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 11545 67488 2018 6957 55943 2017 5965 48986 2016 5180 43021 2015 4835 37841 2014 4234 33006 2013 3943 28772 2012 3411 24829 2011 2835 21418 2010 2777 18583 2009 2572 15806 2008 2090 13234 2007 1813 11144 2006 1445 9331 2005 1440 7886 2004 1096 6446 2003 998 5350 2002 971 4352 2001 928 3381 2000 967 2453 1999 592 1486 1998 437 894 1997 272 457 1996 84 185 1995 56 101

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

year registered total 2019 503 3548 2018 346 3045 2017 290 2699 2016 244 2409 2015 198 2165 2014 269 1967 2013 197 1698 2012 201 1501 2011 144 1300 2010 175 1156 2009 184 981 2008 188 797 2007 193 609 2006 98 416 2005 276 318 2004 42 42

Number of active domains by registration month

domestic foreign reg. total % reg. total % April 769 50715 70.55 489 21167 29.45 March 792 49946 70.72 385 20678 29.28 February 556 49154 70.78 400 20293 29.22 2020 January 632 48598 70.96 371 19893 29.04 December 435 47966 71.07 397 19522 28.93 November 628 47531 71.31 387 19125 28.69 October 629 46903 71.45 398 18738 28.55 September 627 46274 71.62 474 18340 28.38 August 506 45647 71.87 446 17866 28.13 July 515 45141 72.16 658 17420 27.84 June 424 44626 72.69 471 16762 27.31 May 492 44202 73.07 560 16291 26.93 April 519 43710 73.54 914 15731 26.46 March 465 43191 74.46 204 14817 25.54 February 435 42726 74.51 261 14613 25.49 2019 January 477 42291 74.66 223 14352 25.34 December 267 41814 74.74 206 14129 25.26 November 400 41547 74.90 187 13923 25.10 October 504 41147 74.97 204 13736 25.03 September 393 40643 75.02 169 13532 24.98 August 338 40250 75.08 212 13363 24.92 July 324 39912 75.22 183 13151 24.78 June 355 39588 75.33 217 12968 24.67 May 414 39233 75.47 226 12751 24.53

Domains registered to individuals

registered total April 499 20871 March 496 20372 February 362 19876 2020 January 386 19514 December 272 19128 November 370 18856 October 382 18486 September 380 18104 August 320 17724 July 335 17404 June 243 17069 May 285 16826 April 304 16541 March 274 16237 February 230 15963 2019 January 272 15733 December 151 15461 November 219 15310 October 275 15091 September 199 14816 August 187 14617 July 169 14430 June 182 14261 May 196 14079

Age-distribution of domestic registrants

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

age (years) number 90-100 4 80-90 47 70-80 634 60-70 2450 50-60 4589 40-50 5849 30-40 5443 20-30 1801 10-20 54 0-10 0 Mean age 46,7

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 1003 700 4891 02 956 696 4802 03 1177 669 5177 04 1258 1433 4802 05 0 1052 4869 06 0 895 4232 07 0 1173 3786 08 0 952 4274 09 0 1101 4795 10 0 1027 5176 11 0 1015 5000 12 0 832 4145

Domain Age Distribution

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

age (years) number 30-31 4 29-30 8 28-29 4 27-28 7 26-27 10 25-26 21 24-25 58 23-24 134 22-23 338 21-22 508 20-21 717 19-20 1038 18-19 908 17-18 973 16-17 1011 15-16 1291 14-15 1367 13-14 1559 12-13 1861 11-12 2324 10-11 2598 9-10 2813 8-9 3108 7-8 3580 6-7 4169 5-6 4330 4-5 4975 3-4 5482 2-3 6167 1-2 8109 0-1 12409 Mean age 6,3

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] % 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 Apríl. 1549 [589 / 960] 2.29 809 [503 / 306] 1.20 740 [86 / 654] 1.09 Mars. 971 [615 / 356] 1.45 775 [495 / 280] 1.16 196 [120 / 76] 0.29 Febrúar. 922 [577 / 345] 1.38 714 [449 / 265] 1.07 208 [128 / 80] 0.31 2019 Janúar. 976 [649 / 327] 1.47 649 [407 / 242] 0.98 327 [242 / 85] 0.49 Desember. 666 [375 / 291] 1.01 639 [370 / 269] 0.97 27 [5 / 22] 0.04 Nóvember. 801 [515 / 286] 1.21 644 [406 / 238] 0.97 157 [109 / 48] 0.24 Október. 949 [639 / 310] 1.44 743 [479 / 264] 1.13 206 [160 / 46] 0.31 September. 770 [504 / 266] 1.17 616 [390 / 226] 0.94 154 [114 / 40] 0.23

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] 26. May 63 [43/20] 33 [8/25 ] 30 [35/-5] 25. May 49 [31/18] 24 [11/13 ] 25 [20/5] 24. May 17 [6/11] 29 [9/20 ] -12 [-3/-9] 23. May 32 [16/16] 19 [9/10 ] 13 [7/6] 22. May 33 [25/8] 27 [15/12 ] 6 [10/-4] 21. May 36 [19/17] 28 [14/14 ] 8 [5/3] 20. May 63 [39/24] 20 [11/9 ] 43 [28/15] 19. May 42 [31/11] 38 [18/20 ] 4 [13/-9] 18. May 58 [37/21] 32 [20/12 ] 26 [17/9] 17. May 35 [22/13] 16 [8/8 ] 19 [14/5] 16. May 23 [15/8] 17 [8/9 ] 6 [7/-1] 15. May 46 [35/11] 41 [21/20 ] 5 [14/-9] 14. May 57 [39/18] 25 [9/16 ] 32 [30/2] 13. May 61 [44/17] 28 [13/15 ] 33 [31/2] 12. May 56 [35/21] 29 [12/17 ] 27 [23/4] 11. May 56 [46/10] 68 [16/52 ] -12 [30/-42] 10. May 26 [15/11] 16 [11/5 ] 10 [4/6] 09. May 40 [22/18] 44 [14/30 ] -4 [8/-12] 08. May 61 [41/20] 43 [27/16 ] 18 [14/4] 07. May 57 [43/14] 25 [13/12 ] 32 [30/2] 06. May 58 [36/22] 25 [16/9 ] 33 [20/13] 05. May 41 [27/14] 19 [11/8 ] 22 [16/6] 04. May 72 [55/17] 56 [49/7 ] 16 [6/10] 03. May 26 [15/11] 18 [12/6 ] 8 [3/5] 02. May 52 [34/18] 28 [21/7 ] 24 [13/11] 01. May 34 [26/8] 22 [14/8 ] 12 [12/0] 30. Apr 63 [40/23] 35 [22/13 ] 28 [18/10] 29. Apr 57 [38/19] 36 [20/16 ] 21 [18/3] 28. Apr 62 [44/18] 25 [15/10 ] 37 [29/8] 27. Apr 47 [32/15] 38 [31/7 ] 9 [1/8] 26. Apr 47 [25/22] 21 [13/8 ] 26 [12/14] Total     1470 [976/494] 925 [491/434] 545 [485/60]

Domain administration

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

New Registrations

registered deleted net change 2020 5626 3721 1905 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 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 December 666 39 November 801 35 October 949 51 September 770 35 August 803 33 July 734 43 June 787 26 May 969 51

Deleted domains

deleted 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 December 639 November 644 October 743 September 616 August 702 July 568 June 644 May 1288

Registration changes

changed 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 December 829 November 1189 October 1183 September 1170 August 1401 July 1178 June 1362 May 1872

Domains put on hold

on hold 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 December 837 November 1003 October 1050 September 1046 August 896 July 872 June 804 May 1038

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

reactivated 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 December 406 November 514 October 466 September 451 August 402 July 325 June 391 May 486

Transferred domains (from one registrant to another)

transferred 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 December 209 November 248 October 219 September 325 August 186 July 126 June 189 May 207

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

signed 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 December 2113 November 2101 October 2026 September 1955 August 1932 July 1910 June 1900 May 1863

Parked and forwarded domains

parked forwarded 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 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

Renewals for two or more years.

1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years 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 December 4379 15 9 2 6 November 4651 28 10 5 6 October 4877 28 4 1 4 September 4705 29 5 6 5 August 4519 17 10 3 3 July 3679 15 10 1 4 June 3837 27 7 1 5 May 4364 44 5 3 5

Number of nameserver registrations

registered nameservers 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 December 94 November 139 October 124 September 98 August 133 July 120 June 141 May 101

Domain names

length number length number length number length number 1 45 2 1071 3 4706 4 5107 5 6302 6 7142 7 6926 8 7063 9 6769 10 6054 11 5101 12 3810 13 3047 14 2348 15 1770 16 1394 17 961 18 695 19 526 20 340 21 237 22 152 23 105 24 73 25 47 26 30 27 21 28 12 29 10 30 8 31 3 32 4 33 1 34 2 37 2 38 1 39 2 40 1

letter number letter number letter number letter number 0 35 1 295 2 134 3 114 4 78 5 48 6 32 7 44 8 41 9 33 a 4357 á 70 b 4569 c 2515 d 2290 ð 1 e 2629 é 6 f 3825 g 3339 h 4786 i 3324 í 97 j 1216 k 2871 l 3363 m 3933 n 2472 o 1567 ó 26 p 2752 q 172 r 3001 s 7943 t 3783 u 889 ú 32 v 3054 w 1001 x 242 y 371 ý 1 z 329 þ 134 æ 18 ö 56

Registrant residency

registrant country of residence numer of domains IS 50621 US 6318 DE 1804 GB 1783 NO 1727 SE 1018 CA 837 CH 767 DK 700 NL 586 FR 462 BZ 372 AU 324 IT 292 ES 220 AT 203 CN 195 CZ 189 IN 188 RU 169

Domestic registrants in more detail ..

postal code number of domains 101 Reykjavík 4966 105 Reykjavík 4934 108 Reykjavík 3688 110 Reykjavík 3143 200 Kópavogi 2597 104 Reykjavík 2586 210 Garðabæ 2239 220 Hafnarfirði 2162 112 Reykjavík 1893 201 Kópavogi 1720 270 Mosfellsbæ 1425 600 Akureyri 1232 221 Hafnarfirði 1193 109 Reykjavík 1135 203 Kópavogi 1134 107 Reykjavík 1039 113 Reykjavík 958 230 Reykjanesbæ 808 800 Selfossi 799 103 Reykjavík 663

city/county number of domains Reykjavík 26020 Kópavogi 5457 Hafnarfirði 3381 Garðabæ 2655 Akureyri 1835 Mosfellsbæ 1534 Reykjanesbæ 1467 Selfossi 1235 Seltjarnarnesi 637 Akranesi 423 Borgarnesi 393 Egilsstöðum 317 Höfn í Hornafirði 271 Grindavík 265 Vestmannaeyjum 261 Ísafirði 260 Húsavík 252 Hveragerði 238 Sauðárkróki 230 Hellu 196

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 14.84  |  21 t.is 0.54 2 cloudflare.com 4.49  |  22 markmonitor.com 0.53 3 registrar-servers.com 2.65  |  23 azure-dns.com 0.52 4 hysingar.is 2.16  |  24 eurodns.com 0.49 5 hyp.net 1.97  |  25 awsdns.com 0.48 6 simnet.is 1.68  |  26 dreamhost.com 0.44 7 x.is 1.38  |  27 digitalocean.com 0.43 8 hysing.is 1.36  |  28 vortex.is 0.43 9 vist.is 1.36  |  29 awsdns.org 0.43 10 c.is 1.29  |  30 awsdns.net 0.41 11 wixdns.net 1.14  |  31 dg.is 0.40 12 netvistun.is 1.10  |  32 nethonnun.is 0.40 13 xnet.is 0.90  |  33 reykjavik.is 0.40 14 cscdns.net 0.77  |  34 trademarkarea.com 0.38 15 101domain.com 0.74  |  35 udag.org 0.38 16 opex.is 0.69  |  36 okhysing.is 0.37 17 stefna.is 0.68  |  37 dacoda.is 0.37 18 midja.is 0.63  |  38 googledomains.com 0.36 19 thekking.is 0.63  |  39 microsoftonline.com 0.36 20 iwantmyname.net 0.54  |  40 snerpa.is 0.36

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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