ISNIC Registry: Statistics for ccTLD .is

Number of currently active domains by 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.

year	registered	total
2025	11257	87698
2024	8184	76441
2023	7047	68257
2022	5919	61210
2021	5957	55291
2020	5531	49334
2019	4558	43803
2018	3644	39245
2017	3507	35601
2016	3171	32094
2015	3094	28923
2014	2910	25829
2013	2764	22919
2012	2419	20155
2011	2131	17736
2010	2182	15605
2009	2016	13423
2008	1710	11407
2007	1465	9697
2006	1224	8232
2005	1226	7008
2004	952	5782
2003	869	4830
2002	865	3961
2001	837	3096

Current number of IDN domains by year of creation

IDN registrations began 2004. This is the number of registrations that still exist by year of creation.

year	registered	total
2025	827	5509
2024	714	4682
2023	536	3968
2022	302	3432
2021	299	3130
2020	342	2831
2019	243	2489
2018	212	2246
2017	185	2034
2016	166	1849
2015	136	1683
2014	219	1547
2013	145	1328
2012	142	1183
2011	91	1041
2010	139	950
2009	149	811
2008	151	662
2007	148	511
2006	91	363
2005	231	272
2004	41	41

Number of active domains by registration month in regard to kennitalas

	domestic			foreign
	reg.	total	%	reg.	total	%
October	1306	72691	69.24	1036	32299	30.76
September	1111	71385	69.54	687	31263	30.46
August	954	70274	69.68	629	30576	30.32
July	849	69320	69.83	630	29947	30.17
June	847	68471	70.02	763	29317	29.98
May	891	67624	70.31	729	28554	29.69
April	937	66733	70.57	698	27825	29.43
March	1018	65796	70.81	923	27127	29.19
February	902	64778	71.20	717	26204	28.80
2026 January	928	63876	71.48	737	25487	28.52
December	665	62948	71.78	494	24750	28.22
November	732	62283	71.97	523	24256	28.03
October	777	61551	72.17	560	23733	27.83
September	598	60774	72.40	329	23173	27.60
August	524	60176	72.48	294	22844	27.52
July	416	59652	72.57	301	22550	27.43
June	501	59236	72.70	259	22249	27.30
May	483	58735	72.76	249	21990	27.24
April	536	58252	72.82	314	21741	27.18
March	629	57716	72.93	295	21427	27.07
February	584	57087	72.98	271	21132	27.02
2025 January	617	56503	73.04	306	20861	26.96
December	399	55886	73.11	231	20555	26.89
November	505	55487	73.19	267	20324	26.81

Domains registered to individuals

In March 1999 individuals were allowed to register domains. Below is the number of currently active domains which were registered by individuals.

	registered	total
October	983	35302
September	808	34319
August	710	33511
July	654	32801
June	630	32147
May	665	31517
April	657	30852
March	728	30195
February	623	29467
2026 January	649	28844
December	487	28195
November	490	27708
October	517	27218
September	369	26701
August	319	26332
July	289	26013
June	330	25724
May	337	25394
April	352	25057
March	383	24705
February	361	24322
2025 January	359	23961
December	256	23602
November	328	23346

Age-distribution of registrants, Icelandic individuals

age (years)	number
90-100	102
80-90	218
70-80	1277
60-70	4389
50-60	8204
40-50	9712
30-40	7823
20-30	3338
10-20	239
0-10	0
Mean age	47.4

Registration month

Number of active domains, registered in each month of the year.

month	this year	last year	older
01	1665	923	6945
02	1619	855	6475
03	1941	924	7022
04	1635	850	6433
05	1620	732	6275
06	1610	760	5549
07	1479	717	5040
08	1583	818	5670
09	1798	927	6649
10	2342	1337	7353
11	0	1255	7153
12	0	1159	5883

Domain Age Distribution

Distribution of current .is domains in regard to how many years they were registered.

age (years)	number
30-31	70
29-30	218
28-29	394
27-28	516
26-27	857
25-26	860
24-25	870
23-24	836
22-23	927
21-22	1228
20-21	1193
19-20	1437
18-19	1561
17-18	2065
16-17	2128
15-16	2113
14-15	2424
13-14	2753
12-13	2896
11-12	3032
10-11	3144
9-10	3407
8-9	3686
7-8	4339
6-7	5311
5-6	5987
4-5	5920
3-4	6690
2-3	8099
1-2	10246
0-1	19705
Mean age	7.5

Net number of new domains per month

	new	[dom/for]	%	deleted	[dom/for]	%	net change	[dom/for]	%
Október.	2349	[1325 / 1024]	2.24	1148	[625 / 523]	1.09	1201	[700 / 501]	1.14
September.	1804	[1133 / 671]	1.74	1024	[508 / 516]	0.99	780	[625 / 155]	0.75
Ágúst.	1605	[975 / 630]	1.56	1047	[529 / 518]	1.02	558	[446 / 112]	0.54
Júlí.	1501	[866 / 635]	1.46	993	[485 / 508]	0.97	508	[381 / 127]	0.50
Júní.	1636	[864 / 772]	1.60	1036	[493 / 543]	1.02	600	[371 / 229]	0.59
Maí.	1635	[916 / 719]	1.61	970	[572 / 398]	0.96	665	[344 / 321]	0.66
Apríl.	1660	[965 / 695]	1.65	1121	[626 / 495]	1.11	539	[339 / 200]	0.54
Mars.	1965	[1044 / 921]	1.96	1187	[677 / 510]	1.19	778	[367 / 411]	0.78
Febrúar.	1662	[933 / 729]	1.67	1045	[590 / 455]	1.05	617	[343 / 274]	0.62
2026 Janúar.	1705	[953 / 752]	1.73	1129	[538 / 591]	1.14	576	[415 / 161]	0.58
Desember.	1204	[684 / 520]	1.22	1133	[572 / 561]	1.15	71	[112 / -41]	0.07
Nóvember.	1329	[764 / 565]	1.35	983	[556 / 427]	1.00	346	[208 / 138]	0.35
Október.	1434	[843 / 591]	1.47	969	[543 / 426]	0.99	465	[300 / 165]	0.48
September.	1307	[770 / 537]	1.34	948	[561 / 387]	0.97	359	[209 / 150]	0.37
Ágúst.	1271	[679 / 592]	1.31	741	[416 / 325]	0.76	530	[263 / 267]	0.55
Júlí.	1208	[585 / 623]	1.25	878	[429 / 449]	0.91	330	[156 / 174]	0.34
Júní.	1153	[621 / 532]	1.20	863	[470 / 393]	0.90	290	[151 / 139]	0.30
Maí.	1157	[665 / 492]	1.21	1072	[556 / 516]	1.12	85	[109 / -24]	0.09
Apríl.	1280	[720 / 560]	1.34	950	[487 / 463]	0.99	330	[233 / 97]	0.34
Mars.	1365	[824 / 541]	1.43	930	[516 / 414]	0.98	435	[308 / 127]	0.46

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]
03. Nov	83	[41/42]	1	[1/0 ]	82	[40/42]
02. Nov	110	[59/51]	94	[50/44 ]	16	[9/7]
01. Nov	69	[30/39]	4	[4/0 ]	65	[26/39]
31. Oct	58	[21/37]	2	[2/0 ]	56	[19/37]
30. Oct	72	[38/34]	38	[14/24 ]	34	[24/10]
29. Oct	76	[44/32]	80	[47/33 ]	-4	[-3/-1]
28. Oct	103	[58/45]	2	[2/0 ]	101	[56/45]
27. Oct	98	[55/43]	4	[4/0 ]	94	[51/43]
26. Oct	76	[44/32]	105	[59/46 ]	-29	[-15/-14]
25. Oct	39	[24/15]	0	[0/0 ]	39	[24/15]
24. Oct	43	[25/18]	1	[1/0 ]	42	[24/18]
23. Oct	82	[44/38]	26	[16/10 ]	56	[28/28]
22. Oct	76	[46/30]	110	[49/61 ]	-34	[-3/-31]
21. Oct	72	[46/26]	7	[6/1 ]	65	[40/25]
20. Oct	70	[38/32]	9	[9/0 ]	61	[29/32]
19. Oct	78	[48/30]	96	[57/39 ]	-18	[-9/-9]
18. Oct	61	[45/16]	1	[1/0 ]	60	[44/16]
17. Oct	92	[70/22]	0	[0/0 ]	92	[70/22]
16. Oct	67	[39/28]	40	[26/14 ]	27	[13/14]
15. Oct	79	[50/29]	79	[40/39 ]	0	[10/-10]
14. Oct	80	[38/42]	11	[10/1 ]	69	[28/41]
13. Oct	80	[44/36]	8	[8/0 ]	72	[36/36]
12. Oct	93	[49/44]	98	[44/54 ]	-5	[5/-10]
11. Oct	53	[30/23]	2	[2/0 ]	51	[28/23]
10. Oct	46	[22/24]	0	[0/0 ]	46	[22/24]
09. Oct	80	[46/34]	43	[20/23 ]	37	[26/11]
08. Oct	99	[50/49]	105	[46/59 ]	-6	[4/-10]
07. Oct	84	[59/25]	4	[3/1 ]	80	[56/24]
06. Oct	121	[53/68]	9	[9/0 ]	112	[44/68]
05. Oct	76	[40/36]	119	[67/52 ]	-43	[-27/-16]
04. Oct	65	[28/37]	1	[1/0 ]	64	[27/37]
Total	2381	[1324/1057]	1099	[598/501]	1282	[726/556]

New Registrations per year

	registered	deleted	net change
2026	17784	10799	6985
2025	15375	11134	4241
2024	14031	10242	3789
2023	13955	10233	3722
2022	13895	9753	4142
2021	14825	8224	6601
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

Registrations per month

	registered	/IDN
October	2349	188
September	1804	147
August	1605	132
July	1501	109
June	1636	126
May	1635	117
April	1660	128
March	1965	117
February	1662	112
2026 January	1705	130
December	1204	97
November	1329	91
October	1434	82
September	1307	81
August	1271	66
July	1208	74
June	1153	63
May	1157	88
April	1280	119
March	1365	80
February	1260	95
2025 January	1407	133
December	1095	59
November	1292	93

Deleted domains

When domain has been purged and is available for registration.

	deleted
October	1148
September	1024
August	1047
July	993
June	1036
May	970
April	1121
March	1187
February	1045
2026 January	1129
December	1133
November	983
October	969
September	948
August	741
July	878
June	863
May	1072
April	950
March	930
February	880
2025 January	787
December	834
November	822

Registration changes

Any change made to the domain registration, including delegation changes, but excluding transfers.

	changed
October	3819
September	2374
August	2231
July	1902
June	2176
May	2226
April	2168
March	3211
February	2258
2026 January	2256
December	1504
November	1853
October	1872
September	1660
August	1675
July	1869
June	1509
May	1573
April	1714
March	1683
February	1665
2025 January	1746
December	1564
November	1978

Domains put on hold

Number of domains put on hold. Domains are put on hold when renewal fee is unpaid past due date or if the domain is not hosted properly on its nameservers.

	on hold
October	1410
September	1465
August	1402
July	1331
June	1370
May	1373
April	1520
March	1683
February	1577
2026 January	1675
December	1308
November	1476
October	1344
September	1305
August	1272
July	1020
June	1190
May	1258
April	1415
March	1460
February	1229
2025 January	1302
December	1011
November	1072

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

Domains can be put on hold temporarily. This is the number of reactivated domains.

	reactivated
October	513
September	498
August	495
July	407
June	516
May	476
April	677
March	645
February	659
2026 January	580
December	441
November	480
October	541
September	523
August	479
July	356
June	479
May	535
April	488
March	521
February	470
2025 January	515
December	356
November	372

Transferred domains

Number of domains transferred from one registrant to another.

	transferred
October	331
September	313
August	262
July	277
June	252
May	279
April	298
March	361
February	293
2026 January	279
December	300
November	267
October	321
September	345
August	232
July	240
June	296
May	219
April	298
March	349
February	268
2025 January	368
December	278
November	262

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

Number of domains signed using DNSSEC.

	signed
October	3897
September	3780
August	3710
July	3641
June	3630
May	3623
April	3582
March	3557
February	3529
2026 January	3532
December	3517
November	3500
October	3479
September	3453
August	3438
July	3412
June	3395
May	3382
April	3360
March	3332
February	3312
2025 January	3302
December	3249
November	3244

Domains using ISNIC's nameservers

Number of domains per month using ISNIC's parking or ISNIC DNS Hosting.

	parked	ISNIC DNS Hosting
Nóvember	21745	14052
Október	21700	13885
September	21635	13834
Ágúst	21546	13727
Júlí	21485	13618
Júní	21452	13484
Maí	21426	13423
Apríl	21343	13334
Mars	21222	13225
Febrúar	21112	13143
2026 Janúar	21053	13134
Desember	20968	13081
Nóvember	21089	13038
Október	21011	12975
September	20920	12965
Ágúst	20883	12980
Júlí	20835	12935
Júní	20767	12895
Maí	20658	12869
Apríl	20594	12821
Mars	20459	12767
Febrúar	20383	12674
2025 Janúar	20237	12551
Desember	20175	12506

Renewals for two or more years

Number of domains renewed for two, three, four or five years in a given month.

	1 year	2 years	3 years	4 years	5 years
October	7424	49	16	20	7
September	7309	65	11	11	14
August	6851	45	17	10	17
July	6067	44	7	16	13
June	5920	40	14	4	15
May	6299	36	9	8	16
April	6831	42	8	6	19
March	7655	73	21	12	18
February	7052	43	9	11	9
2026 January	7961	59	13	11	11
December	6309	52	15	9	12
November	6185	53	17	5	12
October	6739	50	16	5	21
September	7093	55	13	8	17
August	6668	52	15	1	20
July	5674	36	9	7	12
June	5537	40	9	9	15
May	6367	40	11	8	11
April	6613	44	8	10	18
March	7338	38	10	7	15
February	6712	48	15	6	18
2025 January	7680	62	14	5	20
December	6242	47	12	4	6
November	6295	26	13	2	15

Number of nameserver registrations

	registered nameservers
October	97
September	109
August	91
July	75
June	98
May	96
April	135
March	128
February	110
2026 January	99
December	82
November	70
October	76
September	66
August	97
July	80
June	90
May	94
April	101
March	93
February	66
2025 January	76
December	49
November	90

Domain names

Number of characters in a domain. It can between 1 up to 63 characters.

length	number	length	number	length	number	length	number
1	46	2	1257	3	6276	4	7451
5	9291	6	10450	7	10240	8	10581
9	10172	10	8997	11	7488	12	5751
13	4381	14	3495	15	2629	16	1978
17	1361	18	948	19	734	20	502
21	309	22	218	23	142	24	110
25	64	26	43	27	29	28	14
29	14	30	7	31	7	32	3
33	1	34	3	37	1	38	1
40	1	41	1

First character of a domain name

Country

registrant country of residence	numer of domains
IS	73070
US	10435
DE	2293
GB	2282
NO	1658
SE	1389
CA	1382
HK	1124
NL	844
DK	737
CH	641
AU	610
FR	607
IT	417
CN	407
UA	390
ES	365
AT	320
IN	316
PL	275

Domestic registrants in more detail

Postal code

postal code	number of domains
105 Reykjavík	5969
101 Reykjavík	5926
110 Reykjavík	4606
108 Reykjavík	4512
210 Garðabæ	4211
200 Kópavogi	3755
104 Reykjavík	3465
201 Kópavogi	3317
220 Hafnarfirði	3061
112 Reykjavík	2536
221 Hafnarfirði	2350
270 Mosfellsbæ	2295
600 Akureyri	1796
203 Kópavogi	1742
800 Selfossi	1582
109 Reykjavík	1456
113 Reykjavík	1437
107 Reykjavík	1368
230 Reykjanesbæ	1296
170 Seltjarnarnesi	1045

Towns

town/county	number of domains
Reykjavík	34015
Kópavogi	8823
Hafnarfirði	5438
Garðabæ	4792
Akureyri	2802
Mosfellsbæ	2399
Reykjanesbæ	2386
Selfossi	2233
Seltjarnarnesi	1046
Akranesi	820
Egilsstöðum	487
Hveragerði	467
Borgarnesi	452
Vestmannaeyjum	432
Ísafirði	361
Grindavík	343
Húsavík	325
Sauðárkróki	322
Hellu	321
Hvolsvelli	288

Companies hosting .IS domains

Percentage of .IS domains with primary nameserver in domain of the largest hosting companies.

Rank	Hosting Company	share (%)	\|	Rank	Hosting Company	share (%)
1	cloudflare.com	16.21	\|	21	awsdns.com	0.43
2	1984.is	11.08	\|	22	thekking.is	0.41
3	registrar-servers.com	5.29	\|	23	awsdns.net	0.41
4	wixdns.net	1.73	\|	24	okhysing.is	0.40
5	netvistun.is	1.25	\|	25	wordpress.com	0.39
6	hyp.net	1.18	\|	26	siteground.net	0.39
7	hysingar.is	1.10	\|	27	googledomains.com	0.38
8	simnet.is	0.93	\|	28	awsdns.co.uk	0.37
9	azure-dns.com	0.92	\|	29	microsoftonline.com	0.35
10	vercel-dns.com	0.78	\|	30	digitalocean.com	0.35
11	hysing.is	0.77	\|	31	eurodns.com	0.34
12	vist.is	0.62	\|	32	101domain.com	0.33
13	xnet.is	0.59	\|	33	icedns.is	0.31
14	cscdns.net	0.55	\|	34	vortex.is	0.30
15	dns-parking.com	0.54	\|	35	t.is	0.29
16	nsone.net	0.54	\|	36	dreamhost.com	0.28
17	c.is	0.54	\|	37	snerpa.is	0.26
18	markmonitor.com	0.50	\|	38	netim.net	0.24
19	stefna.is	0.48	\|	39	midja.is	0.24
20	awsdns.org	0.48	\|	40	trademarkarea.com	0.23

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: