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 11818 68256 2018 7073 56438 2017 6070 49365 2016 5241 43295 2015 4879 38054 2014 4272 33175 2013 3971 28903 2012 3436 24932 2011 2850 21496 2010 2792 18646 2009 2589 15854 2008 2095 13265 2007 1818 11170 2006 1452 9352 2005 1444 7900 2004 1100 6456 2003 1001 5356 2002 972 4355 2001 928 3383 2000 969 2455 1999 592 1486 1998 437 894 1997 272 457 1996 84 185 1995 56 101

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

year registered total 2019 518 3583 2018 355 3065 2017 290 2710 2016 244 2420 2015 199 2176 2014 270 1977 2013 198 1707 2012 201 1509 2011 145 1308 2010 179 1163 2009 185 984 2008 189 799 2007 193 610 2006 99 417 2005 276 318 2004 42 42

Number of active domains by registration month

domestic foreign reg. total % reg. total % March 794 50458 70.66 390 20948 29.34 February 556 49664 70.72 403 20558 29.28 2020 January 633 49108 70.90 374 20155 29.10 December 436 48475 71.02 397 19781 28.98 November 628 48039 71.25 387 19384 28.75 October 629 47411 71.39 399 18997 28.61 September 632 46782 71.55 474 18598 28.45 August 515 46150 71.80 446 18124 28.20 July 518 45635 72.08 657 17678 27.92 June 430 45117 72.61 471 17021 27.39 May 500 44687 72.97 560 16550 27.03 April 534 44187 73.43 916 15990 26.57 March 575 43653 74.33 316 15074 25.67 February 436 43078 74.48 261 14758 25.52 2019 January 477 42642 74.63 224 14497 25.37 December 268 42165 74.71 206 14273 25.29 November 401 41897 74.86 187 14067 25.14 October 505 41496 74.93 204 13880 25.07 September 393 40991 74.98 169 13676 25.02 August 339 40598 75.04 212 13507 24.96 July 325 40259 75.17 183 13295 24.83 June 356 39934 75.28 219 13112 24.72 May 422 39578 75.43 228 12893 24.57 April 431 39156 75.56 224 12665 24.44

Domains registered to individuals

registered total March 497 20678 February 361 20181 2020 January 387 19820 December 273 19433 November 369 19160 October 382 18791 September 382 18409 August 329 18027 July 338 17698 June 248 17360 May 288 17112 April 318 16824 March 354 16506 February 231 16152 2019 January 273 15921 December 151 15648 November 220 15497 October 278 15277 September 199 14999 August 190 14800 July 170 14610 June 182 14440 May 202 14258 April 229 14056

Age-distribution of domestic registrants

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

age (years) number 90-100 4 80-90 48 70-80 636 60-70 2447 50-60 4574 40-50 5787 30-40 5367 20-30 1765 10-20 50 0-10 0 Mean age 46,7

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 1007 701 4899 02 959 697 4813 03 1184 891 5549 04 0 1450 4830 05 0 1060 4897 06 0 901 4248 07 0 1175 3797 08 0 961 4281 09 0 1106 4800 10 0 1028 5177 11 0 1015 5003 12 0 833 4150

Domain Age Distribution

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

age (years) number 30-31 3 29-30 9 28-29 4 27-28 7 26-27 9 25-26 16 24-25 60 23-24 119 22-23 336 21-22 480 20-21 719 19-20 1012 18-19 911 17-18 975 16-17 1007 15-16 1154 14-15 1500 13-14 1543 12-13 1821 11-12 2315 10-11 2565 9-10 2836 8-9 3055 7-8 3540 6-7 4223 5-6 4301 4-5 4988 3-4 5522 2-3 6144 1-2 7584 0-1 12647 Mean age 6,3

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] % 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 2020 Janúar. 1014 [644 / 370] 1.43 656 [453 / 203] 0.93 358 [191 / 167] 0.51 Desember. 834 [440 / 394] 1.19 712 [418 / 294] 1.01 122 [22 / 100] 0.17 Nóvember. 1019 [627 / 392] 1.45 683 [443 / 240] 0.97 336 [184 / 152] 0.48 Október. 1029 [634 / 395] 1.47 671 [429 / 242] 0.96 358 [205 / 153] 0.51 September. 1128 [651 / 477] 1.62 619 [396 / 223] 0.89 509 [255 / 254] 0.73 Ágúst. 962 [522 / 440] 1.39 634 [392 / 242] 0.92 328 [130 / 198] 0.48 Júlí. 1197 [537 / 660] 1.74 620 [374 / 246] 0.90 577 [163 / 414] 0.84 Júní. 916 [436 / 480] 1.34 719 [430 / 289] 1.06 197 [6 / 191] 0.29 Maí. 1078 [519 / 559] 1.59 769 [438 / 331] 1.13 309 [81 / 228] 0.45 Apríl. 1549 [589 / 960] 2.29 809 [503 / 306] 1.20 740 [86 / 654] 1.09 Mars. 971 [615 / 356] 1.45 775 [495 / 280] 1.16 196 [120 / 76] 0.29 Febrúar. 922 [577 / 345] 1.38 714 [449 / 265] 1.07 208 [128 / 80] 0.31 2019 Janúar. 976 [649 / 327] 1.47 649 [407 / 242] 0.98 327 [242 / 85] 0.49 Desember. 666 [375 / 291] 1.01 639 [370 / 269] 0.97 27 [5 / 22] 0.04 Nóvember. 801 [515 / 286] 1.21 644 [406 / 238] 0.97 157 [109 / 48] 0.24 Október. 949 [639 / 310] 1.44 743 [479 / 264] 1.13 206 [160 / 46] 0.31 September. 770 [504 / 266] 1.17 616 [390 / 226] 0.94 154 [114 / 40] 0.23 Ágúst. 803 [469 / 334] 1.22 702 [374 / 328] 1.07 101 [95 / 6] 0.15

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] 09. Apr 23 [14/9] 26 [12/14 ] -3 [2/-5] 08. Apr 39 [25/14] 19 [8/11 ] 20 [17/3] 07. Apr 56 [39/17] 34 [22/12 ] 22 [17/5] 06. Apr 45 [26/19] 24 [13/11 ] 21 [13/8] 05. Apr 30 [16/14] 15 [9/6 ] 15 [7/8] 04. Apr 29 [15/14] 25 [19/6 ] 4 [-4/8] 03. Apr 57 [32/25] 26 [13/13 ] 31 [19/12] 02. Apr 26 [12/14] 30 [20/10 ] -4 [-8/4] 01. Apr 50 [33/17] 18 [18/0 ] 32 [15/17] 31. Mar 45 [31/14] 28 [18/10 ] 17 [13/4] 30. Mar 45 [28/17] 35 [26/9 ] 10 [2/8] 29. Mar 27 [15/12] 23 [14/9 ] 4 [1/3] 28. Mar 25 [12/13] 21 [16/5 ] 4 [-4/8] 27. Mar 46 [35/11] 23 [13/10 ] 23 [22/1] 26. Mar 48 [31/17] 24 [11/13 ] 24 [20/4] 25. Mar 28 [16/12] 24 [17/7 ] 4 [-1/5] 24. Mar 46 [32/14] 33 [23/10 ] 13 [9/4] 23. Mar 42 [28/14] 23 [15/8 ] 19 [13/6] 22. Mar 34 [17/17] 21 [13/8 ] 13 [4/9] 21. Mar 28 [17/11] 20 [15/5 ] 8 [2/6] 20. Mar 54 [40/14] 24 [18/6 ] 30 [22/8] 19. Mar 43 [29/14] 21 [14/7 ] 22 [15/7] 18. Mar 43 [37/6] 40 [19/21 ] 3 [18/-15] 17. Mar 37 [26/11] 32 [19/13 ] 5 [7/-2] 16. Mar 38 [27/11] 27 [20/7 ] 11 [7/4] 15. Mar 17 [11/6] 17 [9/8 ] 0 [2/-2] 14. Mar 19 [11/8] 21 [16/5 ] -2 [-5/3] 13. Mar 37 [24/13] 23 [13/10 ] 14 [11/3] 12. Mar 28 [22/6] 21 [14/7 ] 7 [8/-1] 11. Mar 62 [42/20] 27 [18/9 ] 35 [24/11] 10. Mar 63 [48/15] 25 [19/6 ] 38 [29/9] Total     1210 [791/419] 770 [494/276] 440 [297/143]

Domain administration

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

New Registrations

registered deleted net change 2020 3526 2394 1132 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 March 1191 72 February 966 49 2020 January 1014 46 December 834 43 November 1019 60 October 1029 36 September 1128 66 August 962 70 July 1197 36 June 916 31 May 1078 49 April 1549 43 March 971 50 February 922 33 2019 January 976 48 December 666 39 November 801 35 October 949 51 September 770 35 August 803 33 July 734 43 June 787 26 May 969 51 April 993 52

Deleted domains

deleted March 768 February 753 2020 January 656 December 712 November 683 October 671 September 619 August 634 July 620 June 719 May 769 April 809 March 775 February 714 2019 January 649 December 639 November 644 October 743 September 616 August 702 July 568 June 644 May 1288 April 710

Registration changes

changed March 1434 February 1355 2020 January 1359 December 1131 November 1381 October 1252 September 1166 August 1265 July 1350 June 1096 May 1395 April 2953 March 1050 February 1092 2019 January 1124 December 829 November 1189 October 1183 September 1170 August 1401 July 1178 June 1362 May 1872 April 1942

Domains put on hold

on hold March 1191 February 1072 2020 January 1101 December 845 November 973 October 1065 September 1004 August 987 July 847 June 920 May 1202 April 1166 March 1296 February 1059 2019 January 1193 December 837 November 1003 October 1050 September 1046 August 896 July 872 June 804 May 1038 April 1225

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

reactivated March 542 February 513 2020 January 486 December 391 November 436 October 515 September 490 August 456 July 415 June 424 May 554 April 480 March 590 February 506 2019 January 465 December 406 November 514 October 466 September 451 August 402 July 325 June 391 May 486 April 520

Transferred domains (from one registrant to another)

transferred March 318 February 307 2020 January 281 December 191 November 229 October 264 September 308 August 289 July 245 June 187 May 251 April 187 March 182 February 316 2019 January 324 December 209 November 248 October 219 September 325 August 186 July 126 June 189 May 207 April 198

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

signed March 2337 February 2332 2020 January 2321 December 2317 November 2310 October 2303 September 2254 August 2252 July 2242 June 2220 May 2195 April 2184 March 2181 February 2175 2019 January 2151 December 2113 November 2101 October 2026 September 1955 August 1932 July 1910 June 1900 May 1863 April 1875

Parked and forwarded domains

parked forwarded Apríl 13871 7562 Mars 13838 7455 Febrúar 13866 7418 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

Renewals for two or more years.

1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years 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 September 4887 32 4 2 4 August 4698 25 10 2 6 July 3948 41 16 4 3 June 3893 31 4 5 4 May 4791 38 6 1 8 April 4656 19 8 2 4 March 5392 35 5 5 8 February 5008 29 8 3 4 2019 January 5785 34 7 7 5 December 4379 15 9 2 6 November 4651 28 10 5 6 October 4877 28 4 1 4 September 4705 29 5 6 5 August 4519 17 10 3 3 July 3679 15 10 1 4 June 3837 27 7 1 5 May 4364 44 5 3 5 April 3830 22 2 0 3

Number of nameserver registrations

registered nameservers March 133 February 92 2020 January 109 December 873 November 87 October 158 September 99 August 188 July 133 June 107 May 168 April 187 March 110 February 130 2019 January 132 December 94 November 139 October 124 September 98 August 133 July 120 June 141 May 101 April 130

Domain names

length number length number length number length number 1 45 2 1064 3 4636 4 5042 5 6241 6 7080 7 6896 8 7014 9 6740 10 6012 11 5067 12 3791 13 3033 14 2346 15 1767 16 1390 17 957 18 703 19 525 20 342 21 242 22 151 23 106 24 74 25 48 26 30 27 21 28 13 29 11 30 7 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 35 1 300 2 130 3 112 4 80 5 48 6 34 7 40 8 41 9 33 a 4347 á 72 b 4540 c 2493 d 2263 ð 1 e 2609 é 5 f 3782 g 3328 h 4753 i 3304 í 97 j 1201 k 2863 l 3346 m 3908 n 2483 o 1552 ó 26 p 2731 q 170 r 2989 s 7865 t 3767 u 885 ú 31 v 3017 w 1000 x 246 y 359 ý 1 z 320 þ 132 æ 17 ö 56

Registrant residency

registrant country of residence numer of domains IS 50351 US 6259 DE 1801 GB 1765 NO 1736 SE 1015 CA 828 CH 767 DK 706 NL 590 FR 451 BZ 382 AU 323 IT 286 ES 221 AT 198 CN 192 CZ 189 BE 169 RU 165

Domestic registrants in more detail ..

postal code number of domains 101 Reykjavík 4980 105 Reykjavík 4882 108 Reykjavík 3671 110 Reykjavík 3144 104 Reykjavík 2582 200 Kópavogi 2572 210 Garðabæ 2224 220 Hafnarfirði 2144 112 Reykjavík 1892 201 Kópavogi 1696 270 Mosfellsbæ 1393 600 Akureyri 1219 221 Hafnarfirði 1190 203 Kópavogi 1137 109 Reykjavík 1124 107 Reykjavík 1035 113 Reykjavík 940 800 Selfossi 802 230 Reykjanesbæ 798 103 Reykjavík 665

city/county number of domains Reykjavík 25930 Kópavogi 5411 Hafnarfirði 3361 Garðabæ 2627 Akureyri 1825 Mosfellsbæ 1500 Reykjanesbæ 1455 Selfossi 1239 Seltjarnarnesi 630 Akranesi 416 Borgarnesi 405 Egilsstöðum 310 Grindavík 273 Höfn í Hornafirði 262 Ísafirði 260 Vestmannaeyjum 257 Húsavík 252 Sauðárkróki 231 Hveragerði 231 Hellu 191

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 14.84  |  21 t.is 0.55 2 cloudflare.com 4.38  |  22 markmonitor.com 0.52 3 registrar-servers.com 2.58  |  23 azure-dns.com 0.51 4 hysingar.is 2.18  |  24 awsdns.com 0.49 5 hyp.net 2.01  |  25 eurodns.com 0.49 6 simnet.is 1.71  |  26 dreamhost.com 0.44 7 x.is 1.42  |  27 vortex.is 0.43 8 hysing.is 1.39  |  28 digitalocean.com 0.43 9 vist.is 1.35  |  29 awsdns.org 0.42 10 c.is 1.30  |  30 awsdns.net 0.42 11 netvistun.is 1.11  |  31 dg.is 0.41 12 wixdns.net 1.11  |  32 nethonnun.is 0.40 13 xnet.is 0.91  |  33 reykjavik.is 0.40 14 cscdns.net 0.77  |  34 trademarkarea.com 0.39 15 101domain.com 0.75  |  35 udag.org 0.38 16 opex.is 0.70  |  36 dacoda.is 0.38 17 stefna.is 0.69  |  37 okhysing.is 0.37 18 thekking.is 0.64  |  38 smartmedia.is 0.36 19 midja.is 0.64  |  39 googledomains.com 0.36 20 iwantmyname.net 0.56  |  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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