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 2020 13704 75688 2019 9009 61984 2018 6220 52975 2017 5474 46755 2016 4813 41281 2015 4529 36468 2014 3991 31939 2013 3751 27948 2012 3277 24197 2011 2728 20920 2010 2699 18192 2009 2496 15493 2008 2040 12997 2007 1775 10957 2006 1409 9182 2005 1413 7773 2004 1074 6360 2003 986 5286 2002 961 4300 2001 917 3339 2000 949 2422 1999 589 1473 1998 432 884 1997 270 452 1996 82 182

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

year registered total 2020 680 4008 2019 408 3328 2018 326 2920 2017 268 2594 2016 232 2326 2015 187 2094 2014 259 1907 2013 188 1648 2012 198 1460 2011 127 1262 2010 171 1135 2009 183 964 2008 183 781 2007 193 598 2006 97 405 2005 266 308 2004 42 42

Number of active domains by registration month

domestic foreign reg. total % reg. total % December 636 53457 70.63 500 22231 29.37 November 809 52821 70.85 434 21731 29.15 October 882 52012 70.95 434 21297 29.05 September 770 51130 71.02 406 20863 28.98 August 639 50360 71.11 405 20457 28.89 July 548 49721 71.26 486 20052 28.74 June 565 49173 71.54 457 19566 28.46 May 912 48608 71.78 490 19109 28.22 April 766 47696 71.92 484 18619 28.08 March 782 46930 72.13 379 18135 27.87 February 542 46148 72.21 399 17756 27.79 2020 January 611 45606 72.43 368 17357 27.57 December 413 44995 72.59 391 16989 27.41 November 515 44582 72.87 258 16598 27.13 October 489 44067 72.95 269 16340 27.05 September 461 43578 73.06 317 16071 26.94 August 385 43117 73.24 286 15754 26.76 July 378 42732 73.42 372 15468 26.58 June 323 42354 73.72 281 15096 26.28 May 411 42031 73.94 371 14815 26.06 April 434 41620 74.24 619 14444 25.76 March 455 41186 74.87 200 13825 25.13 February 430 40731 74.93 260 13625 25.07 2019 January 471 40301 75.10 220 13365 24.90

Domains registered to individuals

registered total December 404 22819 November 506 22415 October 555 21909 September 508 21354 August 412 20846 July 371 20434 June 347 20063 May 636 19716 April 488 19080 March 486 18592 February 344 18106 2020 January 359 17762 December 252 17403 November 284 17151 October 266 16867 September 253 16601 August 219 16348 July 233 16129 June 178 15896 May 233 15718 April 244 15485 March 267 15241 February 223 14974 2019 January 266 14751

Age-distribution of domestic registrants

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

age (years) number 90-100 6 80-90 60 70-80 743 60-70 2747 50-60 4946 40-50 6669 30-40 5842 20-30 1750 10-20 56 0-10 0 Mean age 47,1

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 0 979 5559 02 0 941 5463 03 0 1161 5787 04 0 1250 5490 05 0 1402 5290 06 0 1022 4492 07 0 1034 4207 08 0 1044 4611 09 0 1176 5216 10 0 1316 5578 11 0 1243 5393 12 0 1136 4904

Domain Age Distribution

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

age (years) number 30-31 11 29-30 3 28-29 5 27-28 6 26-27 12 25-26 57 24-25 84 23-24 267 22-23 440 21-22 606 20-21 948 19-20 909 18-19 954 17-18 986 16-17 1082 15-16 1423 14-15 1408 13-14 1774 12-13 2026 11-12 2494 10-11 2703 9-10 2737 8-9 3270 7-8 3756 6-7 3994 5-6 4523 4-5 4809 3-4 5471 2-3 6228 1-2 9010 0-1 13691 Mean age 6,4

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] % Desember. 1142 [657 / 485] 1.51 632 [342 / 290] 0.84 510 [315 / 195] 0.67 Nóvember. 1251 [814 / 437] 1.66 621 [372 / 249] 0.83 630 [442 / 188] 0.84 Október. 1323 [889 / 434] 1.78 721 [449 / 272] 0.97 602 [440 / 162] 0.81 September. 1188 [787 / 401] 1.61 665 [383 / 282] 0.90 523 [404 / 119] 0.71 Ágúst. 1055 [654 / 401] 1.44 778 [366 / 412] 1.06 277 [288 / -11] 0.38 Júlí. 1044 [556 / 488] 1.43 660 [342 / 318] 0.90 384 [214 / 170] 0.53 Júní. 1036 [580 / 456] 1.42 678 [367 / 311] 0.93 358 [213 / 145] 0.49 Maí. 1425 [936 / 489] 1.97 880 [441 / 439] 1.22 545 [495 / 50] 0.75 Apríl. 1261 [780 / 481] 1.76 774 [501 / 273] 1.08 487 [279 / 208] 0.68 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

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] 18. Jan 56 [31/25] 17 [7/10 ] 39 [24/15] 17. Jan 26 [13/13] 19 [9/10 ] 7 [4/3] 16. Jan 27 [15/12] 17 [7/10 ] 10 [8/2] 15. Jan 28 [17/11] 20 [7/13 ] 8 [10/-2] 14. Jan 57 [42/15] 19 [9/10 ] 38 [33/5] 13. Jan 51 [40/11] 30 [20/10 ] 21 [20/1] 12. Jan 54 [38/16] 18 [10/8 ] 36 [28/8] 11. Jan 46 [28/18] 20 [11/9 ] 26 [17/9] 10. Jan 28 [19/9] 17 [6/11 ] 11 [13/-2] 09. Jan 34 [21/13] 14 [10/4 ] 20 [11/9] 08. Jan 53 [31/22] 15 [8/7 ] 38 [23/15] 07. Jan 42 [23/19] 36 [20/16 ] 6 [3/3] 06. Jan 43 [32/11] 19 [10/9 ] 24 [22/2] 05. Jan 36 [29/7] 22 [11/11 ] 14 [18/-4] 04. Jan 53 [38/15] 28 [19/9 ] 25 [19/6] 03. Jan 27 [13/14] 20 [9/11 ] 7 [4/3] 02. Jan 21 [12/9] 16 [9/7 ] 5 [3/2] 01. Jan 34 [14/20] 13 [4/9 ] 21 [10/11] 31. Dec 24 [9/15] 13 [5/8 ] 11 [4/7] 30. Dec 32 [17/15] 19 [4/15 ] 13 [13/0] 29. Dec 37 [24/13] 39 [31/8 ] -2 [-7/5] 28. Dec 29 [15/14] 18 [13/5 ] 11 [2/9] 27. Dec 17 [9/8] 12 [5/7 ] 5 [4/1] 26. Dec 16 [11/5] 12 [7/5 ] 4 [4/0] 25. Dec 12 [4/8] 16 [8/8 ] -4 [-4/0] 24. Dec 13 [3/10] 17 [12/5 ] -4 [-9/5] 23. Dec 29 [15/14] 25 [13/12 ] 4 [2/2] 22. Dec 48 [25/23] 28 [12/16 ] 20 [13/7] 21. Dec 43 [28/15] 21 [14/7 ] 22 [14/8] 20. Dec 13 [9/4] 10 [3/7 ] 3 [6/-3] 19. Dec 19 [7/12] 18 [9/9 ] 1 [-2/3] Total     1048 [632/416] 608 [322/286] 440 [310/130]

Domain administration

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

New Registrations

registered deleted net change 2021 717 360 357 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

registered /IDN December 1142 51 November 1251 68 October 1323 67 September 1188 62 August 1055 60 July 1044 59 June 1036 64 May 1425 61 April 1261 49 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

Deleted domains

deleted December 632 November 621 October 721 September 665 August 778 July 660 June 678 May 880 April 774 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

Registration changes

changed December 1284 November 1616 October 1672 September 1534 August 1490 July 1678 June 1623 May 1981 April 1815 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

Domains put on hold

on hold December 848 November 1030 October 1022 September 1012 August 1082 July 1176 June 1002 May 1127 April 1284 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

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

reactivated December 421 November 472 October 422 September 489 August 536 July 511 June 441 May 542 April 541 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

Transferred domains (from one registrant to another)

transferred December 253 November 250 October 280 September 282 August 278 July 139 June 261 May 259 April 235 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

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

signed December 2468 November 2453 October 2417 September 2400 August 2366 July 2341 June 2340 May 2326 April 2340 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

Parked and forwarded domains

parked forwarded 2021 Janúar 15357 8645 Desember 15059 8550 Nóvember 14875 8258 Október 14657 8142 September 14515 8042 Ágúst 14414 7917 Júlí 14279 7846 Júní 14183 7757 Maí 13964 7657 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

Renewals for two or more years.

1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years December 4976 26 6 1 3 November 4845 26 7 2 5 October 5556 35 6 2 3 September 5526 30 4 1 2 August 4884 22 8 4 8 July 4219 26 3 1 4 June 4225 24 10 5 4 May 4871 35 10 2 4 April 5178 28 11 4 5 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

Number of nameserver registrations

registered nameservers December 158 November 140 October 149 September 149 August 140 July 108 June 137 May 138 April 182 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

Domain names

length number length number length number length number 1 46 2 1094 3 5029 4 5418 5 6634 6 7567 7 7356 8 7443 9 7133 10 6405 11 5370 12 4022 13 3137 14 2468 15 1815 16 1439 17 984 18 719 19 525 20 363 21 235 22 159 23 108 24 79 25 46 26 33 27 21 28 11 29 10 30 8 31 3 32 4 33 1 34 4 37 1 38 1 39 2 40 1

letter number letter number letter number letter number 0 35 1 316 2 139 3 123 4 81 5 56 6 40 7 47 8 43 9 39 a 4549 á 71 b 4833 c 2643 d 2428 ð 1 e 2764 é 6 f 4013 g 3532 h 5076 i 3441 í 100 j 1298 k 3029 l 3538 m 4166 n 2597 o 1664 ó 30 p 2886 q 174 r 3124 s 8384 t 3909 u 964 ú 33 v 3248 w 1029 x 250 y 402 ý 2 z 368 þ 149 æ 19 ö 55

Registrant residency

registrant country of residence numer of domains IS 53400 US 6717 DE 1863 GB 1841 NO 1709 SE 1031 CA 960 DK 770 CH 702 NL 588 FR 480 BZ 373 AU 354 IT 305 IN 247 ES 247 AT 212 KN 203 CN 188 BE 177

Domestic registrants in more detail ..

postal code number of domains 105 Reykjavík 5267 101 Reykjavík 5089 108 Reykjavík 3783 110 Reykjavík 3312 200 Kópavogi 2755 104 Reykjavík 2713 210 Garðabæ 2525 220 Hafnarfirði 2218 112 Reykjavík 1902 201 Kópavogi 1810 270 Mosfellsbæ 1534 600 Akureyri 1314 221 Hafnarfirði 1267 203 Kópavogi 1266 109 Reykjavík 1207 113 Reykjavík 1069 107 Reykjavík 1053 800 Selfossi 886 230 Reykjanesbæ 883 103 Reykjavík 703

city/county number of domains Reykjavík 27233 Kópavogi 5847 Hafnarfirði 3521 Garðabæ 2971 Akureyri 1945 Mosfellsbæ 1645 Reykjanesbæ 1572 Selfossi 1325 Seltjarnarnesi 674 Akranesi 447 Borgarnesi 395 Egilsstöðum 356 Grindavík 294 Vestmannaeyjum 270 Ísafirði 267 Höfn í Hornafirði 259 Hveragerði 258 Húsavík 256 Sauðárkróki 236 Hellu 231

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 14.57  |  21 markmonitor.com 0.52 2 cloudflare.com 5.26  |  22 awsdns.com 0.50 3 registrar-servers.com 2.77  |  23 t.is 0.49 4 hysingar.is 2.02  |  24 awsdns.net 0.47 5 hyp.net 1.86  |  25 iwantmyname.net 0.46 6 simnet.is 1.47  |  26 digitalocean.com 0.45 7 wixdns.net 1.33  |  27 eurodns.com 0.45 8 vist.is 1.32  |  28 dreamhost.com 0.43 9 hysing.is 1.25  |  29 awsdns.org 0.42 10 x.is 1.19  |  30 microsoftonline.com 0.40 11 c.is 1.14  |  31 vortex.is 0.40 12 netvistun.is 1.07  |  32 googledomains.com 0.39 13 xnet.is 0.88  |  33 trademarkarea.com 0.38 14 cscdns.net 0.74  |  34 wordpress.com 0.37 15 101domain.com 0.68  |  35 reykjavik.is 0.37 16 stefna.is 0.65  |  36 awsdns.co.uk 0.36 17 midja.is 0.60  |  37 okhysing.is 0.36 18 thekking.is 0.55  |  38 snerpa.is 0.36 19 opex.is 0.55  |  39 nethonnun.is 0.35 20 azure-dns.com 0.54  |  40 udag.org 0.34

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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