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 12380 70426 2018 7502 58046 2017 6345 50544 2016 5462 44199 2015 5046 38737 2014 4379 33691 2013 4057 29312 2012 3513 25255 2011 2896 21742 2010 2839 18846 2009 2629 16007 2008 2126 13378 2007 1845 11252 2006 1467 9407 2005 1452 7940 2004 1108 6488 2003 1006 5380 2002 975 4374 2001 933 3399 2000 980 2466 1999 595 1486 1998 437 891 1997 272 454 1996 84 182 1995 56 98

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

year registered total 2019 547 3694 2018 379 3147 2017 299 2768 2016 253 2469 2015 203 2216 2014 275 2013 2013 201 1738 2012 211 1537 2011 145 1326 2010 179 1181 2009 189 1002 2008 191 813 2007 196 622 2006 102 426 2005 278 324 2004 46 46

Number of active domains by registration month

domestic foreign reg. total % reg. total % Desember 437 49935 70.90 398 20494 29.10 Nóvember 630 49498 71.12 388 20096 28.88 Október 632 48868 71.26 399 19708 28.74 September 637 48236 71.41 474 19309 28.59 Ágúst 514 47599 71.65 448 18835 28.35 Júlí 524 47085 71.92 657 18387 28.08 Júní 430 46561 72.42 473 17730 27.58 Maí 506 46131 72.78 560 17257 27.22 Apríl 577 45625 73.21 920 16697 26.79 Mars 610 45048 74.06 318 15777 25.94 Febrúar 567 44438 74.19 344 15459 25.81 2019 Janúar 617 43871 74.38 320 15115 25.62 Desember 352 43254 74.51 284 14795 25.49 Nóvember 405 42902 74.73 191 14511 25.27 Október 508 42497 74.80 205 14320 25.20 September 394 41989 74.84 169 14115 25.16 Ágúst 341 41595 74.89 213 13946 25.11 Júlí 330 41254 75.03 182 13733 24.97 Júní 356 40924 75.12 220 13551 24.88 Maí 426 40568 75.27 229 13331 24.73 Apríl 443 40142 75.39 226 13102 24.61 Mars 478 39699 75.51 196 12876 24.49 Febrúar 453 39221 75.57 228 12680 24.43 2018 Janúar 436 38768 75.69 237 12452 24.31

Domains registered to individuals

registered total Desember 274 20286 Nóvember 374 20012 Október 391 19638 September 388 19247 Ágúst 328 18859 Júlí 343 18531 Júní 250 18188 Maí 294 17938 Apríl 358 17644 Mars 378 17286 Febrúar 321 16908 2019 Janúar 380 16587 Desember 221 16207 Nóvember 223 15986 Október 281 15763 September 203 15482 Ágúst 191 15279 Júlí 172 15088 Júní 183 14916 Maí 206 14733 Apríl 236 14527 Mars 255 14291 Febrúar 233 14036 2018 Janúar 252 13803

Age-distribution of domestic registrants

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

age (years) number 90-100 4 80-90 49 70-80 638 60-70 2428 50-60 4489 40-50 5717 30-40 5216 20-30 1702 10-20 43 0-10 0 Mean age 46,9

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 0 937 5341 02 0 911 5251 03 0 928 5617 04 0 1497 4899 05 0 1066 4938 06 0 903 4260 07 0 1181 3808 08 0 962 4291 09 0 1111 4809 10 0 1031 5191 11 0 1018 5030 12 0 835 4614

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 5 26-27 6 25-26 12 24-25 56 23-24 86 22-23 270 21-22 442 20-21 612 19-20 976 18-19 925 17-18 969 16-17 1004 15-16 1109 14-15 1456 13-14 1473 12-13 1847 11-12 2115 10-11 2628 9-10 2839 8-9 2907 7-8 3499 6-7 4063 5-6 4378 4-5 5044 3-4 5459 2-3 6345 1-2 7502 0-1 12380 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] % Desember 834 [440 / 394] 1.18 712 [418 / 294] 1.01 122 [22 / 100] 0.17 Nóvember 1019 [627 / 392] 1.46 683 [443 / 240] 0.98 336 [184 / 152] 0.48 Október 1029 [634 / 395] 1.50 671 [429 / 242] 0.98 358 [205 / 153] 0.52 September 1085 [624 / 461] 1.61 595 [384 / 211] 0.88 490 [240 / 250] 0.73 Ágúst 962 [522 / 440] 1.45 634 [392 / 242] 0.95 328 [130 / 198] 0.49 Júlí 1197 [537 / 660] 1.83 620 [374 / 246] 0.95 577 [163 / 414] 0.88 Júní 916 [436 / 480] 1.42 719 [430 / 289] 1.12 197 [6 / 191] 0.31 Maí 1078 [519 / 559] 1.70 769 [438 / 331] 1.21 309 [81 / 228] 0.49 Apríl 1549 [589 / 960] 2.49 809 [503 / 306] 1.30 740 [86 / 654] 1.19 Mars 971 [615 / 356] 1.60 775 [495 / 280] 1.27 196 [120 / 76] 0.32 Febrúar 922 [577 / 345] 1.54 714 [449 / 265] 1.19 208 [128 / 80] 0.35 2019 Janúar 976 [649 / 327] 1.65 649 [407 / 242] 1.10 327 [242 / 85] 0.55 Desember 666 [375 / 291] 1.15 639 [370 / 269] 1.10 27 [5 / 22] 0.05 Nóvember 801 [515 / 286] 1.40 644 [406 / 238] 1.12 157 [109 / 48] 0.27 Október 949 [639 / 310] 1.67 743 [479 / 264] 1.31 206 [160 / 46] 0.36 September 770 [504 / 266] 1.37 616 [390 / 226] 1.10 154 [114 / 40] 0.27 Ágúst 803 [469 / 334] 1.45 702 [374 / 328] 1.26 101 [95 / 6] 0.18 Júlí 734 [437 / 297] 1.33 568 [327 / 241] 1.03 166 [110 / 56] 0.30 Júní 787 [455 / 332] 1.44 644 [329 / 315] 1.18 143 [126 / 17] 0.26 Maí 969 [610 / 359] 1.80 1288 [715 / 573] 2.39 -319 [-105 / -214] -0.59

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] 16. Jan 42 [28/14] 25 [16/9 ] 17 [12/5] 15. Jan 44 [33/11] 17 [7/10 ] 27 [26/1] 14. Jan 32 [20/12] 32 [17/15 ] 0 [3/-3] 13. Jan 47 [30/17] 19 [12/7 ] 28 [18/10] 12. Jan 19 [11/8] 23 [14/9 ] -4 [-3/-1] 11. Jan 22 [15/7] 14 [8/6 ] 8 [7/1] 10. Jan 29 [20/9] 22 [12/10 ] 7 [8/-1] 09. Jan 44 [28/16] 20 [15/5 ] 24 [13/11] 08. Jan 57 [32/25] 46 [40/6 ] 11 [-8/19] 07. Jan 37 [25/12] 33 [23/10 ] 4 [2/2] 06. Jan 20 [17/3] 24 [19/5 ] -4 [-2/-2] 05. Jan 21 [15/6] 14 [7/7 ] 7 [8/-1] 04. Jan 18 [11/7] 17 [13/4 ] 1 [-2/3] 03. Jan 40 [27/13] 21 [17/4 ] 19 [10/9] 02. Jan 34 [20/14] 48 [36/12 ] -14 [-16/2] 01. Jan 14 [6/8] 19 [12/7 ] -5 [-6/1] 31. Dec 26 [8/18] 18 [11/7 ] 8 [-3/11] 30. Dec 27 [19/8] 22 [14/8 ] 5 [5/0] 29. Dec 19 [11/8] 16 [7/9 ] 3 [4/-1] 28. Dec 14 [2/12] 16 [10/6 ] -2 [-8/6] 27. Dec 27 [18/9] 22 [16/6 ] 5 [2/3] 26. Dec 25 [10/15] 27 [15/12 ] -2 [-5/3] 25. Dec 9 [1/8] 19 [8/11 ] -10 [-7/-3] 24. Dec 13 [3/10] 13 [7/6 ] 0 [-4/4] 23. Dec 30 [9/21] 23 [16/7 ] 7 [-7/14] 22. Dec 9 [2/7] 8 [5/3 ] 1 [-3/4] 21. Dec 10 [2/8] 17 [9/8 ] -7 [-7/0] 20. Dec 34 [12/22] 23 [12/11 ] 11 [0/11] 19. Dec 29 [11/18] 21 [12/9 ] 8 [-1/9] 18. Dec 19 [12/7] 18 [10/8 ] 1 [2/-1] 17. Dec 39 [26/13] 23 [15/8 ] 16 [11/5] Total     850 [484/366] 680 [435/245] 170 [49/121]

Domain administration

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

New Registrations

registered deleted net change 2020 520 394 126 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 Desember 834 43 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

Deleted domains

deleted Desember 712 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

Registration changes

changed Desember 1131 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

Domains put on hold

on hold Desember 845 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

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

reactivated Desember 391 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

Transferred domains (from one registrant to another)

transferred Desember 191 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

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

signed Desember 2317 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

Parked and forwarded domains

parked forwarded 2020 Janúar 13804 7359 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

Renewals for two or more years.

1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years Desember 4568 13 8 3 4 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

Number of nameserver registrations

registered nameservers Desember 873 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

Domain names

length number length number length number length number 1 45 2 1060 3 4558 4 4976 5 6149 6 6978 7 6756 8 6875 9 6616 10 5962 11 4996 12 3755 13 2998 14 2343 15 1768 16 1377 17 946 18 690 19 528 20 342 21 234 22 152 23 104 24 70 25 48 26 31 27 21 28 13 29 12 30 8 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 1 296 2 128 3 110 4 79 5 48 6 34 7 40 8 40 9 31 a 4297 á 65 b 4475 c 2449 d 2220 e 2583 é 4 f 3717 g 3294 h 4705 i 3286 í 97 j 1201 k 2830 l 3316 m 3812 n 2466 o 1530 ó 26 p 2688 q 166 r 2962 s 7713 t 3701 u 869 ú 32 v 2960 w 1009 x 249 y 349 ý 2 z 313 þ 129 æ 18 ö 53

Registrant residency

registrant country of residence numer of domains IS 49794 US 6106 DE 1782 NO 1779 GB 1721 SE 1019 CA 798 CH 767 DK 687 NL 585 FR 442 BZ 386 AU 311 IT 276 ES 229 AT 197 CN 193 CZ 184 BE 165 RU 163

Domestic registrants in more detail ..

postal code number of domains 101 Reykjavík 4922 105 Reykjavík 4854 108 Reykjavík 3638 110 Reykjavík 3177 104 Reykjavík 2590 200 Kópavogi 2517 210 Garðabæ 2147 220 Hafnarfirði 2091 112 Reykjavík 1841 201 Kópavogi 1691 270 Mosfellsbæ 1358 221 Hafnarfirði 1216 600 Akureyri 1212 109 Reykjavík 1149 203 Kópavogi 1100 107 Reykjavík 1024 113 Reykjavík 916 800 Selfossi 778 230 Reykjanesbæ 765 103 Reykjavík 634

city/county number of domains Reykjavík 25755 Kópavogi 5315 Hafnarfirði 3330 Garðabæ 2555 Akureyri 1810 Mosfellsbæ 1457 Reykjanesbæ 1425 Selfossi 1212 Seltjarnarnesi 628 Akranesi 415 Borgarnesi 404 Egilsstöðum 301 Grindavík 274 Höfn í Hornafirði 260 Ísafirði 255 Húsavík 253 Vestmannaeyjum 244 Sauðárkróki 231 Hveragerði 228 Hellu 192

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 14.99  |  21 t.is 0.55 2 cloudflare.com 3.99  |  22 markmonitor.com 0.51 3 hysingar.is 2.18  |  23 awsdns.com 0.50 4 registrar-servers.com 2.13  |  24 azure-dns.com 0.49 5 hyp.net 2.09  |  25 eurodns.com 0.49 6 simnet.is 1.79  |  26 vortex.is 0.45 7 x.is 1.52  |  27 dg.is 0.45 8 hysing.is 1.42  |  28 dreamhost.com 0.44 9 c.is 1.35  |  29 digitalocean.com 0.43 10 vist.is 1.29  |  30 awsdns.net 0.43 11 netvistun.is 1.12  |  31 awsdns.org 0.43 12 wixdns.net 1.00  |  32 nethonnun.is 0.42 13 xnet.is 0.89  |  33 reykjavik.is 0.40 14 101domain.com 0.78  |  34 udag.org 0.40 15 opex.is 0.75  |  35 dacoda.is 0.39 16 cscdns.net 0.74  |  36 smartmedia.is 0.38 17 stefna.is 0.70  |  37 okhysing.is 0.38 18 midja.is 0.66  |  38 trademarkarea.com 0.38 19 thekking.is 0.65  |  39 instradns.com 0.37 20 iwantmyname.net 0.58  |  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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