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 10586 69966 2018 7929 59380 2017 6597 51451 2016 5618 44854 2015 5137 39236 2014 4472 34099 2013 4110 29627 2012 3556 25517 2011 2942 21961 2010 2876 19019 2009 2655 16143 2008 2155 13488 2007 1877 11333 2006 1485 9456 2005 1459 7971 2004 1111 6512 2003 1013 5401 2002 981 4388 2001 935 3407 2000 981 2472 1999 597 1491 1998 439 894 1997 273 455 1996 84 182 1995 56 98

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

year registered total 2018 404 3209 2017 304 2805 2016 257 2501 2015 204 2244 2014 277 2040 2013 206 1763 2012 212 1557 2011 149 1345 2010 183 1196 2009 190 1013 2008 195 823 2007 200 628 2006 104 428 2005 278 324 2004 46 46

Number of active domains by registration month

domestic foreign reg. total % reg. total % Október 633 49726 71.07 399 20243 28.93 September 638 49093 71.21 480 19844 28.79 Ágúst 514 48455 71.45 448 19364 28.55 Júlí 526 47941 71.71 658 18916 28.29 Júní 433 47415 72.20 475 18258 27.80 Maí 505 46982 72.54 561 17783 27.46 Apríl 578 46477 72.96 924 17222 27.04 Mars 610 45899 73.80 327 16298 26.20 Febrúar 572 45289 73.93 347 15971 26.07 2019 Janúar 637 44717 74.11 321 15624 25.89 Desember 364 44080 74.23 285 15303 25.77 Nóvember 493 43716 74.43 281 15018 25.57 Október 612 43223 74.57 299 14737 25.43 September 394 42611 74.69 174 14438 25.31 Ágúst 347 42217 74.75 213 14264 25.25 Júlí 330 41870 74.87 182 14051 25.13 Júní 356 41540 74.97 222 13869 25.03 Maí 428 41184 75.11 231 13647 24.89 Apríl 449 40756 75.23 229 13416 24.77 Mars 482 40307 75.35 197 13187 24.65 Febrúar 453 39825 75.40 229 12990 24.60 2018 Janúar 441 39372 75.52 238 12761 24.48 Desember 335 38931 75.66 227 12523 24.34 Nóvember 413 38596 75.84 233 12296 24.16

Domains registered to individuals

registered total Október 391 20133 September 394 19742 Ágúst 329 19348 Júlí 346 19019 Júní 255 18673 Maí 302 18418 Apríl 359 18116 Mars 381 17757 Febrúar 325 17376 2019 Janúar 397 17051 Desember 234 16654 Nóvember 287 16420 Október 355 16133 September 206 15778 Ágúst 192 15572 Júlí 168 15380 Júní 183 15212 Maí 209 15029 Apríl 242 14820 Mars 256 14578 Febrúar 234 14322 2018 Janúar 257 14088 Desember 181 13831 Nóvember 218 13650

Age-distribution of domestic registrants

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

age (years) number 90-100 3 80-90 41 70-80 532 60-70 2161 50-60 4278 40-50 5675 30-40 5356 20-30 2019 10-20 68 0-10 0 Mean age 45,9

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 01 958 679 4708 02 919 682 4591 03 937 679 4957 04 1502 678 4240 05 1066 659 4289 06 908 578 3687 07 1184 512 3300 08 962 560 3737 09 1118 568 4270 10 1032 911 4860 11 0 774 4801 12 0 649 4014

Domain Age Distribution

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

age (years) number 30-31 4 29-30 9 28-29 6 27-28 4 26-27 5 25-26 12 24-25 46 23-24 75 22-23 237 21-22 429 20-21 553 19-20 939 18-19 967 17-18 983 16-17 969 15-16 1075 14-15 1457 13-14 1463 12-13 1816 11-12 1957 10-11 2718 9-10 2783 8-9 2912 7-8 3548 6-7 4063 5-6 4373 4-5 5007 3-4 5423 2-3 6410 1-2 7715 0-1 12008 Mean age 6,2

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] % Október 1029 [634 / 395] 1.47 671 [429 / 242] 0.96 358 [205 / 153] 0.51 September 1085 [624 / 461] 1.57 595 [384 / 211] 0.86 490 [240 / 250] 0.71 Ágúst 962 [522 / 440] 1.42 634 [392 / 242] 0.93 328 [130 / 198] 0.48 Júlí 1197 [537 / 660] 1.79 620 [374 / 246] 0.93 577 [163 / 414] 0.86 Júní 916 [436 / 480] 1.39 719 [430 / 289] 1.09 197 [6 / 191] 0.30 Maí 1078 [519 / 559] 1.66 769 [438 / 331] 1.19 309 [81 / 228] 0.48 Apríl 1549 [589 / 960] 2.43 809 [503 / 306] 1.27 740 [86 / 654] 1.16 Mars 971 [615 / 356] 1.56 775 [495 / 280] 1.25 196 [120 / 76] 0.32 Febrúar 922 [577 / 345] 1.51 714 [449 / 265] 1.17 208 [128 / 80] 0.34 2019 Janúar 976 [649 / 327] 1.62 649 [407 / 242] 1.08 327 [242 / 85] 0.54 Desember 666 [375 / 291] 1.12 639 [370 / 269] 1.08 27 [5 / 22] 0.05 Nóvember 801 [515 / 286] 1.36 644 [406 / 238] 1.10 157 [109 / 48] 0.27 Október 949 [639 / 310] 1.64 743 [479 / 264] 1.28 206 [160 / 46] 0.36 September 770 [504 / 266] 1.35 616 [390 / 226] 1.08 154 [114 / 40] 0.27 Ágúst 803 [469 / 334] 1.42 702 [374 / 328] 1.24 101 [95 / 6] 0.18 Júlí 734 [437 / 297] 1.31 568 [327 / 241] 1.02 166 [110 / 56] 0.30 Júní 787 [455 / 332] 1.42 644 [329 / 315] 1.16 143 [126 / 17] 0.26 Maí 969 [610 / 359] 1.77 1288 [715 / 573] 2.35 -319 [-105 / -214] -0.58 Apríl 993 [636 / 357] 1.83 710 [411 / 299] 1.31 283 [225 / 58] 0.52 Mars 1027 [680 / 347] 1.92 511 [296 / 215] 0.96 516 [384 / 132] 0.96

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] 17. Nov 20 [11/9] 25 [17/8 ] -5 [-6/1] 16. Nov 21 [13/8] 19 [15/4 ] 2 [-2/4] 15. Nov 38 [26/12] 21 [15/6 ] 17 [11/6] 14. Nov 32 [12/20] 25 [16/9 ] 7 [-4/11] 13. Nov 47 [33/14] 28 [16/12 ] 19 [17/2] 12. Nov 40 [31/9] 22 [17/5 ] 18 [14/4] 11. Nov 42 [26/16] 34 [23/11 ] 8 [3/5] 10. Nov 31 [19/12] 25 [17/8 ] 6 [2/4] 09. Nov 18 [9/9] 15 [6/9 ] 3 [3/0] 08. Nov 27 [17/10] 19 [16/3 ] 8 [1/7] 07. Nov 39 [33/6] 23 [18/5 ] 16 [15/1] 06. Nov 54 [40/14] 19 [12/7 ] 35 [28/7] 05. Nov 42 [24/18] 24 [15/9 ] 18 [9/9] 04. Nov 60 [35/25] 30 [23/7 ] 30 [12/18] 03. Nov 19 [10/9] 23 [17/6 ] -4 [-7/3] 02. Nov 15 [6/9] 17 [9/8 ] -2 [-3/1] 01. Nov 36 [23/13] 20 [12/8 ] 16 [11/5] 31. Oct 40 [22/18] 18 [10/8 ] 22 [12/10] 30. Oct 37 [27/10] 28 [12/16 ] 9 [15/-6] 29. Oct 39 [30/9] 30 [19/11 ] 9 [11/-2] 28. Oct 49 [33/16] 30 [22/8 ] 19 [11/8] 27. Oct 16 [6/10] 22 [13/9 ] -6 [-7/1] 26. Oct 16 [7/9] 16 [11/5 ] 0 [-4/4] 25. Oct 45 [25/20] 16 [8/8 ] 29 [17/12] 24. Oct 43 [25/18] 16 [8/8 ] 27 [17/10] 23. Oct 50 [34/16] 21 [11/10 ] 29 [23/6] 22. Oct 35 [26/9] 14 [5/9 ] 21 [21/0] 21. Oct 43 [30/13] 15 [10/5 ] 28 [20/8] 20. Oct 21 [12/9] 19 [11/8 ] 2 [1/1] 19. Oct 15 [8/7] 11 [7/4 ] 4 [1/3] 18. Oct 21 [9/12] 17 [11/6 ] 4 [-2/6] Total     1051 [662/389] 662 [422/240] 389 [240/149]

Domain administration

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

New Registrations

registered deleted net change 2019 11311 7368 3943 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 Október 1029 36 September 1128 66 Ágúst 962 70 Júlí 1197 36 Júní 916 31 Maí 1078 49 Apríl 1549 43 Mars 971 50 Febrúar 922 33 2019 Janúar 976 48 Desember 666 39 Nóvember 801 35 Október 949 51 September 770 35 Ágúst 803 33 Júlí 734 43 Júní 787 26 Maí 969 51 Apríl 993 52 Mars 1027 56 Febrúar 967 47 2018 Janúar 981 52 Desember 801 37 Nóvember 834 36

Deleted domains

deleted Október 671 September 619 Ágúst 634 Júlí 620 Júní 719 Maí 769 Apríl 809 Mars 775 Febrúar 714 2019 Janúar 649 Desember 639 Nóvember 644 Október 743 September 616 Ágúst 702 Júlí 568 Júní 644 Maí 1288 Apríl 710 Mars 511 Febrúar 480 2018 Janúar 775 Desember 523 Nóvember 518

Registration changes

changed Október 1252 September 1166 Ágúst 1265 Júlí 1350 Júní 1096 Maí 1395 Apríl 2953 Mars 1050 Febrúar 1092 2019 Janúar 1124 Desember 829 Nóvember 1189 Október 1183 September 1170 Ágúst 1401 Júlí 1178 Júní 1362 Maí 1872 Apríl 1942 Mars 1822 Febrúar 1576 2018 Janúar 2193 Desember 1586 Nóvember 1808

Domains put on hold

on hold Október 1065 September 1004 Ágúst 987 Júlí 847 Júní 920 Maí 1202 Apríl 1166 Mars 1296 Febrúar 1059 2019 Janúar 1193 Desember 837 Nóvember 1003 Október 1050 September 1046 Ágúst 896 Júlí 872 Júní 804 Maí 1038 Apríl 1225 Mars 788 Febrúar 795 2018 Janúar 804 Desember 544 Nóvember 711

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

reactivated Október 515 September 490 Ágúst 456 Júlí 415 Júní 424 Maí 554 Apríl 480 Mars 590 Febrúar 506 2019 Janúar 465 Desember 406 Nóvember 514 Október 466 September 451 Ágúst 402 Júlí 325 Júní 391 Maí 486 Apríl 520 Mars 329 Febrúar 287 2018 Janúar 269 Desember 230 Nóvember 269

Transferred domains (from one registrant to another)

transferred Október 264 September 308 Ágúst 289 Júlí 245 Júní 187 Maí 251 Apríl 187 Mars 182 Febrúar 316 2019 Janúar 324 Desember 209 Nóvember 248 Október 219 September 325 Ágúst 186 Júlí 126 Júní 189 Maí 207 Apríl 198 Mars 234 Febrúar 263 2018 Janúar 333 Desember 182 Nóvember 189

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

signed Október 2303 September 2254 Ágúst 2252 Júlí 2242 Júní 2220 Maí 2195 Apríl 2184 Mars 2180 Febrúar 2175 2019 Janúar 2150 Desember 2113 Nóvember 2101 Október 2026 September 1955 Ágúst 1932 Júlí 1910 Júní 1900 Maí 1863 Apríl 1875 Mars 1868 Febrúar 1799 2018 Janúar 1746 Desember 1732 Nóvember 1706

Parked and forwarded domains

parked forwarded 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 Apríl 12078 6288 Mars 11932 6189 Febrúar 11849 6076 2018 Janúar 11741 6006 Desember 11556 5947

Renewals for two or more years.

1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years Október 5246 19 6 3 2 September 4887 32 4 2 4 Ágúst 4698 25 10 2 6 Júlí 3948 41 16 4 3 Júní 3893 31 4 5 4 Maí 4791 38 6 1 8 Apríl 4656 19 8 2 4 Mars 5392 35 5 5 8 Febrúar 5008 29 8 3 4 2019 Janúar 5785 34 7 7 5 Desember 4379 15 9 2 6 Nóvember 4651 28 10 5 6 Október 4877 28 4 1 4 September 4705 29 5 6 5 Ágúst 4519 17 10 3 3 Júlí 3679 15 10 1 4 Júní 3837 27 7 1 5 Maí 4364 44 5 3 5 Apríl 3830 22 2 0 3 Mars 5184 33 4 4 2 Febrúar 4770 30 3 3 5 2018 Janúar 5350 21 6 1 0 Desember 4374 21 7 1 3 Nóvember 4625 37 3 3 4

Number of nameserver registrations

registered nameservers Október 158 September 99 Ágúst 188 Júlí 133 Júní 107 Maí 168 Apríl 187 Mars 110 Febrúar 130 2019 Janúar 132 Desember 94 Nóvember 139 Október 124 September 98 Ágúst 133 Júlí 120 Júní 141 Maí 101 Apríl 130 Mars 176 Febrúar 118 2018 Janúar 149 Desember 129 Nóvember 204

Domain names

length number length number length number length number 1 46 2 1042 3 4537 4 4951 5 6079 6 6914 7 6723 8 6835 9 6555 10 5904 11 4986 12 3737 13 2974 14 2343 15 1764 16 1363 17 941 18 697 19 527 20 340 21 234 22 153 23 103 24 68 25 50 26 32 27 20 28 13 29 11 30 9 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 36 1 297 2 118 3 110 4 78 5 48 6 35 7 38 8 38 9 34 a 4266 á 67 b 4449 c 2444 d 2211 ð 1 e 2558 é 4 f 3684 g 3256 h 4685 i 3279 í 97 j 1185 k 2824 l 3306 m 3783 n 2469 o 1525 ó 26 p 2658 q 167 r 2914 s 7653 t 3691 u 867 ú 32 v 2939 w 1003 x 246 y 347 ý 2 z 311 þ 124 æ 17 ö 47

Registrant residency

registrant country of residence numer of domains IS 49597 US 6045 NO 1791 DE 1764 GB 1701 SE 996 CA 789 CH 732 DK 692 NL 582 FR 438 BZ 389 AU 314 IT 270 ES 224 AT 199 CN 188 CZ 177 RU 163 BE 162

Domestic registrants in more detail ..

postal code number of domains 101 Reykjavík 5055 105 Reykjavík 4782 108 Reykjavík 3654 110 Reykjavík 3220 104 Reykjavík 2561 200 Kópavogi 2486 220 Hafnarfirði 2108 210 Garðabæ 2104 112 Reykjavík 1815 201 Kópavogi 1687 270 Mosfellsbæ 1346 600 Akureyri 1234 221 Hafnarfirði 1191 109 Reykjavík 1149 203 Kópavogi 1078 107 Reykjavík 1016 113 Reykjavík 888 800 Selfossi 769 230 Reykjanesbæ 763 170 Seltjarnarnesi 639

city/county number of domains Reykjavík 25656 Kópavogi 5258 Hafnarfirði 3322 Garðabæ 2513 Akureyri 1835 Mosfellsbæ 1442 Reykjanesbæ 1401 Selfossi 1084 Seltjarnarnesi 645 Akranesi 409 Borgarnesi 404 Egilsstöðum 300 Grindavík 273 Höfn í Hornafirði 261 Ísafirði 254 Húsavík 253 Vestmannaeyjum 249 Hveragerði 236 Sauðárkróki 232 Hellu 201

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 15.03  |  21 t.is 0.56 2 cloudflare.com 3.80  |  22 markmonitor.com 0.51 3 hysingar.is 2.22  |  23 awsdns.com 0.51 4 hyp.net 2.13  |  24 eurodns.com 0.49 5 registrar-servers.com 1.85  |  25 azure-dns.com 0.47 6 simnet.is 1.83  |  26 dg.is 0.46 7 x.is 1.54  |  27 vortex.is 0.46 8 hysing.is 1.44  |  28 dreamhost.com 0.45 9 c.is 1.38  |  29 dnsimple.com 0.44 10 vist.is 1.30  |  30 awsdns.net 0.43 11 netvistun.is 1.16  |  31 awsdns.org 0.42 12 wixdns.net 0.96  |  32 nethonnun.is 0.42 13 xnet.is 0.88  |  33 digitalocean.com 0.42 14 opex.is 0.79  |  34 reykjavik.is 0.40 15 101domain.com 0.78  |  35 udag.org 0.40 16 stefna.is 0.70  |  36 smartmedia.is 0.39 17 thekking.is 0.66  |  37 dacoda.is 0.39 18 midja.is 0.65  |  38 instradns.com 0.38 19 cscdns.net 0.62  |  39 trademarkarea.com 0.37 20 iwantmyname.net 0.58  |  40 snerpa.is 0.37

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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