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.

See also historical statistics on the number of registered hosts in Iceland.
yearregisteredtotal
2024 11075 86123
2023 8582 75048
2022 6913 66466
2021 6840 59553
2020 6270 52713
2019 5038 46443
2018 4007 41405
2017 3818 37398
2016 3403 33580
2015 3271 30177
2014 3077 26906
2013 2944 23829
2012 2546 20885
2011 2237 18339
2010 2279 16102
2009 2100 13823
2008 1767 11723
2007 1527 9956
2006 1261 8429
2005 1269 7168
2004 976 5899
2003 897 4923
2002 886 4026
2001 851 3140
2000 892 2289
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.
yearregisteredtotal
2024 902 5218
2023 619 4316
2022 344 3697
2021 337 3353
2020 391 3016
2019 271 2625
2018 225 2354
2017 205 2129
2016 172 1924
2015 142 1752
2014 226 1610
2013 157 1384
2012 147 1227
2011 95 1080
2010 147 985
2009 151 838
2008 160 687
2007 160 527
2006 91 367
2005 235 276
2004 41 41
Number of active domains by registration month in regard to kennitalas
domesticforeign
reg.total%reg.total%
September 762 67814 69.71 544 29472 30.29
August 671 67052 69.86 589 28928 30.14
July 574 66381 70.08 618 28339 29.92
June 611 65807 70.36 526 27721 29.64
May 646 65196 70.57 463 27195 29.43
April 706 64550 70.71 519 26732 29.29
March 802 63844 70.89 536 26213 29.11
February 754 63042 71.06 475 25677 28.94
2025 January 784 62288 71.19 583 25202 28.81
December 517 61504 71.41 536 24619 28.59
November 677 60987 71.69 578 24083 28.31
October 675 60310 71.96 484 23505 28.04
September 634 59635 72.15 482 23021 27.85
August 475 59001 72.36 239 22539 27.64
July 466 58526 72.41 238 22300 27.59
June 525 58060 72.46 226 22062 27.54
May 500 57535 72.49 233 21836 27.51
April 699 57035 72.53 244 21603 27.47
March 578 56336 72.51 250 21359 27.49
February 621 55758 72.54 267 21109 27.46
2024 January 617 55137 72.57 314 20842 27.43
December 482 54520 72.65 265 20528 27.35
November 622 54038 72.73 276 20263 27.27
October 561 53416 72.77 244 19987 27.23
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.

registeredtotal
September 527 31550
August 447 31023
July 429 30576
June 433 30147
May 465 29714
April 489 29249
March 531 28760
February 508 28229
2025 January 522 27721
December 355 27199
November 458 26844
October 424 26386
September 413 25962
August 315 25549
July 283 25234
June 316 24951
May 315 24635
April 433 24320
March 359 23887
February 391 23528
2024 January 363 23137
December 303 22774
November 389 22471
October 333 22082
Age-distribution of registrants, Icelandic individuals
age (years)number
90-100 104
80-90 177
70-80 1181
60-70 4058
50-60 7471
40-50 8795
30-40 6908
20-30 2637
10-20 219
0-10 0
Mean age 47.7
Registration month

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

monththis yearlast yearolder
01 1367 931 6765
02 1229 888 6273
03 1338 828 6966
04 1225 943 6126
05 1109 733 6175
06 1137 751 5324
07 1192 704 4884
08 1260 714 5594
09 1306 1116 6952
10 0 1159 7158
11 0 1255 7022
12 0 1053 5815
Domain Age Distribution

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

age (years)number
30-31 38
29-30 67
28-29 211
27-28 378
26-27 505
25-26 839
24-25 899
23-24 872
22-23 867
21-22 942
20-21 1240
19-20 1188
18-19 1512
17-18 1567
16-17 2152
15-16 2183
14-15 2258
13-14 2528
12-13 2892
11-12 3012
10-11 3227
9-10 3321
8-9 3696
7-8 3994
6-7 4696
5-6 5821
4-5 6819
3-4 6908
2-3 7946
1-2 10048
0-1 14628
Mean age 7.6
Net number of new domains per month
new [dom/for] % deleted [dom/for] % net change [dom/for] %
September. 1307 [770 / 537] 1.34 948 [561 / 387] 0.97 359 [209 / 150] 0.37
Ágúst. 1271 [679 / 592] 1.31 741 [416 / 325] 0.76 530 [263 / 267] 0.55
Júlí. 1208 [585 / 623] 1.25 878 [429 / 449] 0.91 330 [156 / 174] 0.34
Júní. 1153 [621 / 532] 1.20 863 [470 / 393] 0.90 290 [151 / 139] 0.30
Maí. 1157 [665 / 492] 1.21 1072 [556 / 516] 1.12 85 [109 / -24] 0.09
Apríl. 1280 [720 / 560] 1.34 950 [487 / 463] 0.99 330 [233 / 97] 0.34
Mars. 1365 [824 / 541] 1.43 930 [516 / 414] 0.98 435 [308 / 127] 0.46
Febrúar. 1260 [779 / 481] 1.33 880 [503 / 377] 0.93 380 [276 / 104] 0.40
2025 Janúar. 1407 [809 / 598] 1.49 787 [435 / 352] 0.83 620 [374 / 246] 0.66
Desember. 1095 [542 / 553] 1.17 834 [461 / 373] 0.89 261 [81 / 180] 0.28
Nóvember. 1292 [698 / 594] 1.38 822 [458 / 364] 0.88 470 [240 / 230] 0.50
Október. 1202 [712 / 490] 1.29 810 [428 / 382] 0.87 392 [284 / 108] 0.42
September. 1178 [694 / 484] 1.27 825 [421 / 404] 0.89 353 [273 / 80] 0.38
Ágúst. 1015 [600 / 415] 1.10 761 [378 / 383] 0.82 254 [222 / 32] 0.27
Júlí. 1034 [598 / 436] 1.12 739 [372 / 367] 0.80 295 [226 / 69] 0.32
Júní. 1027 [626 / 401] 1.12 889 [459 / 430] 0.97 138 [167 / -29] 0.15
Maí. 1090 [656 / 434] 1.19 914 [481 / 433] 1.00 176 [175 / 1] 0.19
Apríl. 1354 [896 / 458] 1.48 915 [489 / 426] 1.00 439 [407 / 32] 0.48
Mars. 1241 [753 / 488] 1.36 963 [510 / 453] 1.06 278 [243 / 35] 0.30
Febrúar. 1225 [778 / 447] 1.35 855 [463 / 392] 0.94 370 [315 / 55] 0.41
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. Oct 72 [42/30] 36 [24/12 ] 36 [18/18]
15. Oct 56 [33/23] 35 [18/17 ] 21 [15/6]
14. Oct 47 [28/19] 36 [21/15 ] 11 [7/4]
13. Oct 50 [37/13] 39 [23/16 ] 11 [14/-3]
12. Oct 45 [31/14] 31 [10/21 ] 14 [21/-7]
11. Oct 31 [19/12] 24 [16/8 ] 7 [3/4]
10. Oct 47 [29/18] 28 [17/11 ] 19 [12/7]
09. Oct 58 [37/21] 32 [16/16 ] 26 [21/5]
08. Oct 64 [28/36] 24 [15/9 ] 40 [13/27]
07. Oct 53 [39/14] 34 [20/14 ] 19 [19/0]
06. Oct 53 [40/13] 18 [11/7 ] 35 [29/6]
05. Oct 41 [26/15] 23 [12/11 ] 18 [14/4]
04. Oct 37 [14/23] 18 [7/11 ] 19 [7/12]
03. Oct 48 [27/21] 28 [19/9 ] 20 [8/12]
02. Oct 51 [30/21] 21 [10/11 ] 30 [20/10]
01. Oct 46 [27/19] 36 [23/13 ] 10 [4/6]
30. Sep 38 [27/11] 37 [23/14 ] 1 [4/-3]
29. Sep 42 [21/21] 23 [14/9 ] 19 [7/12]
28. Sep 35 [20/15] 21 [15/6 ] 14 [5/9]
27. Sep 27 [13/14] 29 [18/11 ] -2 [-5/3]
26. Sep 53 [24/29] 27 [18/9 ] 26 [6/20]
25. Sep 60 [38/22] 40 [22/18 ] 20 [16/4]
24. Sep 38 [25/13] 25 [16/9 ] 13 [9/4]
23. Sep 66 [36/30] 40 [20/20 ] 26 [16/10]
22. Sep 44 [30/14] 40 [28/12 ] 4 [2/2]
21. Sep 16 [6/10] 20 [11/9 ] -4 [-5/1]
20. Sep 19 [10/9] 39 [15/24 ] -20 [-5/-15]
19. Sep 35 [15/20] 33 [18/15 ] 2 [-3/5]
18. Sep 39 [24/15] 36 [19/17 ] 3 [5/-2]
17. Sep 63 [34/29] 38 [20/18 ] 25 [14/11]
16. Sep 44 [29/15] 22 [14/8 ] 22 [15/7]
Total 1418 [839/579] 933 [533/400] 485 [306/179]

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

New Registrations per year
registered deleted net change
2025 12207 8512 3695
2024 14031 10242 3789
2023 13955 10233 3722
2022 13895 9753 4142
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 1307 81
August 1271 66
July 1208 74
June 1153 63
May 1157 88
April 1280 119
March 1365 80
February 1260 95
2025 January 1407 133
December 1095 59
November 1292 93
October 1202 80
September 1178 89
August 1015 71
July 1034 66
June 1027 78
May 1090 79
April 1354 143
March 1241 103
February 1225 105
2024 January 1278 114
December 1046 79
November 1241 91
October 1180 96
Deleted domains

When domain has been purged and is available for registration.

deleted
September 948
August 741
July 878
June 863
May 1072
April 950
March 930
February 880
2025 January 787
December 834
November 822
October 810
September 825
August 761
July 739
June 889
May 914
April 915
March 963
February 855
2024 January 915
December 999
November 801
October 780
Registration changes

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

changed
September 1660
August 1675
July 1869
June 1509
May 1573
April 1714
March 1683
February 1665
2025 January 1746
December 1564
November 1978
October 1705
September 1704
August 1407
July 1242
June 1332
May 1535
April 1482
March 1499
February 1560
2024 January 1590
December 1299
November 1873
October 1609
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 1305
August 1272
July 1020
June 1190
May 1258
April 1415
March 1460
February 1229
2025 January 1302
December 1011
November 1072
October 1133
September 1142
August 1158
July 1009
June 1008
May 1267
April 1168
March 1268
February 1261
2024 January 1238
December 1088
November 1195
October 1169
Reactivated domains (i.e. after being on hold)

Domains can be put on hold temporarily. This is the number of reactivated domains.

reactivated
September 523
August 479
July 356
June 479
May 535
April 488
March 521
February 470
2025 January 515
December 356
November 372
October 437
September 478
August 394
July 364
June 419
May 475
April 462
March 491
February 476
2024 January 424
December 376
November 400
October 456
Transferred domains

Number of domains transferred from one registrant to another.

transferred
September 345
August 232
July 240
June 296
May 219
April 298
March 349
February 268
2025 January 368
December 278
November 262
October 376
September 285
August 205
July 203
June 197
May 242
April 314
March 476
February 316
2024 January 308
December 283
November 564
October 438
Signed domains (DNSSEC)

Number of domains signed using DNSSEC.

signed
September 3453
August 3438
July 3412
June 3395
May 3382
April 3360
March 3332
February 3312
2025 January 3302
December 3249
November 3244
October 3219
September 3196
August 3179
July 3167
June 3167
May 3125
April 3123
March 3101
February 3105
2024 January 2991
December 2965
November 2955
October 2943
Domains using ISNIC's nameservers

Number of domains per month using ISNIC's parking or ISNIC DNS Hosting.

parkedISNIC DNS Hosting
Október 21011 12975
September 20920 12965
Ágúst 20883 12980
Júlí 20835 12935
Júní 20767 12895
Maí 20658 12869
Apríl 20594 12821
Mars 20459 12767
Febrúar 20383 12674
2025 Janúar 20237 12551
Desember 20175 12506
Nóvember 20149 12406
Október 20064 12283
September 19987 12168
Ágúst 19955 12078
Júlí 19876 12015
Júní 19725 11943
Maí 19749 11897
Apríl 19549 11777
Mars 19380 11710
Febrúar 19252 11657
2024 Janúar 19178 11614
Desember 19030 11560
Nóvember 18865 11467
Renewals for two or more years

Number of domains renewed for two, three, four or five years in a given month.

1 year2 years3 years4 years5 years
September 7093 55 13 8 17
August 6668 52 15 1 20
July 5674 36 9 7 12
June 5537 40 9 9 15
May 6367 40 11 8 11
April 6613 44 8 10 18
March 7338 38 10 7 15
February 6712 48 15 6 18
2025 January 7680 62 14 5 20
December 6242 47 12 4 6
November 6295 26 13 2 15
October 7048 52 7 13 10
September 6817 52 3 9 20
August 6617 39 17 5 24
July 5669 36 11 3 8
June 5280 53 11 5 8
May 6176 41 13 6 15
April 6529 51 23 5 17
March 7125 60 7 7 17
February 6737 41 11 15 22
2024 January 7213 59 20 13 34
December 5881 43 13 2 12
November 6084 52 9 4 20
October 6721 39 5 3 25
Number of nameserver registrations
registered nameservers
September 66
August 97
July 80
June 90
May 94
April 101
March 93
February 66
2025 January 76
December 49
November 90
October 96
September 86
August 50
July 66
June 72
May 60
April 64
March 70
February 77
2024 January 98
December 68
November 79
October 100
Domain names

Number of characters in a domain. It can between 1 up to 63 characters.

lengthnumberlengthnumberlengthnumberlengthnumber
1 46 2 1257 3 6072 4 6951
5 8539 6 9660 7 9463 8 9709
9 9367 10 8277 11 6949 12 5282
13 3964 14 3230 15 2430 16 1846
17 1300 18 892 19 685 20 467
21 291 22 197 23 126 24 105
25 65 26 37 27 27 28 12
29 14 30 8 31 9 32 6
33 1 34 3 35 1 36 1
37 1 38 1 40 1
First character of a domain name

Following is information about recidency of registrants

Country
registrant country of residencenumer of domains
IS 68019
US 9712
GB 2244
DE 2183
NO 1741
SE 1289
CA 918
HK 898
NL 749
DK 712
CH 644
FR 616
AU 467
IT 387
IN 339
ES 338
CN 314
RO 260
AT 252
UA 233
Domestic registrants in more detail

Postal code

postal codenumber of domains
105 Reykjavík 5904
101 Reykjavík 5779
110 Reykjavík 4356
108 Reykjavík 4277
210 Garðabæ 3758
200 Kópavogi 3485
104 Reykjavík 3343
220 Hafnarfirði 2728
201 Kópavogi 2680
112 Reykjavík 2342
270 Mosfellsbæ 2150
221 Hafnarfirði 1986
600 Akureyri 1720
203 Kópavogi 1693
800 Selfossi 1438
107 Reykjavík 1346
109 Reykjavík 1322
113 Reykjavík 1307
230 Reykjanesbæ 1197
170 Seltjarnarnesi 931

Towns

town/countynumber of domains
Reykjavík 32469
Kópavogi 7867
Hafnarfirði 4742
Garðabæ 4272
Akureyri 2616
Mosfellsbæ 2253
Reykjanesbæ 2230
Selfossi 2029
Seltjarnarnesi 932
Akranesi 774
Borgarnesi 442
Egilsstöðum 435
Hveragerði 432
Vestmannaeyjum 371
Grindavík 345
Ísafirði 333
Húsavík 314
Sauðárkróki 313
Hellu 299
Höfn í Hornafirði 267
Companies hosting .IS domains

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

RankHosting Company share (%) | RankHosting Company share (%)
1 1984.is 12.00  |  21 awsdns.net 0.44
2 cloudflare.com 11.41  |  22 wordpress.com 0.42
3 registrar-servers.com 5.55  |  23 thekking.is 0.42
4 wixdns.net 1.93  |  24 midja.is 0.42
5 hyp.net 1.41  |  25 googledomains.com 0.41
6 hysingar.is 1.36  |  26 vercel-dns.com 0.40
7 vist.is 1.30  |  27 awsdns.co.uk 0.39
8 netvistun.is 1.18  |  28 digitalocean.com 0.39
9 azure-dns.com 0.81  |  29 microsoftonline.com 0.38
10 hysing.is 0.81  |  30 101domain.com 0.38
11 xnet.is 0.73  |  31 eurodns.com 0.38
12 c.is 0.69  |  32 nsone.net 0.37
13 cscdns.net 0.60  |  33 x.is 0.36
14 siteground.net 0.60  |  34 t.is 0.35
15 markmonitor.com 0.53  |  35 dreamhost.com 0.33
16 stefna.is 0.51  |  36 vortex.is 0.31
17 dns-parking.com 0.51  |  37 snerpa.is 0.28
18 awsdns.org 0.50  |  38 okhysing.is 0.28
19 simnet.is 0.49  |  39 reykjavik.is 0.27
20 awsdns.com 0.44  |  40 trademarkarea.com 0.25

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: