Number of currently active domains by 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.

year	registered	total
2021	12040	75844
2020	9191	63804
2019	6833	54613
2018	5137	47780
2017	4654	42643
2016	4147	37989
2015	3951	33842
2014	3619	29891
2013	3378	26272
2012	2971	22894
2011	2509	19923
2010	2535	17414
2009	2345	14879
2008	1937	12534
2007	1694	10597
2006	1351	8903
2005	1363	7552
2004	1033	6189
2003	951	5156
2002	931	4205
2001	898	3274
2000	930	2376
1999	575	1446
1998	426	871
1997	264	445

Current number of IDN domains by year of creation

IDN registrations began 2004. This is the number of registrations that still exist by year of creation.

year	registered	total
2021	508	4032
2020	514	3524
2019	337	3010
2018	266	2673
2017	241	2407
2016	204	2166
2015	167	1962
2014	253	1795
2013	177	1542
2012	168	1365
2011	112	1197
2010	161	1085
2009	169	924
2008	176	755
2007	188	579
2006	93	391
2005	256	298
2004	42	42

Number of active domains by registration month in regard to kennitalas

	domestic			foreign
	reg.	total	%	reg.	total	%
September	637	58965	68.72	485	26835	31.28
August	643	58328	68.88	544	26350	31.12
July	449	57685	69.09	384	25806	30.91
June	469	57236	69.24	424	25422	30.76
May	521	56767	69.43	447	24998	30.57
April	507	56246	69.61	440	24551	30.39
March	639	55739	69.80	692	24111	30.20
February	690	55100	70.17	553	23419	29.83
2022 January	774	54410	70.41	658	22866	29.59
December	532	53636	70.72	617	22208	29.28
November	606	53104	71.09	684	21591	28.91
October	653	52498	71.52	724	20907	28.48
September	615	51845	71.98	637	20183	28.02
August	460	51230	72.38	378	19546	27.62
July	399	50770	72.59	254	19168	27.41
June	511	50371	72.70	266	18914	27.30
May	538	49860	72.78	359	18648	27.22
April	599	49322	72.95	292	18289	27.05
March	662	48723	73.03	315	17997	26.97
February	596	48061	73.10	387	17682	26.90
2021 January	655	47465	73.29	301	17295	26.71
December	534	46810	73.37	299	16994	26.63
November	628	46276	73.49	275	16695	26.51
October	701	45648	73.55	271	16420	26.45

Domains registered to individuals

In March 1999 individuals were allowed to register domains. Below is the number of currently active domains which were registered by individuals.

	registered	total
September	405	25827
August	367	25422
July	283	25055
June	308	24772
May	329	24464
April	334	24135
March	399	23801
February	396	23402
2022 January	490	23006
December	321	22516
November	367	22195
October	389	21828
September	308	21439
August	280	21131
July	226	20851
June	296	20625
May	294	20329
April	375	20035
March	385	19660
February	332	19275
2021 January	417	18943
December	323	18526
November	359	18203
October	409	17844

Age-distribution of registrants, Icelandic individuals

age (years)	number
90-100	6
80-90	77
70-80	862
60-70	2934
50-60	5801
40-50	7492
30-40	6424
20-30	2127
10-20	104
0-10	0
Mean age	47.0

Registration month

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

month	this year	last year	older
01	1432	956	5573
02	1243	983	5376
03	1331	977	5845
04	947	891	5511
05	968	897	5404
06	893	777	4517
07	833	653	4203
08	1187	838	4722
09	1122	1252	5681
10	0	1377	6099
11	0	1290	5906
12	0	1149	4973

Domain Age Distribution

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

age (years)	number
30-31	4
29-30	6
28-29	9
27-28	39
26-27	69
25-26	219
24-25	394
23-24	520
22-23	874
21-22	948
20-21	911
19-20	919
18-19	994
17-18	1327
16-17	1278
15-16	1646
14-15	1751
13-14	2373
12-13	2430
11-12	2531
10-11	2919
9-10	3324
8-9	3534
7-8	3866
6-7	4024
5-6	4516
4-5	5062
3-4	6285
2-3	8310
1-2	10938
0-1	13766
Mean age	6.7

Net number of new domains per month

	new	[dom/for]	%	deleted	[dom/for]	%	net change	[dom/for]	%
September.	1123	[650 / 473]	1.31	807	[359 / 448]	0.94	316	[291 / 25]	0.37
Ágúst.	1311	[659 / 652]	1.53	808	[362 / 446]	0.95	503	[297 / 206]	0.59
Júlí.	884	[467 / 417]	1.04	755	[378 / 377]	0.89	129	[89 / 40]	0.15
Júní.	978	[483 / 495]	1.15	1082	[353 / 729]	1.27	-104	[130 / -234]	-0.12
Maí.	1302	[533 / 769]	1.53	824	[382 / 442]	0.97	478	[151 / 327]	0.56
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

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]
02. Oct	18	[11/7]	48	[6/42 ]	-30	[5/-35]
01. Oct	27	[9/18]	15	[5/10 ]	12	[4/8]
30. Sep	41	[12/29]	13	[4/9 ]	28	[8/20]
29. Sep	36	[28/8]	70	[10/60 ]	-34	[18/-52]
28. Sep	38	[24/14]	21	[16/5 ]	17	[8/9]
27. Sep	58	[40/18]	24	[11/13 ]	34	[29/5]
26. Sep	31	[21/10]	60	[19/41 ]	-29	[2/-31]
25. Sep	31	[26/5]	22	[11/11 ]	9	[15/-6]
24. Sep	20	[8/12]	24	[11/13 ]	-4	[-3/-1]
23. Sep	32	[22/10]	16	[11/5 ]	16	[11/5]
22. Sep	38	[27/11]	53	[11/42 ]	-15	[16/-31]
21. Sep	38	[24/14]	27	[15/12 ]	11	[9/2]
20. Sep	41	[19/22]	26	[13/13 ]	15	[6/9]
19. Sep	45	[32/13]	33	[20/13 ]	12	[12/0]
18. Sep	21	[13/8]	23	[15/8 ]	-2	[-2/0]
17. Sep	42	[23/19]	25	[10/15 ]	17	[13/4]
16. Sep	27	[19/8]	13	[7/6 ]	14	[12/2]
15. Sep	45	[30/15]	25	[9/16 ]	20	[21/-1]
14. Sep	54	[24/30]	20	[12/8 ]	34	[12/22]
13. Sep	44	[28/16]	33	[19/14 ]	11	[9/2]
12. Sep	48	[24/24]	24	[13/11 ]	24	[11/13]
11. Sep	20	[7/13]	23	[11/12 ]	-3	[-4/1]
10. Sep	32	[18/14]	32	[10/22 ]	0	[8/-8]
09. Sep	39	[28/11]	28	[18/10 ]	11	[10/1]
08. Sep	38	[19/19]	20	[10/10 ]	18	[9/9]
07. Sep	33	[18/15]	28	[11/17 ]	5	[7/-2]
06. Sep	77	[34/43]	25	[11/14 ]	52	[23/29]
05. Sep	29	[11/18]	22	[13/9 ]	7	[-2/9]
04. Sep	22	[16/6]	14	[4/10 ]	8	[12/-4]
03. Sep	36	[12/24]	21	[6/15 ]	15	[6/9]
02. Sep	31	[18/13]	18	[11/7 ]	13	[7/6]
Total	1132	[645/487]	846	[353/493]	286	[292/-6]

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

New Registrations per year

	registered	deleted	net change
2022	10706	7195	3511
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

Registrations per month

	registered	/IDN
September	1123	49
August	1311	48
July	884	29
June	978	56
May	1302	33
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

Deleted domains

When domain has been purged and is available for registration.

	deleted
September	807
August	808
July	755
June	1082
May	824
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

Registration changes

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

	changed
September	1907
August	1469
July	1246
June	1451
May	1704
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

Domains put on hold

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
September	1258
August	1125
July	1058
June	1088
May	1532
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

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

	reactivated
September	509
August	416
July	381
June	463
May	511
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

Transferred domains

Number of domains transferred from one registrant to another.

	transferred
September	388
August	248
July	214
June	217
May	254
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

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

Number of domains signed using DNSSEC.

	signed
September	3026
August	2977
July	2944
June	2900
May	2867
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

Domains using ISNIC's nameservers

Number of domains per month using ISNIC's parking and domains using DNS service or forwarding at ISNIC.

	parked	ISNIC DNS
Október	18206	10243
September	18195	10149
Ágúst	18115	10060
Júlí	18210	9999
Júní	18231	9978
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

Renewals for two or more years

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
September	6536	31	7	3	6
August	5904	34	10	5	4
July	4981	31	7	6	10
June	5051	32	13	4	3
May	5724	40	6	6	7
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

Number of nameserver registrations

	registered nameservers
September	95
August	104
July	77
June	206
May	98
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

Domain names

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	1155	3	5687	4	6201
5	7554	6	8616	7	8400	8	8512
9	8202	10	7259	11	6049	12	4582
13	3496	14	2764	15	2091	16	1591
17	1087	18	758	19	579	20	407
21	248	22	171	23	115	24	77
25	51	26	33	27	24	28	10
29	13	30	9	31	4	32	3
33	1	34	4	35	1	36	1
37	1	38	1	39	1	40	2

First character of a domain name

letter	number	letter	number	letter	number	letter	number
0	49	1	379	2	175	3	149
4	110	5	66	6	57	7	60
8	60	9	36	a	5180	á	75
b	5505	c	3061	d	2736	ð	1
e	3096	é	6	f	4434	g	3968
h	5706	i	3727	í	108	j	1427
k	3452	l	4013	m	4917	n	2935
o	1870	ó	32	p	3312	q	232
r	3513	s	9492	t	4466	u	1071
ú	35	v	3663	w	1205	x	315
y	438	ý	2	z	420	þ	159
æ	23	ö	70

Following is information about recidency of registrants

Country

registrant country of residence	numer of domains
IS	59041
US	8735
DE	2196
GB	2094
NO	1995
SE	1155
CA	1070
DK	707
NL	677
CH	599
FR	571
AU	421
IN	407
BZ	386
IT	360
ES	331
KN	308
CN	243
AT	223
BG	205

Domestic registrants in more detail

Postal code

postal code	number of domains
105 Reykjavík	5469
101 Reykjavík	5270
108 Reykjavík	3885
110 Reykjavík	3627
200 Kópavogi	3039
104 Reykjavík	3039
210 Garðabæ	3026
220 Hafnarfirði	2437
201 Kópavogi	2159
112 Reykjavík	2114
270 Mosfellsbæ	1776
221 Hafnarfirði	1570
600 Akureyri	1454
203 Kópavogi	1356
109 Reykjavík	1279
107 Reykjavík	1145
113 Reykjavík	1086
800 Selfossi	1064
230 Reykjanesbæ	989
103 Reykjavík	780

Towns

town/county	number of domains
Reykjavík	29358
Kópavogi	6565
Hafnarfirði	4029
Garðabæ	3464
Akureyri	2159
Reykjanesbæ	1924
Mosfellsbæ	1902
Selfossi	1566
Seltjarnarnesi	717
Akranesi	570
Grindavík	443
Borgarnesi	417
Egilsstöðum	371
Vestmannaeyjum	307
Hveragerði	307
Ísafirði	292
Húsavík	290
Sauðárkróki	276
Höfn í Hornafirði	275
Hellu	251

Companies hosting .IS domains

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

Rank	Hosting Company	share (%)	\|	Rank	Hosting Company	share (%)
1	1984.is	13.45	\|	21	awsdns.net	0.48
2	cloudflare.com	6.97	\|	22	thekking.is	0.48
3	registrar-servers.com	3.73	\|	23	awsdns.com	0.46
4	hyp.net	1.82	\|	24	awsdns.org	0.46
5	hysingar.is	1.79	\|	25	digitalocean.com	0.43
6	vist.is	1.67	\|	26	eurodns.com	0.42
7	wixdns.net	1.65	\|	27	t.is	0.42
8	netvistun.is	1.02	\|	28	microsoftonline.com	0.40
9	hysing.is	1.02	\|	29	googledomains.com	0.39
10	c.is	0.91	\|	30	awsdns.co.uk	0.39
11	x.is	0.90	\|	31	dan.com	0.39
12	xnet.is	0.84	\|	32	vortex.is	0.38
13	azure-dns.com	0.76	\|	33	dreamhost.com	0.38
14	simnet.is	0.71	\|	34	wordpress.com	0.37
15	cscdns.net	0.68	\|	35	iwantmyname.net	0.36
16	siteground.net	0.60	\|	36	parkingcrew.net	0.34
17	stefna.is	0.58	\|	37	snerpa.is	0.34
18	midja.is	0.56	\|	38	okhysing.is	0.33
19	101domain.com	0.55	\|	39	trademarkarea.com	0.33
20	markmonitor.com	0.52	\|	40	reykjavik.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: