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 13181 73839 2019 8628 60658 2018 6030 52030 2017 5282 46000 2016 4690 40718 2015 4427 36028 2014 3913 31601 2013 3701 27688 2012 3239 23987 2011 2693 20748 2010 2674 18055 2009 2465 15381 2008 2030 12916 2007 1755 10886 2006 1399 9131 2005 1402 7732 2004 1063 6330 2003 981 5267 2002 956 4286 2001 914 3330 2000 947 2416 1999 587 1469 1998 430 882 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 658 3929 2019 398 3271 2018 313 2873 2017 261 2560 2016 224 2299 2015 184 2075 2014 259 1891 2013 186 1632 2012 195 1446 2011 127 1251 2010 169 1124 2009 178 955 2008 182 777 2007 191 595 2006 97 404 2005 265 307 2004 42 42

Number of active domains by registration month

domestic foreign reg. total % reg. total % March 828 54751 70.45 484 22965 29.55 February 747 53923 70.58 554 22481 29.42 2021 January 778 53176 70.80 486 21927 29.20 December 633 52398 70.96 498 21441 29.04 November 804 51765 71.20 430 20943 28.80 October 881 50961 71.30 434 20513 28.70 September 761 50080 71.38 406 20079 28.62 August 636 49319 71.49 403 19673 28.51 July 543 48683 71.64 486 19270 28.36 June 562 48140 71.93 456 18784 28.07 May 908 47578 72.19 491 18328 27.81 April 747 46670 72.35 482 17837 27.65 March 751 45923 72.57 378 17355 27.43 February 444 45172 72.68 281 16977 27.32 2020 January 516 44728 72.82 250 16696 27.18 December 372 44212 72.89 257 16446 27.11 November 516 43840 73.03 255 16189 26.97 October 488 43324 73.11 267 15934 26.89 September 460 42836 73.22 317 15667 26.78 August 384 42376 73.41 286 15350 26.59 July 377 41992 73.60 372 15064 26.40 June 323 41615 73.91 281 14692 26.09 May 411 41292 74.13 371 14411 25.87 April 422 40881 74.44 619 14040 25.56

Domains registered to individuals

registered total March 518 23638 February 443 23120 2021 January 528 22677 December 399 22149 November 495 21750 October 554 21255 September 496 20701 August 410 20205 July 367 19795 June 350 19428 May 630 19078 April 479 18448 March 458 17969 February 266 17511 2020 January 295 17245 December 223 16950 November 284 16727 October 265 16443 September 252 16178 August 217 15926 July 227 15709 June 178 15482 May 233 15304 April 233 15071

Age-distribution of domestic registrants

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

age (years) number 90-100 6 80-90 60 70-80 757 60-70 2752 50-60 5059 40-50 6885 30-40 6118 20-30 1940 10-20 61 0-10 0 Mean age 46,8

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 1264 766 5220 02 1301 725 5084 03 1312 1129 5729 04 0 1229 5455 05 0 1399 5279 06 0 1018 4487 07 0 1029 4203 08 0 1039 4606 09 0 1167 5211 10 0 1315 5567 11 0 1234 5374 12 0 1131 4449

Domain Age Distribution

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

age (years) number 30-31 8 29-30 4 28-29 7 27-28 9 26-27 16 25-26 60 24-25 117 23-24 332 22-23 474 21-22 713 20-21 989 19-20 895 18-19 955 17-18 985 16-17 1119 15-16 1450 14-15 1488 13-14 1767 12-13 2221 11-12 2454 10-11 2710 9-10 2881 8-9 3334 7-8 3913 6-7 3921 5-6 4518 4-5 4898 3-4 5346 2-3 6315 1-2 9376 0-1 14437 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] % Mars. 1318 [838 / 480] 1.70 742 [441 / 301] 0.95 576 [397 / 179] 0.74 Febrúar. 1306 [759 / 547] 1.69 549 [351 / 198] 0.71 757 [408 / 349] 0.98 2021 Janúar. 1274 [795 / 479] 1.67 577 [288 / 289] 0.76 697 [507 / 190] 0.91 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

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] 22. Apr 33 [13/20] 24 [13/11 ] 9 [0/9] 21. Apr 40 [24/16] 23 [17/6 ] 17 [7/10] 20. Apr 49 [32/17] 25 [13/12 ] 24 [19/5] 19. Apr 51 [32/19] 23 [13/10 ] 28 [19/9] 18. Apr 27 [17/10] 9 [5/4 ] 18 [12/6] 17. Apr 32 [20/12] 19 [13/6 ] 13 [7/6] 16. Apr 48 [24/24] 25 [17/8 ] 23 [7/16] 15. Apr 54 [38/16] 26 [15/11 ] 28 [23/5] 14. Apr 46 [31/15] 36 [20/16 ] 10 [11/-1] 13. Apr 61 [47/14] 18 [8/10 ] 43 [39/4] 12. Apr 48 [20/28] 23 [14/9 ] 25 [6/19] 11. Apr 30 [24/6] 35 [27/8 ] -5 [-3/-2] 10. Apr 32 [18/14] 25 [15/10 ] 7 [3/4] 09. Apr 38 [28/10] 12 [7/5 ] 26 [21/5] 08. Apr 54 [37/17] 21 [12/9 ] 33 [25/8] 07. Apr 60 [40/20] 30 [22/8 ] 30 [18/12] 06. Apr 49 [25/24] 30 [18/12 ] 19 [7/12] 05. Apr 36 [17/19] 16 [10/6 ] 20 [7/13] 04. Apr 19 [8/11] 13 [7/6 ] 6 [1/5] 03. Apr 29 [13/16] 17 [11/6 ] 12 [2/10] 02. Apr 34 [20/14] 33 [18/15 ] 1 [2/-1] 01. Apr 44 [25/19] 20 [9/11 ] 24 [16/8] 31. Mar 38 [24/14] 29 [16/13 ] 9 [8/1] 30. Mar 39 [26/13] 18 [12/6 ] 21 [14/7] 29. Mar 35 [27/8] 22 [13/9 ] 13 [14/-1] 28. Mar 34 [22/12] 16 [6/10 ] 18 [16/2] 27. Mar 27 [18/9] 6 [5/1 ] 21 [13/8] 26. Mar 40 [22/18] 43 [17/26 ] -3 [5/-8] 25. Mar 41 [32/9] 23 [15/8 ] 18 [17/1] 24. Mar 49 [30/19] 22 [14/8 ] 27 [16/11] 23. Mar 43 [25/18] 26 [20/6 ] 17 [5/12] Total     1260 [779/481] 708 [422/286] 552 [357/195]

Domain administration

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

New Registrations

registered deleted net change 2021 4812 2371 2441 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 March 1318 74 February 1306 61 2021 January 1274 74 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

Deleted domains

deleted March 742 February 549 2021 January 577 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

Registration changes

changed March 1641 February 1338 2021 January 1402 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

Domains put on hold

on hold March 1063 February 963 2021 January 990 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

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

reactivated March 493 February 420 2021 January 450 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

Transferred domains (from one registrant to another)

transferred March 276 February 303 2021 January 245 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

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

signed March 2544 February 2516 2021 January 2486 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

Parked and forwarded domains

parked forwarded Apríl 16110 8839 Mars 15961 8755 Febrúar 15640 8670 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

Renewals for two or more years.

1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years March 6518 18 6 5 4 February 5869 23 2 1 0 2021 January 6237 30 12 5 6 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

Number of nameserver registrations

registered nameservers March 146 February 97 2021 January 168 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

Domain names

length number length number length number length number 1 46 2 1104 3 5169 4 5604 5 6782 6 7761 7 7581 8 7660 9 7325 10 6547 11 5513 12 4138 13 3224 14 2526 15 1861 16 1491 17 1018 18 719 19 535 20 368 21 240 22 162 23 111 24 79 25 51 26 33 27 25 28 11 29 11 30 8 31 4 32 4 33 2 34 4 37 1 38 1 39 2 40 1

letter number letter number letter number letter number 0 39 1 326 2 147 3 124 4 82 5 61 6 41 7 54 8 43 9 39 a 4638 á 71 b 4954 c 2746 d 2504 ð 1 e 2829 é 6 f 4128 g 3606 h 5227 i 3492 í 103 j 1332 k 3105 l 3632 m 4284 n 2665 o 1709 ó 29 p 2995 q 186 r 3209 s 8606 t 3989 u 993 ú 33 v 3338 w 1060 x 260 y 410 ý 2 z 387 þ 157 æ 20 ö 60

Registrant residency

registrant country of residence numer of domains IS 54724 US 7004 GB 1897 DE 1882 NO 1757 SE 1017 CA 1000 DK 773 CH 701 NL 601 FR 495 AU 393 BZ 374 IT 311 IN 271 ES 249 KN 232 AT 213 RU 186 CN 183

Domestic registrants in more detail ..

postal code number of domains 101 Reykjavík 5150 105 Reykjavík 5028 108 Reykjavík 3872 110 Reykjavík 3430 200 Kópavogi 2811 104 Reykjavík 2748 210 Garðabæ 2589 220 Hafnarfirði 2309 112 Reykjavík 1978 201 Kópavogi 1834 270 Mosfellsbæ 1601 600 Akureyri 1352 221 Hafnarfirði 1317 203 Kópavogi 1258 109 Reykjavík 1215 113 Reykjavík 1120 107 Reykjavík 1107 103 Reykjavík 970 800 Selfossi 909 230 Reykjanesbæ 879

city/county number of domains Reykjavík 27887 Kópavogi 5919 Hafnarfirði 3662 Garðabæ 2993 Akureyri 2008 Mosfellsbæ 1720 Reykjanesbæ 1649 Selfossi 1366 Seltjarnarnesi 676 Akranesi 456 Borgarnesi 390 Egilsstöðum 373 Grindavík 306 Hveragerði 276 Vestmannaeyjum 273 Ísafirði 270 Höfn í Hornafirði 260 Húsavík 259 Sauðárkróki 255 Hellu 245

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 14.45  |  21 markmonitor.com 0.51 2 cloudflare.com 5.56  |  22 awsdns.com 0.50 3 registrar-servers.com 2.68  |  23 t.is 0.47 4 hysingar.is 1.95  |  24 awsdns.net 0.47 5 hyp.net 1.84  |  25 eurodns.com 0.45 6 wixdns.net 1.41  |  26 digitalocean.com 0.45 7 simnet.is 1.39  |  27 iwantmyname.net 0.44 8 vist.is 1.30  |  28 awsdns.org 0.43 9 hysing.is 1.22  |  29 dreamhost.com 0.42 10 x.is 1.12  |  30 microsoftonline.com 0.40 11 c.is 1.09  |  31 vortex.is 0.40 12 netvistun.is 1.07  |  32 googledomains.com 0.39 13 xnet.is 0.86  |  33 trademarkarea.com 0.38 14 cscdns.net 0.75  |  34 wordpress.com 0.38 15 stefna.is 0.64  |  35 okhysing.is 0.37 16 101domain.com 0.64  |  36 reykjavik.is 0.36 17 midja.is 0.59  |  37 awsdns.co.uk 0.36 18 azure-dns.com 0.56  |  38 snerpa.is 0.34 19 thekking.is 0.53  |  39 nethonnun.is 0.34 20 opex.is 0.51  |  40 dacoda.is 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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