0-1	17691
Mean age	7.6

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]
06. Jul	55	[34/21]	98	[48/50 ]	-43	[-14/-29]
05. Jul	42	[30/12]	1	[1/0 ]	41	[29/12]
04. Jul	34	[17/17]	1	[1/0 ]	33	[16/17]
03. Jul	42	[24/18]	31	[12/19 ]	11	[12/-1]
02. Jul	55	[37/18]	83	[36/47 ]	-28	[1/-29]
01. Jul	59	[36/23]	6	[5/1 ]	53	[31/22]
30. Jun	56	[38/18]	5	[5/0 ]	51	[33/18]
29. Jun	63	[39/24]	89	[40/49 ]	-26	[-1/-25]
28. Jun	27	[15/12]	1	[1/0 ]	26	[14/12]
27. Jun	42	[22/20]	2	[2/0 ]	40	[20/20]
26. Jun	51	[31/20]	113	[46/67 ]	-62	[-15/-47]
25. Jun	46	[20/26]	4	[4/0 ]	42	[16/26]
24. Jun	77	[27/50]	4	[4/0 ]	73	[23/50]
23. Jun	84	[33/51]	7	[7/0 ]	77	[26/51]
22. Jun	65	[26/39]	89	[42/47 ]	-24	[-16/-8]
21. Jun	24	[11/13]	0	[0/0 ]	24	[11/13]
20. Jun	36	[17/19]	4	[4/0 ]	32	[13/19]
19. Jun	74	[31/43]	29	[12/17 ]	45	[19/26]
18. Jun	69	[34/35]	79	[42/37 ]	-10	[-8/-2]
17. Jun	62	[25/37]	0	[0/0 ]	62	[25/37]
16. Jun	69	[28/41]	2	[2/0 ]	67	[26/41]
15. Jun	53	[24/29]	79	[36/43 ]	-26	[-12/-14]
14. Jun	26	[17/9]	0	[0/0 ]	26	[17/9]
13. Jun	26	[14/12]	0	[0/0 ]	26	[14/12]
12. Jun	61	[19/42]	39	[14/25 ]	22	[5/17]
11. Jun	71	[34/37]	174	[50/124 ]	-103	[-16/-87]
10. Jun	56	[39/17]	10	[10/0 ]	46	[29/17]
09. Jun	55	[36/19]	7	[7/0 ]	48	[29/19]
08. Jun	99	[39/60]	79	[36/43 ]	20	[3/17]
07. Jun	32	[24/8]	0	[0/0 ]	32	[24/8]
06. Jun	48	[25/23]	0	[0/0 ]	48	[25/23]
Total	1659	[846/813]	1036	[467/569]	623	[379/244]

When domain has been purged and is available for registration.

	deleted
June	1036
May	970
April	1121
March	1187
February	1045
2026 January	1129
December	1133
November	983
October	969
September	948
August	741
July	878
June	863
May	1072
April	950
March	930
February	880
2025 January	787
December	834
November	822
October	810
September	825
August	761
July	739

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

	changed
June	2176
May	2226
April	2168
March	3211
February	2258
2026 January	2256
December	1504
November	1853
October	1872
September	1660
August	1675
July	1869
June	1509
May	1573
April	1714
March	1683
February	1665
2025 January	1746
December	1564
November	1978
October	1705
September	1704
August	1407
July	1242

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	1370
May	1373
April	1520
March	1683
February	1577
2026 January	1675
December	1308
November	1476
October	1344
September	1305
August	1272
July	1020
June	1190
May	1258
April	1415
March	1460
February	1229
2025 January	1302
December	1011
November	1072
October	1133
September	1142
August	1158
July	1009

Domains can be put on hold temporarily. This is the number of reactivated domains.

	reactivated
June	516
May	476
April	677
March	645
February	659
2026 January	580
December	441
November	480
October	541
September	523
August	479
July	356
June	479
May	535
April	488
March	521
February	470
2025 January	515
December	356
November	372
October	437
September	478
August	394
July	364

Number of domains transferred from one registrant to another.

	transferred
June	252
May	279
April	298
March	361
February	293
2026 January	279
December	300
November	267
October	321
September	345
August	232
July	240
June	296
May	219
April	298
March	349
February	268
2025 January	368
December	278
November	262
October	376
September	285
August	205
July	203

Number of domains signed using DNSSEC.

	signed
June	3630
May	3623
April	3582
March	3557
February	3529
2026 January	3532
December	3517
November	3500
October	3479
September	3453
August	3438
July	3412
June	3395
May	3382
April	3360
March	3332
February	3312
2025 January	3302
December	3249
November	3244
October	3219
September	3196
August	3179
July	3167

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

	parked	ISNIC DNS Hosting
Júlí	21485	13618
Júní	21452	13484
Maí	21426	13423
Apríl	21343	13334
Mars	21222	13225
Febrúar	21112	13143
2026 Janúar	21053	13134
Desember	20968	13081
Nóvember	21089	13038
Október	21011	12975
September	20920	12965
Ágúst	20883	12980
Júlí	20835	12935
Júní	20767	12895
Maí	20658	12869
Apríl	20594	12821
Mars	20459	12767
Febrúar	20383	12674
2025 Janúar	20237	12551
Desember	20175	12506
Nóvember	20149	12406
Október	20064	12283
September	19987	12168
Ágúst	19955	12078

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	5920	40	14	4	15
May	6299	36	9	8	16
April	6831	42	8	6	19
March	7655	73	21	12	18
February	7052	43	9	11	9
2026 January	7961	59	13	11	11
December	6309	52	15	9	12
November	6185	53	17	5	12
October	6739	50	16	5	21
September	7093	55	13	8	17
August	6668	52	15	1	20
July	5674	36	9	7	12
June	5537	40	9	9	15
May	6367	40	11	8	11
April	6613	44	8	10	18
March	7338	38	10	7	15
February	6712	48	15	6	18
2025 January	7680	62	14	5	20
December	6242	47	12	4	6
November	6295	26	13	2	15
October	7048	52	7	13	10
September	6817	52	3	9	20
August	6617	39	17	5	24
July	5669	36	11	3	8

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	1247	3	6240	4	7307
5	9001	6	10194	7	9929	8	10232
9	9797	10	8678	11	7225	12	5558
13	4228	14	3386	15	2544	16	1929
17	1323	18	919	19	723	20	503
21	297	22	212	23	135	24	108
25	61	26	39	27	27	28	15
29	15	30	9	31	10	32	4
33	1	34	3	37	1	38	1
40	1	41	1

Postal code

postal code	number of domains
105 Reykjavík	6019
101 Reykjavík	5843
110 Reykjavík	4468
108 Reykjavík	4370
210 Garðabæ	4004
200 Kópavogi	3670
104 Reykjavík	3386
220 Hafnarfirði	2942
201 Kópavogi	2941
112 Reykjavík	2434
221 Hafnarfirði	2236
270 Mosfellsbæ	2225
600 Akureyri	1743
203 Kópavogi	1677
800 Selfossi	1537
109 Reykjavík	1382
113 Reykjavík	1364
107 Reykjavík	1352
230 Reykjanesbæ	1236
102 Reykjavík	1030

Towns

town/county	number of domains
Reykjavík	33404
Kópavogi	8297
Hafnarfirði	5205
Garðabæ	4547
Akureyri	2715
Reykjanesbæ	2341
Mosfellsbæ	2332
Selfossi	2167
Seltjarnarnesi	989
Akranesi	788
Egilsstöðum	478
Hveragerði	451
Borgarnesi	441
Vestmannaeyjum	375
Ísafirði	359
Grindavík	334
Húsavík	327
Sauðárkróki	316
Hellu	309
Hvolsvelli	280

Percentage of .IS domains with primary nameserver in domain of the largest hosting companies.

Rank	Hosting Company	share (%)	|	Rank	Hosting Company	share (%)
1	cloudflare.com	14.16	|	21	simnet.is	0.44
2	1984.is	11.45	|	22	awsdns.com	0.44
3	registrar-servers.com	5.66	|	23	awsdns.net	0.43
4	wixdns.net	1.83	|	24	thekking.is	0.41
5	hyp.net	1.31	|	25	wordpress.com	0.40
6	netvistun.is	1.20	|	26	okhysing.is	0.40
7	vist.is	1.19	|	27	googledomains.com	0.38
8	hysingar.is	1.18	|	28	awsdns.co.uk	0.38
9	hysing.is	0.79	|	29	microsoftonline.com	0.37
10	azure-dns.com	0.73	|	30	eurodns.com	0.36
11	xnet.is	0.63	|	31	digitalocean.com	0.36
12	vercel-dns.com	0.59	|	32	101domain.com	0.34
13	c.is	0.59	|	33	t.is	0.31
14	cscdns.net	0.56	|	34	dreamhost.com	0.30
15	dns-parking.com	0.55	|	35	vortex.is	0.30
16	siteground.net	0.54	|	36	snerpa.is	0.27
17	markmonitor.com	0.52	|	37	reykjavik.is	0.26
18	stefna.is	0.49	|	38	midja.is	0.25
19	awsdns.org	0.48	|	39	trademarkarea.com	0.24
20	nsone.net	0.47	|	40	netim.net	0.24

See past years.

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: