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 2021 13582 79480 2020 9839 65898 2019 7247 56059 2018 5352 48812 2017 4787 43460 2016 4289 38673 2015 4068 34384 2014 3700 30316 2013 3448 26616 2012 3035 23168 2011 2557 20133 2010 2575 17576 2009 2374 15001 2008 1963 12627 2007 1705 10664 2006 1360 8959 2005 1377 7599 2004 1043 6222 2003 957 5179 2002 939 4222 2001 900 3283 2000 931 2383 1999 578 1452 1998 428 874 1997 265 446

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

year registered total 2021 553 4162 2020 537 3609 2019 355 3072 2018 277 2717 2017 244 2440 2016 209 2196 2015 168 1987 2014 256 1819 2013 179 1563 2012 174 1384 2011 118 1210 2010 163 1092 2009 169 929 2008 178 760 2007 188 582 2006 93 394 2005 259 301 2004 42 42

Number of active domains by registration month

domestic foreign reg. total % reg. total % April 507 58039 68.70 456 26438 31.30 March 640 57532 68.89 706 25982 31.11 February 692 56892 69.24 555 25276 30.76 2022 January 780 56200 69.45 661 24721 30.55 December 537 55420 69.73 618 24060 30.27 November 616 54883 70.07 686 23442 29.93 October 670 54267 70.46 727 22756 29.54 September 636 53597 70.87 639 22029 29.13 August 542 52961 71.23 546 21390 28.77 July 496 52419 71.55 443 20844 28.45 June 634 51923 71.79 417 20401 28.21 May 661 51289 71.96 594 19984 28.04 April 695 50628 72.31 495 19390 27.69 March 668 49933 72.55 320 18895 27.45 February 599 49265 72.62 386 18575 27.38 2021 January 656 48666 72.79 301 18189 27.21 December 534 48010 72.86 300 17888 27.14 November 634 47476 72.97 276 17588 27.03 October 723 46842 73.01 273 17312 26.99 September 623 46119 73.02 274 17039 26.98 August 528 45496 73.07 255 16765 26.93 July 433 44968 73.14 291 16510 26.86 June 477 44535 73.30 314 16219 26.70 May 644 44058 73.48 306 15905 26.52

Domains registered to individuals

registered total April 338 25373 March 402 25035 February 398 24633 2022 January 498 24235 December 325 23737 November 377 23412 October 415 23035 September 327 22620 August 341 22293 July 302 21952 June 401 21650 May 389 21249 April 441 20860 March 392 20419 February 335 20027 2021 January 418 19692 December 324 19274 November 363 18950 October 432 18587 September 384 18155 August 320 17771 July 289 17451 June 283 17162 May 386 16879

Age-distribution of domestic registrants

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

age (years) number 90-100 6 80-90 81 70-80 872 60-70 2958 50-60 5695 40-50 7376 30-40 6314 20-30 2001 10-20 70 0-10 0 Mean age 47.2

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 1441 957 5586 02 1247 985 5381 03 1346 988 5880 04 963 1190 5878 05 0 1255 5787 06 0 1051 4914 07 0 939 4573 08 0 1088 5073 09 0 1275 5749 10 0 1397 6163 11 0 1302 5926 12 0 1155 4994

Domain Age Distribution

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

age (years) number 30-31 4 29-30 7 28-29 9 27-28 21 26-27 57 25-26 131 24-25 330 23-24 497 22-23 700 21-22 999 20-21 879 19-20 938 18-19 964 17-18 1229 16-17 1307 15-16 1460 14-15 1755 13-14 2168 12-13 2400 11-12 2593 10-11 2777 9-10 3197 8-9 3619 7-8 3732 6-7 4200 5-6 4488 4-5 4897 3-4 5836 2-3 7810 1-2 11006 0-1 14455 Mean age 6.5

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] % 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 Maí. 1282 [695 / 587] 1.63 819 [357 / 462] 1.04 463 [338 / 125] 0.59 Apríl. 1242 [745 / 497] 1.59 659 [385 / 274] 0.84 583 [360 / 223] 0.74 Mars. 1318 [838 / 480] 1.70 742 [441 / 301] 0.95 576 [397 / 179] 0.74 Febrúar. 1306 [759 / 547] 1.69 549 [351 / 198] 0.71 757 [408 / 349] 0.98 2021 Janúar. 1274 [795 / 479] 1.67 577 [288 / 289] 0.76 697 [507 / 190] 0.91 Desember. 1142 [657 / 485] 1.51 632 [342 / 290] 0.84 510 [315 / 195] 0.67 Nóvember. 1251 [814 / 437] 1.66 621 [372 / 249] 0.83 630 [442 / 188] 0.84 Október. 1323 [889 / 434] 1.78 721 [449 / 272] 0.97 602 [440 / 162] 0.81 September. 1188 [787 / 401] 1.61 665 [383 / 282] 0.90 523 [404 / 119] 0.71

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] 18. May 44 [32/12] 36 [16/20 ] 8 [16/-8] 17. May 59 [20/39] 26 [14/12 ] 33 [6/27] 16. May 60 [16/44] 30 [11/19 ] 30 [5/25] 15. May 81 [8/73] 20 [9/11 ] 61 [-1/62] 14. May 16 [6/10] 20 [6/14 ] -4 [0/-4] 13. May 43 [19/24] 20 [10/10 ] 23 [9/14] 12. May 40 [18/22] 22 [11/11 ] 18 [7/11] 11. May 82 [33/49] 42 [20/22 ] 40 [13/27] 10. May 39 [19/20] 16 [9/7 ] 23 [10/13] 09. May 72 [22/50] 29 [11/18 ] 43 [11/32] 08. May 22 [12/10] 29 [12/17 ] -7 [0/-7] 07. May 49 [13/36] 27 [11/16 ] 22 [2/20] 06. May 37 [23/14] 21 [8/13 ] 16 [15/1] 05. May 33 [23/10] 45 [27/18 ] -12 [-4/-8] 04. May 38 [21/17] 17 [9/8 ] 21 [12/9] 03. May 39 [26/13] 30 [16/14 ] 9 [10/-1] 02. May 33 [14/19] 19 [13/6 ] 14 [1/13] 01. May 18 [12/6] 25 [11/14 ] -7 [1/-8] 30. Apr 25 [10/15] 19 [14/5 ] 6 [-4/10] 29. Apr 40 [20/20] 36 [15/21 ] 4 [5/-1] 28. Apr 40 [21/19] 30 [11/19 ] 10 [10/0] 27. Apr 28 [18/10] 27 [15/12 ] 1 [3/-2] 26. Apr 35 [22/13] 21 [12/9 ] 14 [10/4] 25. Apr 30 [17/13] 37 [26/11 ] -7 [-9/2] 24. Apr 19 [10/9] 21 [15/6 ] -2 [-5/3] 23. Apr 24 [20/4] 15 [8/7 ] 9 [12/-3] 22. Apr 35 [28/7] 17 [11/6 ] 18 [17/1] 21. Apr 39 [18/21] 20 [9/11 ] 19 [9/10] 20. Apr 44 [21/23] 30 [18/12 ] 14 [3/11] 19. Apr 51 [33/18] 24 [18/6 ] 27 [15/12] 18. Apr 34 [9/25] 20 [8/12 ] 14 [1/13] Total     1249 [584/665] 791 [404/387] 458 [180/278]

Domain administration

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

New Registrations

registered deleted net change 2022 5868 3330 2538 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

registered /IDN 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 2021 January 1274 74 December 1142 51 November 1251 68 October 1323 67 September 1188 62 August 1055 60 July 1044 59 June 1036 64 May 1425 61

Deleted domains

deleted 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 2021 January 577 December 632 November 621 October 721 September 665 August 778 July 660 June 678 May 880

Registration changes

changed 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 2021 January 1402 December 1284 November 1616 October 1672 September 1534 August 1490 July 1678 June 1623 May 1981

Domains put on hold

on hold 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 2021 January 990 December 848 November 1030 October 1022 September 1012 August 1082 July 1176 June 1002 May 1127

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

reactivated 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 2021 January 450 December 421 November 472 October 422 September 489 August 536 July 511 June 441 May 542

Transferred domains (from one registrant to another)

transferred 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 2021 January 245 December 253 November 250 October 280 September 282 August 278 July 139 June 261 May 259

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

signed 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 2021 January 2486 December 2468 November 2453 October 2417 September 2400 August 2366 July 2341 June 2340 May 2326

Parked and forwarded domains

parked forwarded 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 Febrúar 15640 8670 2021 Janúar 15357 8645 Desember 15059 8550 Nóvember 14875 8258 Október 14657 8142 September 14515 8042 Ágúst 14414 7917 Júlí 14279 7846 Júní 14183 7757

Renewals for two or more years.

1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years 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 2021 January 6237 30 12 5 6 December 4976 26 6 1 3 November 4845 26 7 2 5 October 5556 35 6 2 3 September 5526 30 4 1 2 August 4884 22 8 4 8 July 4219 26 3 1 4 June 4225 24 10 5 4 May 4871 35 10 2 4

Number of nameserver registrations

registered nameservers 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 2021 January 168 December 158 November 140 October 149 September 149 August 140 July 108 June 137 May 138

Domain names

length number length number length number length number 1 46 2 1144 3 5588 4 6129 5 7445 6 8447 7 8310 8 8390 9 8060 10 7141 11 5936 12 4516 13 3450 14 2720 15 2040 16 1571 17 1076 18 748 19 576 20 399 21 241 22 162 23 111 24 75 25 51 26 30 27 24 28 12 29 13 30 10 31 3 32 4 33 2 34 5 35 1 37 1 38 1 39 2 40 2 56 1

letter number letter number letter number letter number 0 49 1 380 2 165 3 146 4 107 5 66 6 56 7 58 8 60 9 36 a 5084 á 72 b 5427 c 3039 d 2698 ð 1 e 3048 é 6 f 4386 g 3886 h 5607 i 3686 í 108 j 1421 k 3323 l 3916 m 4849 n 2893 o 1861 ó 31 p 3264 q 226 r 3441 s 9343 t 4405 u 1059 ú 33 v 3631 w 1191 x 316 y 436 ý 2 z 425 þ 160 æ 21 ö 65

Registrant residency

registrant country of residence numer of domains IS 58060 US 8552 GB 2115 DE 2034 NO 1889 SE 1148 CA 1096 DK 719 CH 688 NL 660 FR 560 AU 423 IN 397 BZ 362 IT 345 KN 313 ES 307 CN 238 AT 224 RU 222

Domestic registrants in more detail ..

postal code number of domains 105 Reykjavík 5439 101 Reykjavík 5337 108 Reykjavík 3895 110 Reykjavík 3633 104 Reykjavík 2972 200 Kópavogi 2932 210 Garðabæ 2909 220 Hafnarfirði 2398 201 Kópavogi 2089 112 Reykjavík 2039 270 Mosfellsbæ 1703 221 Hafnarfirði 1510 600 Akureyri 1424 203 Kópavogi 1377 109 Reykjavík 1223 107 Reykjavík 1174 113 Reykjavík 1087 800 Selfossi 1044 230 Reykjanesbæ 938 103 Reykjavík 770

city/county number of domains Reykjavík 29083 Kópavogi 6409 Hafnarfirði 3944 Garðabæ 3357 Akureyri 2131 Mosfellsbæ 1832 Reykjanesbæ 1831 Selfossi 1542 Seltjarnarnesi 708 Akranesi 533 Grindavík 436 Borgarnesi 418 Egilsstöðum 381 Vestmannaeyjum 300 Ísafirði 295 Hveragerði 286 Húsavík 279 Höfn í Hornafirði 266 Sauðárkróki 263 Hellu 254

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 13.60  |  21 thekking.is 0.48 2 cloudflare.com 6.43  |  22 awsdns.net 0.48 3 registrar-servers.com 3.30  |  23 awsdns.com 0.46 4 hysingar.is 1.81  |  24 awsdns.org 0.46 5 hyp.net 1.79  |  25 digitalocean.com 0.44 6 vist.is 1.73  |  26 eurodns.com 0.43 7 wixdns.net 1.63  |  27 t.is 0.42 8 hysing.is 1.09  |  28 microsoftonline.com 0.40 9 netvistun.is 1.02  |  29 googledomains.com 0.39 10 x.is 0.96  |  30 dreamhost.com 0.39 11 c.is 0.93  |  31 wordpress.com 0.38 12 xnet.is 0.84  |  32 vortex.is 0.38 13 simnet.is 0.75  |  33 iwantmyname.net 0.38 14 azure-dns.com 0.70  |  34 awsdns.co.uk 0.38 15 cscdns.net 0.69  |  35 trademarkarea.com 0.36 16 siteground.net 0.60  |  36 dan.com 0.35 17 stefna.is 0.58  |  37 opex.is 0.34 18 101domain.com 0.57  |  38 okhysing.is 0.34 19 midja.is 0.56  |  39 reykjavik.is 0.33 20 markmonitor.com 0.52  |  40 snerpa.is 0.33

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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