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 11588 70308 2018 7725 58720 2017 6477 50995 2016 5540 44518 2015 5091 38978 2014 4430 33887 2013 4079 29457 2012 3533 25378 2011 2922 21845 2010 2857 18923 2009 2637 16066 2008 2144 13429 2007 1857 11285 2006 1472 9428 2005 1454 7956 2004 1109 6502 2003 1010 5393 2002 979 4383 2001 935 3404 2000 981 2469 1999 596 1488 1998 437 892 1997 273 455 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 391 3174 2017 302 2783 2016 254 2481 2015 203 2227 2014 276 2024 2013 201 1748 2012 212 1547 2011 147 1335 2010 182 1188 2009 189 1006 2008 194 817 2007 197 623 2006 102 426 2005 278 324 2004 46 46

Number of active domains by registration month

domestic foreign reg. total % reg. total % Nóvember 630 49920 71.00 391 20391 29.00 Október 633 49290 71.14 399 20000 28.86 September 637 48657 71.28 477 19601 28.72 Ágúst 514 48020 71.52 448 19124 28.48 Júlí 524 47506 71.78 657 18676 28.22 Júní 431 46982 72.28 475 18019 27.72 Maí 506 46551 72.63 560 17544 27.37 Apríl 577 46045 73.05 922 16984 26.95 Mars 610 45468 73.90 327 16062 26.10 Febrúar 571 44858 74.03 347 15735 25.97 2019 Janúar 631 44287 74.21 321 15388 25.79 Desember 356 43656 74.34 285 15067 25.66 Nóvember 489 43300 74.55 281 14782 25.45 Október 530 42811 74.70 211 14501 25.30 September 393 42281 74.74 170 14290 25.26 Ágúst 343 41888 74.79 213 14120 25.21 Júlí 330 41545 74.92 182 13907 25.08 Júní 356 41215 75.02 222 13725 24.98 Maí 427 40859 75.16 230 13503 24.84 Apríl 443 40432 75.29 229 13273 24.71 Mars 480 39989 75.40 197 13044 24.60 Febrúar 453 39509 75.46 229 12847 24.54 2018 Janúar 440 39056 75.58 236 12618 24.42 Desember 327 38616 75.72 226 12382 24.28

Domains registered to individuals

registered total Nóvember 380 20297 Október 392 19917 September 393 19525 Ágúst 328 19132 Júlí 344 18804 Júní 252 18460 Maí 303 18208 Apríl 359 17905 Mars 381 17546 Febrúar 323 17165 2019 Janúar 392 16842 Desember 226 16450 Nóvember 284 16224 Október 299 15940 September 203 15641 Ágúst 191 15438 Júlí 173 15247 Júní 183 15074 Maí 208 14891 Apríl 236 14683 Mars 256 14447 Febrúar 234 14191 2018 Janúar 256 13957 Desember 177 13701

Age-distribution of domestic registrants

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

age (years) number 90-100 3 80-90 41 70-80 529 60-70 2160 50-60 4324 40-50 5715 30-40 5401 20-30 2052 10-20 72 0-10 0 Mean age 45,9

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 01 952 676 4692 02 918 682 4590 03 937 677 4954 04 1499 672 4234 05 1066 657 4288 06 906 578 3686 07 1181 512 3299 08 962 556 3737 09 1114 563 4251 10 1032 741 4508 11 1021 770 4771 12 0 641 3988

Domain Age Distribution

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

age (years) number 30-31 4 29-30 10 28-29 5 27-28 4 26-27 6 25-26 12 24-25 50 23-24 84 22-23 259 21-22 421 20-21 585 19-20 963 18-19 958 17-18 986 16-17 999 15-16 1053 14-15 1470 13-14 1453 12-13 1837 11-12 2110 10-11 2605 9-10 2809 8-9 2935 7-8 3519 6-7 4032 5-6 4419 4-5 5034 3-4 5412 2-3 6408 1-2 7639 0-1 12227 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] % Nóvember 1019 [627 / 392] 1.45 683 [443 / 240] 0.97 336 [184 / 152] 0.48 Október 1029 [634 / 395] 1.49 671 [429 / 242] 0.97 358 [205 / 153] 0.52 September 1085 [624 / 461] 1.59 595 [384 / 211] 0.87 490 [240 / 250] 0.72 Ágúst 962 [522 / 440] 1.43 634 [392 / 242] 0.94 328 [130 / 198] 0.49 Júlí 1197 [537 / 660] 1.81 620 [374 / 246] 0.94 577 [163 / 414] 0.87 Júní 916 [436 / 480] 1.41 719 [430 / 289] 1.11 197 [6 / 191] 0.30 Maí 1078 [519 / 559] 1.68 769 [438 / 331] 1.20 309 [81 / 228] 0.48 Apríl 1549 [589 / 960] 2.46 809 [503 / 306] 1.28 740 [86 / 654] 1.17 Mars 971 [615 / 356] 1.58 775 [495 / 280] 1.26 196 [120 / 76] 0.32 Febrúar 922 [577 / 345] 1.52 714 [449 / 265] 1.18 208 [128 / 80] 0.34 2019 Janúar 976 [649 / 327] 1.64 649 [407 / 242] 1.09 327 [242 / 85] 0.55 Desember 666 [375 / 291] 1.13 639 [370 / 269] 1.09 27 [5 / 22] 0.05 Nóvember 801 [515 / 286] 1.38 644 [406 / 238] 1.11 157 [109 / 48] 0.27 Október 949 [639 / 310] 1.66 743 [479 / 264] 1.30 206 [160 / 46] 0.36 September 770 [504 / 266] 1.36 616 [390 / 226] 1.09 154 [114 / 40] 0.27 Ágúst 803 [469 / 334] 1.43 702 [374 / 328] 1.25 101 [95 / 6] 0.18 Júlí 734 [437 / 297] 1.32 568 [327 / 241] 1.02 166 [110 / 56] 0.30 Júní 787 [455 / 332] 1.43 644 [329 / 315] 1.17 143 [126 / 17] 0.26 Maí 969 [610 / 359] 1.78 1288 [715 / 573] 2.37 -319 [-105 / -214] -0.59 Apríl 993 [636 / 357] 1.85 710 [411 / 299] 1.32 283 [225 / 58] 0.53

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] 05. Dec 52 [37/15] 15 [9/6 ] 37 [28/9] 04. Dec 34 [17/17] 33 [23/10 ] 1 [-6/7] 03. Dec 26 [13/13] 15 [6/9 ] 11 [7/4] 02. Dec 50 [34/16] 32 [26/6 ] 18 [8/10] 01. Dec 39 [25/14] 43 [34/9 ] -4 [-9/5] 30. Nov 9 [4/5] 21 [13/8 ] -12 [-9/-3] 29. Nov 26 [16/10] 18 [11/7 ] 8 [5/3] 28. Nov 45 [23/22] 23 [13/10 ] 22 [10/12] 27. Nov 43 [30/13] 29 [23/6 ] 14 [7/7] 26. Nov 36 [19/17] 27 [20/7 ] 9 [-1/10] 25. Nov 45 [27/18] 25 [11/14 ] 20 [16/4] 24. Nov 16 [8/8] 21 [11/10 ] -5 [-3/-2] 23. Nov 22 [9/13] 20 [10/10 ] 2 [-1/3] 22. Nov 35 [24/11] 23 [11/12 ] 12 [13/-1] 21. Nov 46 [32/14] 28 [19/9 ] 18 [13/5] 20. Nov 40 [22/18] 20 [10/10 ] 20 [12/8] 19. Nov 37 [27/10] 13 [8/5 ] 24 [19/5] 18. Nov 38 [18/20] 26 [19/7 ] 12 [-1/13] 17. Nov 20 [11/9] 25 [17/8 ] -5 [-6/1] 16. Nov 21 [13/8] 19 [15/4 ] 2 [-2/4] 15. Nov 38 [26/12] 21 [15/6 ] 17 [11/6] 14. Nov 32 [12/20] 25 [16/9 ] 7 [-4/11] 13. Nov 47 [33/14] 28 [16/12 ] 19 [17/2] 12. Nov 40 [31/9] 22 [17/5 ] 18 [14/4] 11. Nov 42 [26/16] 34 [23/11 ] 8 [3/5] 10. Nov 31 [19/12] 25 [17/8 ] 6 [2/4] 09. Nov 18 [9/9] 15 [6/9 ] 3 [3/0] 08. Nov 27 [17/10] 19 [16/3 ] 8 [1/7] 07. Nov 39 [33/6] 23 [18/5 ] 16 [15/1] 06. Nov 54 [40/14] 19 [12/7 ] 35 [28/7] 05. Nov 42 [24/18] 24 [15/9 ] 18 [9/9] Total     1090 [679/411] 731 [480/251] 359 [199/160]

Domain administration

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

New Registrations

registered deleted net change 2019 11949 7800 4149 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 Nóvember 1019 60 Október 1029 36 September 1128 66 Ágúst 962 70 Júlí 1197 36 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

Deleted domains

deleted Nóvember 683 Október 671 September 619 Ágúst 634 Júlí 620 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

Registration changes

changed Nóvember 1381 Október 1252 September 1166 Ágúst 1265 Júlí 1350 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

Domains put on hold

on hold Nóvember 973 Október 1065 September 1004 Ágúst 987 Júlí 847 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

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

reactivated Nóvember 436 Október 515 September 490 Ágúst 456 Júlí 415 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

Transferred domains (from one registrant to another)

transferred Nóvember 229 Október 264 September 308 Ágúst 289 Júlí 245 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

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

signed Nóvember 2310 Október 2303 September 2254 Ágúst 2252 Júlí 2242 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

Parked and forwarded domains

parked forwarded Desember 13760 7319 Nóvember 13678 7234 Október 13611 7138 September 13448 7099 Ágúst 13419 7063 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

Renewals for two or more years.

1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years Nóvember 4488 50 5 2 0 Október 5246 19 6 3 2 September 4887 32 4 2 4 Ágúst 4698 25 10 2 6 Júlí 3948 41 16 4 3 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

Number of nameserver registrations

registered nameservers Nóvember 87 Október 158 September 99 Ágúst 188 Júlí 133 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

Domain names

length number length number length number length number 1 45 2 1052 3 4551 4 4973 5 6115 6 6960 7 6757 8 6868 9 6589 10 5932 11 5014 12 3750 13 2990 14 2343 15 1770 16 1377 17 949 18 696 19 525 20 342 21 234 22 153 23 104 24 69 25 49 26 32 27 20 28 13 29 12 30 9 31 4 32 5 33 1 34 2 37 2 38 1 39 2 40 1

letter number letter number letter number letter number 0 37 1 297 2 123 3 108 4 78 5 47 6 34 7 39 8 40 9 30 a 4297 á 66 b 4469 c 2446 d 2222 e 2582 é 4 f 3703 g 3273 h 4710 i 3296 í 97 j 1195 k 2831 l 3312 m 3807 n 2475 o 1528 ó 26 p 2677 q 167 r 2940 s 7691 t 3704 u 869 ú 32 v 2945 w 1004 x 251 y 348 ý 2 z 312 þ 127 æ 18 ö 52

Registrant residency

registrant country of residence numer of domains IS 49777 US 6097 NO 1790 DE 1776 GB 1710 SE 1006 CA 785 CH 740 DK 700 NL 590 FR 441 BZ 381 AU 313 IT 273 ES 227 AT 198 CN 191 CZ 179 BE 165 RU 161

Domestic registrants in more detail ..

postal code number of domains 101 Reykjavík 5047 105 Reykjavík 4812 108 Reykjavík 3644 110 Reykjavík 3210 104 Reykjavík 2589 200 Kópavogi 2483 210 Garðabæ 2139 220 Hafnarfirði 2122 112 Reykjavík 1825 201 Kópavogi 1693 270 Mosfellsbæ 1364 600 Akureyri 1207 221 Hafnarfirði 1205 109 Reykjavík 1154 203 Kópavogi 1090 107 Reykjavík 1025 113 Reykjavík 911 800 Selfossi 783 230 Reykjanesbæ 771 170 Seltjarnarnesi 637

city/county number of domains Reykjavík 25745 Kópavogi 5273 Hafnarfirði 3350 Garðabæ 2546 Akureyri 1805 Mosfellsbæ 1463 Reykjanesbæ 1420 Selfossi 1217 Seltjarnarnesi 643 Borgarnesi 409 Akranesi 401 Egilsstöðum 301 Grindavík 273 Höfn í Hornafirði 260 Ísafirði 256 Húsavík 255 Vestmannaeyjum 249 Hveragerði 233 Sauðárkróki 230 Hellu 196

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 15.02  |  21 t.is 0.55 2 cloudflare.com 3.93  |  22 markmonitor.com 0.51 3 hysingar.is 2.21  |  23 awsdns.com 0.51 4 hyp.net 2.12  |  24 eurodns.com 0.49 5 registrar-servers.com 2.00  |  25 azure-dns.com 0.49 6 simnet.is 1.80  |  26 vortex.is 0.46 7 x.is 1.53  |  27 dg.is 0.45 8 hysing.is 1.43  |  28 dreamhost.com 0.44 9 c.is 1.36  |  29 awsdns.net 0.43 10 vist.is 1.29  |  30 digitalocean.com 0.43 11 netvistun.is 1.15  |  31 awsdns.org 0.43 12 wixdns.net 0.99  |  32 nethonnun.is 0.42 13 xnet.is 0.89  |  33 reykjavik.is 0.40 14 101domain.com 0.77  |  34 udag.org 0.40 15 opex.is 0.76  |  35 dacoda.is 0.39 16 cscdns.net 0.73  |  36 smartmedia.is 0.39 17 stefna.is 0.70  |  37 okhysing.is 0.38 18 thekking.is 0.65  |  38 instradns.com 0.38 19 midja.is 0.65  |  39 trademarkarea.com 0.37 20 iwantmyname.net 0.59  |  40 snerpa.is 0.36

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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