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
2025	13689	93752
2024	9032	80063
2023	7654	71031
2022	6321	63377
2021	6296	57056
2020	5844	50760
2019	4771	44916
2018	3807	40145
2017	3633	36338
2016	3267	32705
2015	3166	29438
2014	2993	26272
2013	2835	23279
2012	2466	20444
2011	2182	17978
2010	2224	15796
2009	2061	13572
2008	1729	11511
2007	1479	9782
2006	1234	8303
2005	1243	7069
2004	963	5826
2003	880	4863
2002	868	3983
2001	840	3115

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

	registered	total
April	662	33151
March	742	32489
February	637	31747
2026 January	661	31110
December	493	30449
November	513	29956
October	570	29443
September	512	28873
August	441	28361
July	419	27920
June	424	27501
May	447	27077
April	455	26630
March	393	26175
February	366	25782
2025 January	369	25416
December	259	25047
November	334	24788
October	334	24454
September	351	24120
August	308	23769
July	279	23461
June	315	23182
May	311	22867

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

month	this year	last year	older
01	1683	927	6962
02	1632	858	6492
03	1957	943	7081
04	1654	1188	6986
05	0	1066	6853
06	0	1126	6052
07	0	1176	5574
08	0	1246	6243
09	0	1284	7265
10	0	1398	7457
11	0	1299	7199
12	0	1178	5905

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

age (years)	number
30-31	54
29-30	122
28-29	321
27-28	472
26-27	664
25-26	951
24-25	814
23-24	878
22-23	882
21-22	1133
20-21	1166
19-20	1313
18-19	1520
17-18	1925
16-17	2043
15-16	2245
14-15	2348
13-14	2596
12-13	2983
11-12	2949
10-11	3277
9-10	3373
8-9	3685
7-8	4028
6-7	4928
5-6	6204
4-5	6269
3-4	6519
2-3	8393
1-2	9873
0-1	16699
Mean age	7.6

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. May	36	[17/19]	31	[19/12 ]	5	[-2/7]
01. May	59	[42/17]	33	[19/14 ]	26	[23/3]
30. Apr	64	[39/25]	37	[24/13 ]	27	[15/12]
29. Apr	71	[40/31]	26	[11/15 ]	45	[29/16]
28. Apr	70	[41/29]	47	[30/17 ]	23	[11/12]
27. Apr	51	[24/27]	49	[35/14 ]	2	[-11/13]
26. Apr	49	[32/17]	45	[26/19 ]	4	[6/-2]
25. Apr	40	[28/12]	39	[25/14 ]	1	[3/-2]
24. Apr	42	[26/16]	25	[17/8 ]	17	[9/8]
23. Apr	42	[19/23]	24	[8/16 ]	18	[11/7]
22. Apr	65	[38/27]	38	[23/15 ]	27	[15/12]
21. Apr	60	[44/16]	37	[18/19 ]	23	[26/-3]
20. Apr	67	[41/26]	35	[20/15 ]	32	[21/11]
19. Apr	50	[19/31]	41	[23/18 ]	9	[-4/13]
18. Apr	36	[20/16]	35	[16/19 ]	1	[4/-3]
17. Apr	58	[37/21]	28	[15/13 ]	30	[22/8]
16. Apr	55	[42/13]	44	[36/8 ]	11	[6/5]
15. Apr	54	[33/21]	34	[23/11 ]	20	[10/10]
14. Apr	67	[45/22]	64	[43/21 ]	3	[2/1]
13. Apr	65	[31/34]	43	[15/28 ]	22	[16/6]
12. Apr	45	[35/10]	34	[14/20 ]	11	[21/-10]
11. Apr	37	[20/17]	28	[15/13 ]	9	[5/4]
10. Apr	74	[49/25]	28	[13/15 ]	46	[36/10]
09. Apr	78	[45/33]	38	[18/20 ]	40	[27/13]
08. Apr	69	[41/28]	53	[22/31 ]	16	[19/-3]
07. Apr	50	[22/28]	33	[14/19 ]	17	[8/9]
06. Apr	68	[35/33]	42	[23/19 ]	26	[12/14]
05. Apr	43	[27/16]	41	[22/19 ]	2	[5/-3]
04. Apr	45	[18/27]	37	[15/22 ]	8	[3/5]
03. Apr	48	[21/27]	26	[15/11 ]	22	[6/16]
02. Apr	41	[20/21]	39	[25/14 ]	2	[-5/7]
Total	1699	[991/708]	1154	[642/512]	545	[349/196]

When domain has been purged and is available for registration.

	deleted
April	1121
March	1187
February	1045
2026 January	1129
December	1133
November	983
October	969
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

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

	changed
April	2168
March	3211
February	2258
2026 January	2256
December	1504
November	1853
October	1872
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

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
April	1520
March	1683
February	1577
2026 January	1675
December	1308
November	1476
October	1344
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

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

	reactivated
April	677
March	645
February	659
2026 January	580
December	441
November	480
October	541
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

Number of domains transferred from one registrant to another.

	transferred
April	298
March	361
February	293
2026 January	279
December	300
November	267
October	321
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

Number of domains signed using DNSSEC.

	signed
April	3582
March	3557
February	3529
2026 January	3532
December	3517
November	3500
October	3479
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

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

	parked	ISNIC DNS Hosting
Maí	21426	13423
Apríl	21343	13334
Mars	21222	13225
Febrúar	21112	13143
2026 Janúar	21053	13134
Desember	20968	13081
Nóvember	21089	13038
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

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
April	6831	42	8	6	19
March	7655	73	21	12	18
February	7052	43	9	11	9
2026 January	7961	59	13	11	11
December	6309	52	15	9	12
November	6185	53	17	5	12
October	6739	50	16	5	21
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

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	1254	3	6231	4	7231
5	8879	6	10063	7	9794	8	10082
9	9673	10	8562	11	7143	12	5470
13	4144	14	3319	15	2508	16	1908
17	1319	18	909	19	714	20	492
21	302	22	213	23	130	24	108
25	64	26	39	27	27	28	13
29	15	30	9	31	11	32	4
33	1	34	3	37	1	38	1
40	1	41	1

Postal code

postal code	number of domains
105 Reykjavík	5961
101 Reykjavík	5788
110 Reykjavík	4427
108 Reykjavík	4332
210 Garðabæ	3959
200 Kópavogi	3645
104 Reykjavík	3378
220 Hafnarfirði	2898
201 Kópavogi	2840
112 Reykjavík	2393
270 Mosfellsbæ	2231
221 Hafnarfirði	2192
203 Kópavogi	1726
600 Akureyri	1725
800 Selfossi	1500
109 Reykjavík	1360
107 Reykjavík	1342
113 Reykjavík	1338
230 Reykjanesbæ	1209
102 Reykjavík	992

Towns

town/county	number of domains
Reykjavík	33080
Kópavogi	8220
Hafnarfirði	5116
Garðabæ	4495
Akureyri	2674
Mosfellsbæ	2339
Reykjanesbæ	2303
Selfossi	2132
Seltjarnarnesi	988
Akranesi	779
Egilsstöðum	466
Hveragerði	448
Borgarnesi	441
Vestmannaeyjum	378
Ísafirði	358
Grindavík	336
Húsavík	316
Sauðárkróki	314
Hellu	307
Hvolsvelli	281

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

Rank	Hosting Company	share (%)	|	Rank	Hosting Company	share (%)
1	cloudflare.com	13.21	|	21	awsdns.com	0.44
2	1984.is	11.60	|	22	awsdns.net	0.44
3	registrar-servers.com	5.77	|	23	nsone.net	0.43
4	wixdns.net	1.87	|	24	thekking.is	0.43
5	hyp.net	1.35	|	25	wordpress.com	0.41
6	vist.is	1.24	|	26	okhysing.is	0.41
7	hysingar.is	1.24	|	27	googledomains.com	0.39
8	netvistun.is	1.19	|	28	awsdns.co.uk	0.38
9	hysing.is	0.78	|	29	microsoftonline.com	0.37
10	azure-dns.com	0.73	|	30	digitalocean.com	0.37
11	xnet.is	0.70	|	31	eurodns.com	0.36
12	c.is	0.60	|	32	101domain.com	0.35
13	cscdns.net	0.57	|	33	t.is	0.33
14	siteground.net	0.57	|	34	dreamhost.com	0.31
15	dns-parking.com	0.56	|	35	vortex.is	0.30
16	markmonitor.com	0.52	|	36	snerpa.is	0.27
17	vercel-dns.com	0.52	|	37	midja.is	0.27
18	stefna.is	0.50	|	38	reykjavik.is	0.26
19	awsdns.org	0.49	|	39	netim.net	0.24
20	simnet.is	0.46	|	40	trademarkarea.com	0.24

See past years.

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: