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
2024	12714	90427
2023	9220	77713
2022	7309	68493
2021	7204	61184
2020	6564	53980
2019	5230	47416
2018	4141	42186
2017	3924	38045
2016	3468	34121
2015	3375	30653
2014	3159	27278
2013	2998	24119
2012	2585	21121
2011	2261	18536
2010	2308	16275
2009	2133	13967
2008	1788	11834
2007	1547	10046
2006	1271	8499
2005	1284	7228
2004	987	5944
2003	906	4957
2002	893	4051
2001	861	3158
2000	894	2297

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
2024	980	5435
2023	661	4455
2022	361	3794
2021	350	3433
2020	405	3083
2019	283	2678
2018	233	2395
2017	206	2162
2016	177	1956
2015	146	1779
2014	230	1633
2013	162	1403
2012	149	1241
2011	95	1092
2010	149	997
2009	154	848
2008	161	694
2007	164	533
2006	91	369
2005	237	278
2004	41	41

Number of active domains by registration month in regard to kennitalas

	domestic			foreign
	reg.	total	%	reg.	total	%
April	709	66936	69.95	569	28756	30.05
March	805	66227	70.15	548	28187	29.85
February	758	65422	70.30	485	27639	29.70
2025 January	788	64664	70.43	603	27154	29.57
December	525	63876	70.64	545	26551	29.36
November	682	63351	70.90	586	26006	29.10
October	699	62669	71.14	486	25420	28.86
September	671	61970	71.31	483	24934	28.69
August	586	61299	71.49	411	24451	28.51
July	581	60713	71.64	423	24040	28.36
June	621	60132	71.80	396	23617	28.20
May	619	59511	71.93	427	23221	28.07
April	841	58892	72.10	446	22794	27.90
March	586	58051	72.20	260	22348	27.80
February	626	57465	72.23	268	22088	27.77
2024 January	622	56839	72.26	324	21820	27.74
December	482	56217	72.34	266	21496	27.66
November	628	55735	72.42	277	21230	27.58
October	587	55107	72.45	244	20953	27.55
September	658	54520	72.47	304	20709	27.53
August	494	53862	72.52	275	20405	27.48
July	440	53368	72.61	239	20130	27.39
June	501	52928	72.68	242	19891	27.32
May	507	52427	72.74	289	19649	27.26

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
April	495	30892
March	533	30397
February	512	29864
2025 January	527	29352
December	361	28825
November	463	28464
October	448	28001
September	451	27553
August	411	27102
July	366	26691
June	403	26325
May	394	25922
April	556	25528
March	364	24972
February	395	24608
2024 January	369	24213
December	299	23844
November	398	23545
October	361	23147
September	398	22786
August	308	22388
July	264	22080
June	295	21816
May	321	21521

Age-distribution of registrants, Icelandic individuals

age (years)	number
90-100	107
80-90	181
70-80	1203
60-70	4134
50-60	7356
40-50	8648
30-40	6672
20-30	2422
10-20	169
0-10	0
Mean age	48.1

Registration month

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

month	this year	last year	older
01	1391	946	6785
02	1243	894	6283
03	1353	846	7015
04	1278	1287	6662
05	0	1046	6659
06	0	1017	5777
07	0	1004	5287
08	0	997	6107
09	0	1154	7030
10	0	1185	7242
11	0	1268	7043
12	0	1070	5829

Domain Age Distribution

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

age (years)	number
30-31	21
29-30	54
28-29	125
27-28	322
26-27	477
25-26	672
24-25	963
23-24	840
22-23	893
21-22	917
20-21	1160
19-20	1210
18-19	1354
17-18	1586
16-17	1982
15-16	2130
14-15	2331
13-14	2442
12-13	2739
11-12	3122
10-11	3138
9-10	3496
8-9	3624
7-8	3954
6-7	4401
5-6	5474
4-5	7000
3-4	7231
2-3	7618
1-2	10380
0-1	14005
Mean age	7.4

Net number of new domains per month

	new	[dom/for]	%	deleted	[dom/for]	%	net change	[dom/for]	%
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
Febrúar.	1260	[779 / 481]	1.33	880	[503 / 377]	0.93	380	[276 / 104]	0.40
2025 Janúar.	1407	[809 / 598]	1.49	787	[435 / 352]	0.83	620	[374 / 246]	0.66
Desember.	1095	[542 / 553]	1.17	834	[461 / 373]	0.89	261	[81 / 180]	0.28
Nóvember.	1292	[698 / 594]	1.38	822	[458 / 364]	0.88	470	[240 / 230]	0.50
Október.	1202	[712 / 490]	1.29	810	[428 / 382]	0.87	392	[284 / 108]	0.42
September.	1178	[694 / 484]	1.27	825	[421 / 404]	0.89	353	[273 / 80]	0.38
Ágúst.	1015	[600 / 415]	1.10	761	[378 / 383]	0.82	254	[222 / 32]	0.27
Júlí.	1034	[598 / 436]	1.12	739	[372 / 367]	0.80	295	[226 / 69]	0.32
Júní.	1027	[626 / 401]	1.12	889	[459 / 430]	0.97	138	[167 / -29]	0.15
Maí.	1090	[656 / 434]	1.19	914	[481 / 433]	1.00	176	[175 / 1]	0.19
Apríl.	1354	[896 / 458]	1.48	915	[489 / 426]	1.00	439	[407 / 32]	0.48
Mars.	1241	[753 / 488]	1.36	963	[510 / 453]	1.06	278	[243 / 35]	0.30
Febrúar.	1225	[778 / 447]	1.35	855	[463 / 392]	0.94	370	[315 / 55]	0.41
2024 Janúar.	1278	[776 / 502]	1.41	915	[423 / 492]	1.01	363	[353 / 10]	0.40
Desember.	1046	[624 / 422]	1.16	999	[445 / 554]	1.11	47	[179 / -132]	0.05
Nóvember.	1241	[785 / 456]	1.38	801	[416 / 385]	0.89	440	[369 / 71]	0.49
Október.	1180	[741 / 439]	1.32	780	[399 / 381]	0.87	400	[342 / 58]	0.45
September.	1297	[818 / 479]	1.45	770	[362 / 408]	0.86	527	[456 / 71]	0.59

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]
14. May	48	[26/22]	37	[21/16 ]	11	[5/6]
13. May	50	[32/18]	45	[23/22 ]	5	[9/-4]
12. May	38	[24/14]	38	[17/21 ]	0	[7/-7]
11. May	29	[9/20]	23	[9/14 ]	6	[0/6]
10. May	32	[19/13]	28	[15/13 ]	4	[4/0]
09. May	37	[18/19]	48	[11/37 ]	-11	[7/-18]
08. May	45	[21/24]	24	[9/15 ]	21	[12/9]
07. May	33	[22/11]	41	[25/16 ]	-8	[-3/-5]
06. May	37	[21/16]	45	[18/27 ]	-8	[3/-11]
05. May	42	[23/19]	35	[18/17 ]	7	[5/2]
04. May	39	[27/12]	36	[14/22 ]	3	[13/-10]
03. May	31	[19/12]	24	[15/9 ]	7	[4/3]
02. May	44	[23/21]	31	[20/11 ]	13	[3/10]
01. May	33	[18/15]	77	[18/59 ]	-44	[0/-44]
30. Apr	52	[30/22]	22	[14/8 ]	30	[16/14]
29. Apr	32	[23/9]	29	[13/16 ]	3	[10/-7]
28. Apr	40	[19/21]	31	[19/12 ]	9	[0/9]
27. Apr	30	[15/15]	19	[8/11 ]	11	[7/4]
26. Apr	32	[21/11]	43	[20/23 ]	-11	[1/-12]
25. Apr	40	[25/15]	35	[21/14 ]	5	[4/1]
24. Apr	43	[25/18]	19	[12/7 ]	24	[13/11]
23. Apr	59	[38/21]	37	[23/14 ]	22	[15/7]
22. Apr	46	[28/18]	35	[21/14 ]	11	[7/4]
21. Apr	22	[11/11]	30	[13/17 ]	-8	[-2/-6]
20. Apr	29	[13/16]	20	[9/11 ]	9	[4/5]
19. Apr	24	[21/3]	27	[14/13 ]	-3	[7/-10]
18. Apr	22	[11/11]	26	[10/16 ]	-4	[1/-5]
17. Apr	46	[25/21]	30	[14/16 ]	16	[11/5]
16. Apr	57	[27/30]	31	[16/15 ]	26	[11/15]
15. Apr	54	[34/20]	33	[12/21 ]	21	[22/-1]
14. Apr	47	[31/16]	36	[19/17 ]	11	[12/-1]
Total	1213	[699/514]	1035	[491/544]	178	[208/-30]

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

New Registrations per year

	registered	deleted	net change
2025	5850	4079	1771
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
April	1280	119
March	1365	80
February	1260	95
2025 January	1407	133
December	1095	59
November	1292	93
October	1202	80
September	1178	89
August	1015	71
July	1034	66
June	1027	78
May	1090	79
April	1354	143
March	1241	103
February	1225	105
2024 January	1278	114
December	1046	79
November	1241	91
October	1180	96
September	1297	106
August	1151	96
July	1085	59
June	1060	77
May	1235	65

Deleted domains

When domain has been purged and is available for registration.

	deleted
April	950
March	930
February	880
2025 January	787
December	834
November	822
October	810
September	825
August	761
July	739
June	889
May	914
April	915
March	963
February	855
2024 January	915
December	999
November	801
October	780
September	770
August	782
July	797
June	830
May	871

Registration changes

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

	changed
April	1714
March	1683
February	1665
2025 January	1746
December	1564
November	1978
October	1705
September	1704
August	1407
July	1242
June	1332
May	1535
April	1482
March	1499
February	1560
2024 January	1590
December	1299
November	1873
October	1609
September	1625
August	1450
July	1219
June	1470
May	1678

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
April	1415
March	1460
February	1229
2025 January	1302
December	1011
November	1072
October	1133
September	1142
August	1158
July	1009
June	1008
May	1267
April	1168
March	1268
February	1261
2024 January	1238
December	1088
November	1195
October	1169
September	1092
August	1069
July	1034
June	1030
May	1249

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

	reactivated
April	488
March	521
February	470
2025 January	515
December	356
November	372
October	437
September	478
August	394
July	364
June	419
May	475
April	462
March	491
February	476
2024 January	424
December	376
November	400
October	456
September	443
August	409
July	376
June	450
May	458

Transferred domains

Number of domains transferred from one registrant to another.

	transferred
April	298
March	349
February	268
2025 January	368
December	278
November	262
October	376
September	285
August	205
July	203
June	197
May	242
April	314
March	476
February	316
2024 January	308
December	283
November	564
October	438
September	396
August	184
July	204
June	290
May	344

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

Number of domains signed using DNSSEC.

	signed
April	3360
March	3332
February	3312
2025 January	3302
December	3249
November	3244
October	3219
September	3196
August	3179
July	3167
June	3167
May	3125
April	3123
March	3101
February	3105
2024 January	2991
December	2965
November	2955
October	2943
September	2919
August	2908
July	2926
June	2863
May	2806

Domains using ISNIC's nameservers

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

	parked	ISNIC DNS Hosting
Maí	20658	12869
Apríl	20594	12821
Mars	20459	12767
Febrúar	20383	12674
2025 Janúar	20237	12551
Desember	20175	12506
Nóvember	20149	12406
Október	20064	12283
September	19987	12168
Ágúst	19955	12078
Júlí	19876	12015
Júní	19725	11943
Maí	19749	11897
Apríl	19549	11777
Mars	19380	11710
Febrúar	19252	11657
2024 Janúar	19178	11614
Desember	19030	11560
Nóvember	18865	11467
Október	18764	11382
September	18638	11256
Ágúst	18565	11147
Júlí	18502	11083
Júní	18368	11002

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
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
October	7048	52	7	13	10
September	6817	52	3	9	20
August	6617	39	17	5	24
July	5669	36	11	3	8
June	5280	53	11	5	8
May	6176	41	13	6	15
April	6529	51	23	5	17
March	7125	60	7	7	17
February	6737	41	11	15	22
2024 January	7213	59	20	13	34
December	5881	43	13	2	12
November	6084	52	9	4	20
October	6721	39	5	3	25
September	6494	53	9	4	18
August	6355	45	14	2	9
July	5313	34	2	0	13
June	5265	39	10	6	13
May	5850	30	9	4	14

Number of nameserver registrations

	registered nameservers
April	101
March	93
February	66
2025 January	76
December	49
November	90
October	96
September	86
August	50
July	66
June	72
May	60
April	64
March	70
February	77
2024 January	98
December	68
November	79
October	100
September	88
August	59
July	76
June	96
May	101

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	1241	3	5962	4	6843
5	8392	6	9529	7	9280	8	9561
9	9181	10	8122	11	6810	12	5233
13	3919	14	3171	15	2415	16	1804
17	1286	18	884	19	667	20	463
21	288	22	197	23	126	24	96
25	61	26	34	27	28	28	15
29	13	30	8	31	8	32	6
33	1	34	3	35	1	36	1
37	1	38	1	40	1

First character of a domain name

letter	number	letter	number	letter	number	letter	number
0	60	1	377	2	204	3	160
4	103	5	79	6	53	7	72
8	89	9	58	a	5893	á	92
b	6241	c	3262	d	3024	ð	1
e	3449	é	4	f	4908	g	4482
h	6281	i	4023	í	126	j	1638
k	3927	l	4516	m	5441	n	3215
o	2098	ó	46	p	3636	q	244
r	3915	s	10601	t	4972	u	1208
ú	54	v	4174	w	1354	x	336
y	496	ý	3	z	431	þ	221
æ	40	ö	91

Following is information about recidency of registrants

Country

registrant country of residence	numer of domains
IS	67127
US	9389
GB	2170
DE	2138
NO	1768
SE	1282
CA	940
HK	793
NL	729
DK	728
CH	634
FR	616
AU	468
IT	382
IN	364
ES	353
CN	307
RO	268
AT	239
PL	219

Domestic registrants in more detail

Postal code

postal code	number of domains
105 Reykjavík	5987
101 Reykjavík	5664
110 Reykjavík	4322
108 Reykjavík	4260
210 Garðabæ	3689
200 Kópavogi	3398
104 Reykjavík	3235
220 Hafnarfirði	2714
201 Kópavogi	2661
112 Reykjavík	2255
270 Mosfellsbæ	2184
221 Hafnarfirði	1919
600 Akureyri	1704
203 Kópavogi	1639
800 Selfossi	1376
107 Reykjavík	1327
113 Reykjavík	1283
109 Reykjavík	1280
230 Reykjanesbæ	1184
170 Seltjarnarnesi	927

Towns

town/county	number of domains
Reykjavík	32137
Kópavogi	7707
Hafnarfirði	4661
Garðabæ	4210
Akureyri	2566
Mosfellsbæ	2289
Reykjanesbæ	2152
Selfossi	1983
Seltjarnarnesi	931
Akranesi	752
Borgarnesi	458
Egilsstöðum	414
Hveragerði	407
Vestmannaeyjum	357
Grindavík	357
Ísafirði	338
Húsavík	313
Sauðárkróki	301
Höfn í Hornafirði	294
Hellu	276

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	1984.is	12.25	\|	21	dns-parking.com	0.45
2	cloudflare.com	10.61	\|	22	midja.is	0.45
3	registrar-servers.com	5.20	\|	23	wordpress.com	0.44
4	wixdns.net	1.91	\|	24	googledomains.com	0.42
5	hysingar.is	1.47	\|	25	thekking.is	0.42
6	hyp.net	1.45	\|	26	awsdns.co.uk	0.41
7	vist.is	1.36	\|	27	x.is	0.40
8	netvistun.is	1.13	\|	28	101domain.com	0.40
9	hysing.is	0.83	\|	29	digitalocean.com	0.39
10	azure-dns.com	0.80	\|	30	microsoftonline.com	0.39
11	xnet.is	0.75	\|	31	eurodns.com	0.38
12	c.is	0.74	\|	32	t.is	0.38
13	cscdns.net	0.62	\|	33	nsone.net	0.36
14	siteground.net	0.59	\|	34	vercel-dns.com	0.35
15	stefna.is	0.53	\|	35	dreamhost.com	0.35
16	markmonitor.com	0.53	\|	36	snerpa.is	0.32
17	simnet.is	0.52	\|	37	vortex.is	0.31
18	awsdns.org	0.51	\|	38	reykjavik.is	0.28
19	awsdns.com	0.46	\|	39	okhysing.is	0.28
20	awsdns.net	0.45	\|	40	netim.net	0.27

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: