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 1898 66763 2018 10009 64865 2017 7494 54856 2016 6306 47362 2015 5568 41056 2014 4789 35488 2013 4376 30699 2012 3753 26323 2011 3098 22570 2010 2970 19472 2009 2738 16502 2008 2212 13764 2007 1930 11552 2006 1526 9622 2005 1495 8096 2004 1125 6601 2003 1030 5476 2002 992 4446 2001 948 3454 2000 1001 2506 1999 603 1505 1998 443 902 1997 276 459 1996 84 183 1995 57 99

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

year registered total 2018 481 3454 2017 339 2973 2016 289 2634 2015 218 2345 2014 293 2127 2013 221 1834 2012 223 1613 2011 159 1390 2010 188 1231 2009 195 1043 2008 200 848 2007 204 648 2006 109 444 2005 289 335 2004 46 46

Number of active domains by registration month

domestic foreign reg. total % reg. total % Febrúar 575 48743 73.01 349 18023 26.99 2019 Janúar 649 48168 73.16 325 17674 26.84 Desember 374 47519 73.25 288 17349 26.75 Nóvember 510 47145 73.43 285 17061 26.57 Október 635 46635 73.54 305 16776 26.46 September 494 46000 73.63 264 16471 26.37 Ágúst 466 45506 73.74 324 16207 26.26 Júlí 431 45040 73.93 295 15883 26.07 Júní 451 44609 74.11 334 15588 25.89 Maí 597 44158 74.33 358 15254 25.67 Apríl 615 43561 74.52 350 14896 25.48 Mars 633 42946 74.70 345 14546 25.30 Febrúar 599 42313 74.87 329 14201 25.13 2018 Janúar 465 41714 75.04 262 13872 24.96 Desember 343 41249 75.19 227 13610 24.81 Nóvember 424 40906 75.35 233 13383 24.65 Október 427 40482 75.48 193 13150 24.52 September 417 40055 75.56 176 12957 24.44 Ágúst 335 39638 75.62 176 12781 24.38 Júlí 286 39303 75.72 187 12605 24.28 Júní 347 39017 75.86 211 12418 24.14 Maí 466 38670 76.01 228 12207 23.99 Apríl 417 38204 76.13 241 11979 23.87 Mars 545 37787 76.30 237 11738 23.70

Domains registered to individuals

registered total Febrúar 329 19433 2019 Janúar 407 19104 Desember 245 18697 Nóvember 305 18452 Október 374 18147 September 290 17773 Ágúst 271 17483 Júlí 240 17212 Júní 262 16972 Maí 327 16710 Apríl 385 16383 Mars 365 15998 Febrúar 348 15633 2018 Janúar 276 15285 Desember 189 15009 Nóvember 230 14820 Október 197 14590 September 212 14393 Ágúst 176 14181 Júlí 160 14005 Júní 171 13845 Maí 227 13674 Apríl 232 13447 Mars 257 13215

Age-distribution of domestic registrants

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

age (years) number 90-100 3 80-90 46 70-80 529 60-70 2176 50-60 4251 40-50 5392 30-40 5138 20-30 1855 10-20 43 0-10 0 Mean age 46,3

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 01 974 727 4789 02 924 928 4958 03 0 978 5410 04 0 965 4645 05 0 955 4755 06 0 785 4015 07 0 726 3630 08 0 790 4097 09 0 758 4677 10 0 940 4952 11 0 795 4872 12 0 662 4059

Domain Age Distribution

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

age (years) number 30-31 3 29-30 4 28-29 10 27-28 4 26-27 5 25-26 10 24-25 11 23-24 65 22-23 107 21-22 318 20-21 472 19-20 683 18-19 1047 17-18 940 16-17 968 15-16 1043 14-15 1172 13-14 1535 12-13 1620 11-12 1934 10-11 2296 9-10 2732 8-9 3041 7-8 3275 6-7 3776 5-6 4463 4-5 4987 3-4 5684 2-3 6536 1-2 7775 0-1 10248 Mean age 6,1

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] % Febrúar 922 [577 / 345] 1.38 714 [449 / 265] 1.07 208 [128 / 80] 0.31 2019 Janúar 976 [649 / 327] 1.48 649 [407 / 242] 0.99 327 [242 / 85] 0.50 Desember 666 [375 / 291] 1.03 639 [370 / 269] 0.99 27 [5 / 22] 0.04 Nóvember 801 [515 / 286] 1.25 644 [406 / 238] 1.00 157 [109 / 48] 0.24 Október 949 [639 / 310] 1.50 743 [479 / 264] 1.17 206 [160 / 46] 0.32 September 770 [504 / 266] 1.23 616 [390 / 226] 0.99 154 [114 / 40] 0.25 Ágúst 803 [469 / 334] 1.30 702 [374 / 328] 1.14 101 [95 / 6] 0.16 Júlí 734 [437 / 297] 1.20 568 [327 / 241] 0.93 166 [110 / 56] 0.27 Júní 787 [455 / 332] 1.31 644 [329 / 315] 1.07 143 [126 / 17] 0.24 Maí 969 [610 / 359] 1.63 1288 [715 / 573] 2.17 -319 [-105 / -214] -0.54 Apríl 993 [636 / 357] 1.70 710 [411 / 299] 1.21 283 [225 / 58] 0.48 Mars 1027 [680 / 347] 1.79 511 [296 / 215] 0.89 516 [384 / 132] 0.90 Febrúar 967 [637 / 330] 1.71 480 [307 / 173] 0.85 487 [330 / 157] 0.86 2018 Janúar 981 [612 / 369] 1.76 775 [463 / 312] 1.39 206 [149 / 57] 0.37 Desember 801 [452 / 349] 1.46 523 [320 / 203] 0.95 278 [132 / 146] 0.51 Nóvember 834 [510 / 324] 1.54 518 [313 / 205] 0.95 316 [197 / 119] 0.58 Október 836 [533 / 303] 1.56 594 [266 / 328] 1.11 242 [267 / -25] 0.45 September 851 [554 / 297] 1.61 724 [308 / 416] 1.37 127 [246 / -119] 0.24 Ágúst 735 [455 / 280] 1.40 616 [366 / 250] 1.18 119 [89 / 30] 0.23 Júlí 695 [382 / 313] 1.34 502 [279 / 223] 0.97 193 [103 / 90] 0.37

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 increase [dom/for] 17 20 [12/8] 23 [13/10 ] -3 [-1/-2] 16 18 [10/8] 24 [16/8 ] -6 [-6/0] 15 36 [29/7] 16 [10/6 ] 20 [19/1] 14 34 [22/12] 25 [17/8 ] 9 [5/4] 13 35 [21/14] 22 [14/8 ] 13 [7/6] 12 31 [20/11] 26 [19/7 ] 5 [1/4] 11 37 [24/13] 24 [17/7 ] 13 [7/6] 10 24 [16/8] 24 [12/12 ] 0 [4/-4] 09 21 [15/6] 19 [12/7 ] 2 [3/-1] 08 26 [15/11] 20 [14/6 ] 6 [1/5] 07 32 [20/12] 31 [28/3 ] 1 [-8/9] 06 40 [23/17] 27 [10/17 ] 13 [13/0] 05 35 [19/16] 32 [20/12 ] 3 [-1/4] 04 43 [32/11] 27 [18/9 ] 16 [14/2] 03 14 [8/6] 31 [18/13 ] -17 [-10/-7] 02 8 [3/5] 33 [21/12 ] -25 [-18/-7] 1. Mars 33 [24/9] 29 [14/15 ] 4 [10/-6] 28 54 [31/23] 17 [8/9 ] 37 [23/14] 27 44 [27/17] 29 [18/11 ] 15 [9/6] 26 44 [28/16] 29 [18/11 ] 15 [10/5] 25 35 [20/15] 28 [18/10 ] 7 [2/5] 24 14 [7/7] 19 [9/10 ] -5 [-2/-3] 23 11 [4/7] 19 [9/10 ] -8 [-5/-3] 22 23 [15/8] 25 [22/3 ] -2 [-7/5] 21 30 [17/13] 31 [20/11 ] -1 [-3/2] 20 32 [25/7] 28 [20/8 ] 4 [5/-1] 19 32 [21/11] 28 [18/10 ] 4 [3/1] 18 57 [39/18] 43 [33/10 ] 14 [6/8] 17 15 [9/6] 20 [12/8 ] -5 [-3/-2] 16 18 [5/13] 31 [14/17 ] -13 [-9/-4] 15 34 [25/9] 27 [15/12 ] 7 [10/-3] Samtals 930 [586/344] 807 [507/300] 123 [79/44]

Domain administration

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

New Registrations

registered deleted net change 2019 2385 1796 589 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 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 Október 836 34 September 851 38 Ágúst 735 30 Júlí 695 32 Júní 758 34 Maí 976 44 Apríl 878 27 Mars 1061 43

Deleted domains

deleted 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 Október 594 September 724 Ágúst 616 Júlí 502 Júní 538 Maí 699 Apríl 494 Mars 549

Registration changes

changed 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 Október 1432 September 1942 Ágúst 1638 Júlí 1467 Júní 1417 Maí 1468 Apríl 1299 Mars 1815

Domains put on hold

on hold 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 Október 859 September 707 Ágúst 881 Júlí 792 Júní 737 Maí 862 Apríl 624 Mars 817

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

reactivated 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 Október 343 September 290 Ágúst 318 Júlí 263 Júní 303 Maí 289 Apríl 233 Mars 327

Transferred domains (from one registrant to another)

transferred 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 Október 166 September 226 Ágúst 344 Júlí 268 Júní 210 Maí 237 Apríl 130 Mars 290

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

signed 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 Október 1683 September 1673 Ágúst 1648 Júlí 1633 Júní 1607 Maí 1604 Apríl 1576 Mars 254

Parked and forwarded domains

parked forwarded 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 Nóvember 11411 5733 Október 11333 5718 September 11231 5696 Ágúst 11142 5692 Júlí 11109 5622 Júní 11050 5560 Maí 10954 5449 Apríl 10845 5353

Renewals for two or more years.

1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years 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 Október 4680 33 3 1 2 September 4711 30 6 1 2 Ágúst 4428 19 4 1 3 Júlí 3730 12 3 0 0 Júní 3945 4 2 1 1 Maí 4285 8 2 2 3 Apríl 4180 10 1 1 4 Mars 4979 15 5 4 3

Number of nameserver registrations

registered nameservers 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 Október 63 September 91 Ágúst 56 Júlí 101 Júní 87 Maí 85 Apríl 63 Mars 86

Domain names

length number length number length number length number 1 46 2 991 3 4214 4 4604 5 5790 6 6575 7 6384 8 6486 9 6325 10 5655 11 4782 12 3610 13 2847 14 2271 15 1715 16 1341 17 919 18 670 19 510 20 340 21 232 22 140 23 106 24 73 25 49 26 29 27 16 28 9 29 10 30 10 31 4 32 5 33 1 34 2 37 1 38 1 39 2 40 1

letter number letter number letter number letter number 0 26 1 280 2 110 3 106 4 83 5 39 6 34 7 31 8 37 9 28 a 4113 á 62 b 4250 c 2228 d 2123 ð 1 e 2397 é 7 f 3522 g 3184 h 4529 i 3217 í 100 j 1145 k 2658 l 3156 m 3572 n 2348 o 1444 ó 26 p 2510 q 152 r 2758 s 7319 t 3501 u 837 ú 30 v 2824 w 932 x 249 y 325 ý 2 z 292 þ 115 æ 20 ö 44

Registrant residency

registrant country of residence numer of domains IS 48566 US 5375 NO 1789 DE 1685 GB 1539 SE 934 DK 673 NL 534 CA 531 CH 475 BZ 437 FR 395 AU 293 IT 264 ES 199 AT 188 CZ 179 RU 166 FI 133 BE 127

Domestic registrants in more detail ..

postal code number of domains 101 Reykjavík 4940 105 Reykjavík 4710 108 Reykjavík 3603 110 Reykjavík 3120 200 Kópavogi 2507 104 Reykjavík 2495 210 Garðabæ 2072 220 Hafnarfirði 2052 112 Reykjavík 1782 201 Kópavogi 1764 270 Mosfellsbæ 1267 600 Akureyri 1233 109 Reykjavík 1164 221 Hafnarfirði 1120 203 Kópavogi 1008 107 Reykjavík 1007 113 Reykjavík 873 230 Reykjanesbæ 757 800 Selfossi 723 170 Seltjarnarnesi 634

city/county number of domains Reykjavík 25171 Kópavogi 5286 Hafnarfirði 3195 Garðabæ 2439 Akureyri 1786 Mosfellsbæ 1347 Reykjanesbæ 1302 Selfossi 1142 Seltjarnarnesi 640 Borgarnesi 399 Akranesi 397 Egilsstöðum 292 Húsavík 280 Grindavík 266 Höfn í Hornafirði 256 Vestmannaeyjum 248 Ísafirði 245 Sauðárkróki 227 Hveragerði 212 Hellu 208

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 15.55  |  21 dg.is 0.54 2 cloudflare.com 3.44  |  22 eurodns.com 0.51 3 hysingar.is 2.28  |  23 vortex.is 0.51 4 hyp.net 2.20  |  24 dreamhost.com 0.50 5 simnet.is 2.18  |  25 dnsimple.com 0.49 6 x.is 1.75  |  26 markmonitor.com 0.48 7 hysing.is 1.50  |  27 awsdns.com 0.48 8 c.is 1.50  |  28 nethonnun.is 0.47 9 vist.is 1.30  |  29 smartmedia.is 0.47 10 netvistun.is 1.23  |  30 udag.org 0.45 11 opex.is 0.96  |  31 instradns.com 0.44 12 101domain.com 0.89  |  32 dacoda.is 0.43 13 xnet.is 0.86  |  33 reykjavik.is 0.41 14 stefna.is 0.75  |  34 awsdns.net 0.41 15 wixdns.net 0.72  |  35 awsdns.org 0.41 16 thekking.is 0.71  |  36 snerpa.is 0.40 17 midja.is 0.68  |  37 digitalocean.com 0.40 18 iwantmyname.net 0.67  |  38 trademarkarea.com 0.39 19 t.is 0.60  |  39 wordpress.com 0.38 20 cscdns.net 0.58  |  40 azure-dns.com 0.38

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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