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 2020 11290 69635 2019 7836 58345 2018 5695 50509 2017 5025 44814 2016 4504 39789 2015 4265 35285 2014 3811 31020 2013 3579 27209 2012 3155 23630 2011 2625 20475 2010 2634 17850 2009 2421 15216 2008 1996 12795 2007 1735 10799 2006 1391 9064 2005 1388 7673 2004 1057 6285 2003 970 5228 2002 948 4258 2001 907 3310 2000 940 2403 1999 582 1463 1998 430 881 1997 269 451 1996 82 182

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

year registered total 2020 590 3766 2019 378 3176 2018 295 2798 2017 251 2503 2016 218 2252 2015 178 2034 2014 258 1856 2013 183 1598 2012 190 1415 2011 120 1225 2010 165 1105 2009 174 940 2008 179 766 2007 189 587 2006 96 398 2005 260 302 2004 42 42

Number of active domains by registration month

domestic foreign reg. total % reg. total % September 638 56324 70.07 649 24061 29.93 August 551 55686 70.40 557 23412 29.60 July 499 55135 70.69 445 22855 29.31 June 644 54636 70.91 417 22410 29.09 May 680 53992 71.06 594 21993 28.94 April 728 53312 71.36 501 21399 28.64 March 822 52584 71.56 471 20898 28.44 February 747 51762 71.70 549 20427 28.30 2021 January 777 51015 71.96 481 19878 28.04 December 630 50238 72.14 495 19397 27.86 November 797 49608 72.41 427 18902 27.59 October 856 48811 72.54 411 18475 27.46 September 737 47955 72.64 403 18064 27.36 August 542 47218 72.78 260 17661 27.22 July 436 46676 72.84 292 17401 27.16 June 481 46240 72.99 315 17109 27.01 May 653 45759 73.15 308 16794 26.85 April 612 45106 73.23 285 16486 26.77 March 634 44494 73.31 243 16201 26.69 February 442 43860 73.32 270 15958 26.68 2020 January 514 43418 73.46 247 15688 26.54 December 370 42904 73.54 254 15441 26.46 November 511 42534 73.69 255 15187 26.31 October 473 42023 73.78 266 14932 26.22

Domains registered to individuals

registered total September 331 24445 August 348 24114 July 304 23766 June 406 23462 May 409 23056 April 466 22647 March 509 22181 February 438 21672 2021 January 519 21234 December 392 20715 November 488 20323 October 537 19835 September 463 19298 August 332 18835 July 296 18503 June 287 18207 May 402 17920 April 360 17518 March 373 17158 February 266 16785 2020 January 289 16519 December 218 16230 November 278 16012 October 256 15734

Age-distribution of domestic registrants

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

age (years) number 90-100 6 80-90 58 70-80 754 60-70 2748 50-60 5262 40-50 7022 30-40 6384 20-30 2140 10-20 71 0-10 0 Mean age 46,6

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 1258 761 5204 02 1296 712 5061 03 1293 877 5385 04 1229 897 5035 05 1274 961 4875 06 1061 796 4137 07 944 728 3857 08 1108 802 4319 09 1287 1140 5160 10 0 1267 5524 11 0 1224 5354 12 0 1125 4440

Domain Age Distribution

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

age (years) number 30-31 5 29-30 4 28-29 6 27-28 10 26-27 39 25-26 69 24-25 223 23-24 399 22-23 526 21-22 880 20-21 962 19-20 925 18-19 933 17-18 1018 16-17 1356 15-16 1311 14-15 1691 13-14 1801 12-13 2447 11-12 2520 10-11 2634 9-10 3098 8-9 3504 7-8 3752 6-7 4127 5-6 4373 4-5 4904 3-4 5520 2-3 7208 1-2 9765 0-1 14366 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] % 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 Ágúst. 1055 [654 / 401] 1.44 778 [366 / 412] 1.06 277 [288 / -11] 0.38 Júlí. 1044 [556 / 488] 1.43 660 [342 / 318] 0.90 384 [214 / 170] 0.53 Júní. 1036 [580 / 456] 1.42 678 [367 / 311] 0.93 358 [213 / 145] 0.49 Maí. 1425 [936 / 489] 1.97 880 [441 / 439] 1.22 545 [495 / 50] 0.75 Apríl. 1261 [780 / 481] 1.76 774 [501 / 273] 1.08 487 [279 / 208] 0.68 Mars. 1191 [806 / 385] 1.67 768 [500 / 268] 1.08 423 [306 / 117] 0.59 Febrúar. 966 [566 / 400] 1.36 753 [503 / 250] 1.06 213 [63 / 150] 0.30

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] 23. Oct 32 [15/17] 20 [13/7 ] 12 [2/10] 22. Oct 45 [22/23] 41 [29/12 ] 4 [-7/11] 21. Oct 53 [35/18] 27 [19/8 ] 26 [16/10] 20. Oct 80 [33/47] 21 [13/8 ] 59 [20/39] 19. Oct 46 [18/28] 15 [12/3 ] 31 [6/25] 18. Oct 50 [25/25] 25 [14/11 ] 25 [11/14] 17. Oct 33 [16/17] 12 [6/6 ] 21 [10/11] 16. Oct 33 [11/22] 21 [11/10 ] 12 [0/12] 15. Oct 51 [28/23] 24 [15/9 ] 27 [13/14] 14. Oct 69 [43/26] 21 [16/5 ] 48 [27/21] 13. Oct 44 [21/23] 27 [18/9 ] 17 [3/14] 12. Oct 51 [32/19] 25 [19/6 ] 26 [13/13] 11. Oct 45 [23/22] 24 [16/8 ] 21 [7/14] 10. Oct 21 [5/16] 14 [10/4 ] 7 [-5/12] 09. Oct 28 [14/14] 17 [9/8 ] 11 [5/6] 08. Oct 52 [33/19] 24 [5/19 ] 28 [28/0] 07. Oct 54 [22/32] 23 [13/10 ] 31 [9/22] 06. Oct 51 [24/27] 24 [20/4 ] 27 [4/23] 05. Oct 57 [23/34] 29 [18/11 ] 28 [5/23] 04. Oct 45 [16/29] 19 [16/3 ] 26 [0/26] 03. Oct 28 [13/15] 19 [11/8 ] 9 [2/7] 02. Oct 10 [3/7] 22 [15/7 ] -12 [-12/0] 01. Oct 53 [23/30] 15 [12/3 ] 38 [11/27] 30. Sep 46 [17/29] 14 [5/9 ] 32 [12/20] 29. Sep 69 [27/42] 21 [13/8 ] 48 [14/34] 28. Sep 52 [25/27] 18 [11/7 ] 34 [14/20] 27. Sep 41 [23/18] 27 [19/8 ] 14 [4/10] 26. Sep 34 [10/24] 16 [12/4 ] 18 [-2/20] 25. Sep 24 [6/18] 17 [7/10 ] 7 [-1/8] 24. Sep 44 [20/24] 46 [14/32 ] -2 [6/-8] 23. Sep 42 [19/23] 31 [16/15 ] 11 [3/8] Total     1383 [645/738] 699 [427/272] 684 [218/466]

Domain administration

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

New Registrations

registered deleted net change 2021 11924 6692 5232 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 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 April 1261 49 March 1191 72 February 966 49 2020 January 1014 46 December 834 43 November 1019 60 October 1029 36

Deleted domains

deleted 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 April 774 March 768 February 753 2020 January 656 December 712 November 683 October 671

Registration changes

changed 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 April 1815 March 1434 February 1355 2020 January 1359 December 1131 November 1381 October 1252

Domains put on hold

on hold 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 April 1284 March 1191 February 1072 2020 January 1101 December 845 November 973 October 1065

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

reactivated 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 April 541 March 542 February 513 2020 January 486 December 391 November 436 October 515

Transferred domains (from one registrant to another)

transferred 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 April 235 March 318 February 307 2020 January 281 December 191 November 229 October 264

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

signed 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 April 2340 March 2337 February 2332 2020 January 2321 December 2317 November 2310 October 2303

Parked and forwarded domains

parked forwarded 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 Maí 13964 7657 Apríl 13871 7562 Mars 13838 7455 Febrúar 13866 7418 2020 Janúar 13804 7359 Desember 13760 7319 Nóvember 13678 7234

Renewals for two or more years.

1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years 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 April 5178 28 11 4 5 March 5798 33 4 1 1 February 5120 35 4 2 3 2020 January 5875 44 10 14 5 December 4568 13 8 3 4 November 4488 50 5 2 0 October 5246 19 6 3 2

Number of nameserver registrations

registered nameservers 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 April 182 March 133 February 92 2020 January 109 December 873 November 87 October 158

Domain names

length number length number length number length number 1 46 2 1127 3 5246 4 5787 5 7066 6 7963 7 7913 8 7943 9 7611 10 6799 11 5695 12 4292 13 3313 14 2607 15 1957 16 1523 17 1053 18 743 19 557 20 382 21 241 22 164 23 115 24 79 25 52 26 32 27 27 28 12 29 12 30 10 31 4 32 5 33 3 34 5 35 1 37 1 38 1 39 2 40 1 56 1

letter number letter number letter number letter number 0 48 1 342 2 145 3 136 4 94 5 59 6 43 7 52 8 48 9 38 a 4832 á 71 b 5155 c 2839 d 2536 ð 1 e 2924 é 5 f 4228 g 3737 h 5407 i 3564 í 104 j 1371 k 3175 l 3787 m 4508 n 2726 o 1736 ó 28 p 3071 q 208 r 3300 s 8912 t 4162 u 1034 ú 33 v 3490 w 1100 x 285 y 414 ý 2 z 400 þ 154 æ 21 ö 66

Registrant residency

registrant country of residence numer of domains IS 56329 US 7494 DE 1938 GB 1936 NO 1846 SE 1101 CA 1071 DK 743 CH 679 NL 606 FR 505 AU 414 BZ 352 IN 321 IT 320 KN 271 ES 255 AT 215 RU 203 CN 196

Domestic registrants in more detail ..

postal code number of domains 101 Reykjavík 5311 105 Reykjavík 5223 108 Reykjavík 3928 110 Reykjavík 3509 200 Kópavogi 2895 104 Reykjavík 2847 210 Garðabæ 2690 220 Hafnarfirði 2367 112 Reykjavík 1962 201 Kópavogi 1881 270 Mosfellsbæ 1721 221 Hafnarfirði 1411 600 Akureyri 1382 203 Kópavogi 1347 109 Reykjavík 1241 107 Reykjavík 1116 113 Reykjavík 1095 800 Selfossi 963 230 Reykjanesbæ 911 103 Reykjavík 790

city/county number of domains Reykjavík 28379 Kópavogi 6139 Hafnarfirði 3812 Garðabæ 3120 Akureyri 2047 Mosfellsbæ 1846 Reykjanesbæ 1751 Selfossi 1431 Seltjarnarnesi 703 Akranesi 491 Grindavík 405 Borgarnesi 391 Egilsstöðum 375 Vestmannaeyjum 294 Hveragerði 289 Ísafirði 279 Húsavík 272 Sauðárkróki 257 Höfn í Hornafirði 253 Hellu 251

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 14.14  |  21 awsdns.net 0.49 2 cloudflare.com 5.93  |  22 opex.is 0.47 3 registrar-servers.com 2.25  |  23 awsdns.com 0.45 4 hysingar.is 1.90  |  24 eurodns.com 0.45 5 hyp.net 1.88  |  25 awsdns.org 0.45 6 wixdns.net 1.51  |  26 t.is 0.44 7 vist.is 1.44  |  27 digitalocean.com 0.44 8 hysing.is 1.20  |  28 dreamhost.com 0.41 9 simnet.is 1.13  |  29 iwantmyname.net 0.41 10 x.is 1.04  |  30 microsoftonline.com 0.41 11 netvistun.is 1.03  |  31 vortex.is 0.39 12 c.is 0.99  |  32 googledomains.com 0.39 13 xnet.is 0.87  |  33 wordpress.com 0.38 14 cscdns.net 0.71  |  34 trademarkarea.com 0.36 15 stefna.is 0.63  |  35 awsdns.co.uk 0.36 16 101domain.com 0.61  |  36 okhysing.is 0.36 17 azure-dns.com 0.60  |  37 reykjavik.is 0.36 18 midja.is 0.57  |  38 snerpa.is 0.34 19 markmonitor.com 0.52  |  39 nethonnun.is 0.32 20 thekking.is 0.52  |  40 bluehost.com 0.31

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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