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
2022	9846	77722
2021	9031	67876
2020	7746	58845
2019	6009	51099
2018	4611	45090
2017	4295	40479
2016	3809	36184
2015	3676	32375
2014	3394	28699
2013	3188	25305
2012	2798	22117
2011	2397	19319
2010	2419	16922
2009	2251	14503
2008	1881	12252
2007	1627	10371
2006	1317	8744
2005	1339	7427
2004	1013	6088
2003	934	5075
2002	915	4141
2001	882	3226
2000	918	2344
1999	568	1426
1998	418	858

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
2022	459	4203
2021	432	3744
2020	460	3312
2019	307	2852
2018	250	2545
2017	227	2295
2016	194	2068
2015	157	1874
2014	242	1717
2013	166	1475
2012	158	1309
2011	103	1151
2010	151	1048
2009	162	897
2008	174	735
2007	174	561
2006	92	387
2005	253	295
2004	42	42

Number of active domains by registration month in regard to kennitalas

	domestic			foreign
	reg.	total	%	reg.	total	%
November	777	62656	69.55	457	27433	30.45
October	730	61879	69.64	434	26976	30.36
September	800	61149	69.73	478	26542	30.27
August	604	60349	69.84	504	26064	30.16
July	544	59745	70.04	438	25560	29.96
June	609	59201	70.21	398	25122	29.79
May	683	58592	70.33	468	24724	29.67
April	572	57909	70.48	412	24256	29.52
March	749	57337	70.63	502	23844	29.37
February	596	56588	70.80	433	23342	29.20
2023 January	703	55992	70.96	476	22909	29.04
December	430	55289	71.14	445	22433	28.86
November	587	54859	71.39	522	21988	28.61
October	495	54272	71.66	318	21466	28.34
September	515	53777	71.77	285	21148	28.23
August	530	53262	71.85	287	20863	28.15
July	367	52732	71.93	229	20576	28.07
June	394	52365	72.02	254	20347	27.98
May	411	51971	72.12	271	20093	27.88
April	412	51560	72.23	250	19822	27.77
March	530	51148	72.32	422	19572	27.68
February	565	50618	72.55	301	19150	27.45
2022 January	635	50053	72.64	391	18849	27.36
December	414	49418	72.81	330	18458	27.19

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
November	528	28106
October	474	27578
September	527	27104
August	404	26577
July	365	26173
June	392	25808
May	463	25416
April	375	24953
March	510	24578
February	387	24068
2023 January	437	23681
December	265	23244
November	344	22979
October	279	22635
September	318	22356
August	286	22038
July	213	21752
June	239	21539
May	243	21300
April	247	21057
March	313	20810
February	299	20497
2022 January	392	20198
December	238	19806

Age-distribution of registrants, Icelandic individuals

age (years)	number
90-100	111
80-90	84
70-80	979
60-70	3256
50-60	6596
40-50	7829
30-40	6728
20-30	2353
10-20	169
0-10	0
Mean age	47.3

Registration month

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

month	this year	last year	older
01	1179	1026	6050
02	1029	866	5828
03	1251	952	6317
04	984	662	5897
05	1151	682	5810
06	1007	648	4872
07	982	596	4440
08	1108	817	5039
09	1278	800	5779
10	1164	813	6192
11	1234	1109	6348
12	0	875	5310

Domain Age Distribution

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

age (years)	number
30-31	6
29-30	11
28-29	51
27-28	80
26-27	246
25-26	412
24-25	560
23-24	902
22-23	899
21-22	923
20-21	925
19-20	966
18-19	1349
17-18	1306
16-17	1614
15-16	1850
14-15	2228
13-14	2381
12-13	2404
11-12	2784
10-11	3174
9-10	3390
8-9	3655
7-8	3757
6-7	4263
5-6	4600
4-5	5912
3-4	7499
2-3	8967
1-2	9714
0-1	13242
Mean age	7.1

Net number of new domains per month

	new	[dom/for]	%	deleted	[dom/for]	%	net change	[dom/for]	%
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
Ágúst.	1151	[616 / 535]	1.30	782	[339 / 443]	0.88	369	[277 / 92]	0.42
Júlí.	1085	[561 / 524]	1.23	797	[324 / 473]	0.90	288	[237 / 51]	0.33
Júní.	1060	[621 / 439]	1.20	830	[396 / 434]	0.94	230	[225 / 5]	0.26
Maí.	1235	[694 / 541]	1.41	871	[382 / 489]	0.99	364	[312 / 52]	0.41
Apríl.	1086	[590 / 496]	1.24	889	[430 / 459]	1.02	197	[160 / 37]	0.23
Mars.	1300	[767 / 533]	1.49	1001	[437 / 564]	1.15	299	[330 / -31]	0.34
Febrúar.	1047	[609 / 438]	1.20	828	[414 / 414]	0.95	219	[195 / 24]	0.25
2023 Janúar.	1227	[725 / 502]	1.41	885	[425 / 460]	1.02	342	[300 / 42]	0.39
Desember.	918	[457 / 461]	1.06	882	[425 / 457]	1.02	36	[32 / 4]	0.04
Nóvember.	1197	[635 / 562]	1.39	845	[359 / 486]	0.98	352	[276 / 76]	0.41
Október.	1119	[606 / 513]	1.30	894	[433 / 461]	1.04	225	[173 / 52]	0.26
September.	1123	[650 / 473]	1.31	807	[359 / 448]	0.94	316	[291 / 25]	0.37
Ágúst.	1311	[659 / 652]	1.53	808	[362 / 446]	0.95	503	[297 / 206]	0.59
Júlí.	884	[467 / 417]	1.04	755	[378 / 377]	0.89	129	[89 / 40]	0.15
Júní.	978	[483 / 495]	1.15	1082	[353 / 729]	1.27	-104	[130 / -234]	-0.12
Maí.	1302	[533 / 769]	1.53	824	[382 / 442]	0.97	478	[151 / 327]	0.56
Apríl.	965	[515 / 450]	1.14	725	[398 / 327]	0.86	240	[117 / 123]	0.28

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]
02. Dec	19	[11/8]	22	[8/14 ]	-3	[3/-6]
01. Dec	45	[32/13]	34	[18/16 ]	11	[14/-3]
30. Nov	37	[22/15]	26	[7/19 ]	11	[15/-4]
29. Nov	48	[29/19]	32	[14/18 ]	16	[15/1]
28. Nov	44	[21/23]	26	[11/15 ]	18	[10/8]
27. Nov	62	[42/20]	31	[18/13 ]	31	[24/7]
26. Nov	21	[12/9]	25	[11/14 ]	-4	[1/-5]
25. Nov	17	[6/11]	27	[11/16 ]	-10	[-5/-5]
24. Nov	39	[21/18]	19	[8/11 ]	20	[13/7]
23. Nov	50	[41/9]	29	[19/10 ]	21	[22/-1]
22. Nov	44	[30/14]	30	[20/10 ]	14	[10/4]
21. Nov	39	[28/11]	25	[12/13 ]	14	[16/-2]
20. Nov	36	[20/16]	29	[15/14 ]	7	[5/2]
19. Nov	38	[27/11]	26	[12/14 ]	12	[15/-3]
18. Nov	25	[14/11]	25	[10/15 ]	0	[4/-4]
17. Nov	40	[22/18]	19	[9/10 ]	21	[13/8]
16. Nov	60	[43/17]	25	[16/9 ]	35	[27/8]
15. Nov	31	[17/14]	24	[19/5 ]	7	[-2/9]
14. Nov	45	[35/10]	40	[18/22 ]	5	[17/-12]
13. Nov	46	[35/11]	28	[16/12 ]	18	[19/-1]
12. Nov	24	[20/4]	18	[10/8 ]	6	[10/-4]
11. Nov	22	[8/14]	16	[10/6 ]	6	[-2/8]
10. Nov	50	[32/18]	20	[13/7 ]	30	[19/11]
09. Nov	43	[30/13]	31	[16/15 ]	12	[14/-2]
08. Nov	53	[29/24]	38	[21/17 ]	15	[8/7]
07. Nov	53	[34/19]	24	[14/10 ]	29	[20/9]
06. Nov	60	[27/33]	32	[15/17 ]	28	[12/16]
05. Nov	32	[17/15]	32	[19/13 ]	0	[-2/2]
04. Nov	26	[20/6]	22	[10/12 ]	4	[10/-6]
03. Nov	60	[43/17]	34	[20/14 ]	26	[23/3]
02. Nov	53	[35/18]	25	[10/15 ]	28	[25/3]
Total	1262	[803/459]	834	[430/404]	428	[373/55]

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

New Registrations per year

	registered	deleted	net change
2023	12974	9290	3684
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
November	1241	91
October	1180	96
September	1297	106
August	1151	96
July	1085	59
June	1060	77
May	1235	65
April	1086	41
March	1300	65
February	1047	41
2023 January	1227	75
December	918	39
November	1197	73
October	1119	61
September	1123	49
August	1311	48
July	884	29
June	978	56
May	1302	33
April	965	27
March	1372	38
February	1262	59
2022 January	1464	67
December	1180	46

Deleted domains

When domain has been purged and is available for registration.

	deleted
November	801
October	780
September	770
August	782
July	797
June	830
May	871
April	889
March	1001
February	828
2023 January	885
December	882
November	845
October	894
September	807
August	808
July	755
June	1082
May	824
April	725
March	787
February	653
2022 January	691
December	685

Registration changes

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

	changed
November	1873
October	1609
September	1625
August	1450
July	1219
June	1470
May	1678
April	1375
March	1705
February	1677
2023 January	1711
December	1554
November	1688
October	1963
September	1907
August	1469
July	1246
June	1451
May	1704
April	1500
March	1896
February	1613
2022 January	1943
December	1391

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
November	1195
October	1169
September	1092
August	1069
July	1034
June	1030
May	1249
April	1241
March	1379
February	1249
2023 January	1580
December	1405
November	1239
October	1292
September	1258
August	1125
July	1058
June	1088
May	1532
April	1186
March	1166
February	1040
2022 January	1125
December	957

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

	reactivated
November	400
October	456
September	443
August	409
July	376
June	450
May	458
April	506
March	580
February	741
2023 January	482
December	739
November	481
October	495
September	509
August	416
July	381
June	463
May	511
April	479
March	510
February	470
2022 January	500
December	441

Transferred domains

Number of domains transferred from one registrant to another.

	transferred
November	564
October	438
September	396
August	184
July	204
June	290
May	344
April	224
March	339
February	294
2023 January	764
December	476
November	258
October	272
September	388
August	248
July	214
June	217
May	254
April	176
March	329
February	271
2022 January	232
December	209

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

Number of domains signed using DNSSEC.

	signed
November	2955
October	2943
September	2919
August	2908
July	2926
June	2863
May	2806
April	3139
March	3172
February	3167
2023 January	3167
December	3124
November	3101
October	3061
September	3026
August	2977
July	2944
June	2900
May	2867
April	2848
March	2851
February	2836
2022 January	2815
December	2784

Domains using ISNIC's nameservers

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

	parked	ISNIC DNS Hosting
Desember	19030	11560
Nóvember	18865	11467
Október	18764	11382
September	18638	11256
Ágúst	18565	11147
Júlí	18502	11083
Júní	18368	11002
Maí	18273	10875
Apríl	18241	10776
Mars	18082	10665
Febrúar	18077	10562
2023 Janúar	18029	10492
Desember	18081	10404
Nóvember	18172	10300
Október	18206	10243
September	18195	10149
Ágúst	18115	10060
Júlí	18210	9999
Júní	18231	9978
Maí	18359	9937
Apríl	18424	9861
Mars	18425	9777
Febrúar	18455	9730
2022 Janúar	18361	9629

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
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
April	5954	23	9	6	9
March	7066	37	8	6	10
February	6410	13	10	13	15
2023 January	7220	53	10	9	11
December	5836	31	14	8	10
November	5880	32	9	8	7
October	6412	36	9	7	17
September	6536	31	7	3	6
August	5904	34	10	5	4
July	4981	31	7	6	10
June	5051	32	13	4	3
May	5724	40	6	6	7
April	5777	19	14	4	15
March	6894	60	10	3	8
February	6178	25	5	4	5
2022 January	6819	53	13	9	10
December	5525	32	3	5	9

Number of nameserver registrations

	registered nameservers
November	79
October	100
September	88
August	59
July	76
June	96
May	101
April	122
March	109
February	104
2023 January	106
December	108
November	156
October	99
September	95
August	104
July	77
June	206
May	98
April	146
March	126
February	85
2022 January	167
December	120

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	1161	3	5824	4	6487
5	7923	6	8921	7	8780	8	8971
9	8662	10	7609	11	6330	12	4921
13	3705	14	2930	15	2232	16	1709
17	1175	18	821	19	620	20	434
21	273	22	182	23	118	24	87
25	57	26	33	27	27	28	13
29	13	30	9	31	5	32	5
33	1	34	4	36	2	37	1
38	1	40	1	55	1	63	1

First character of a domain name

letter	number	letter	number	letter	number	letter	number
0	57	1	373	2	206	3	169
4	107	5	69	6	66	7	70
8	75	9	45	a	5486	á	85
b	5797	c	3202	d	2851	ð	3
e	3272	é	6	f	4670	g	4165
h	5967	i	3841	í	112	j	1545
k	3624	l	4258	m	5153	n	3012
o	1935	ó	34	p	3460	q	235
r	3695	s	9973	t	4608	u	1159
ú	41	v	3903	w	1267	x	324
y	458	ý	3	z	419	þ	188
æ	27	ö	80

Following is information about recidency of registrants

Country

registrant country of residence	numer of domains
IS	62769
US	8818
DE	2196
GB	2120
NO	1950
SE	1216
CA	1029
DK	741
NL	700
FR	613
CH	601
AU	448
BZ	435
IN	373
IT	371
FI	348
CN	323
ES	314
BG	267
AT	238

Domestic registrants in more detail

Postal code

postal code	number of domains
105 Reykjavík	5754
101 Reykjavík	5555
110 Reykjavík	4132
108 Reykjavík	4004
210 Garðabæ	3361
200 Kópavogi	3112
104 Reykjavík	3057
220 Hafnarfirði	2514
201 Kópavogi	2373
112 Reykjavík	2157
270 Mosfellsbæ	1976
221 Hafnarfirði	1644
600 Akureyri	1561
203 Kópavogi	1442
800 Selfossi	1258
107 Reykjavík	1231
109 Reykjavík	1213
113 Reykjavík	1169
230 Reykjanesbæ	1039
170 Seltjarnarnesi	861

Towns

town/county	number of domains
Reykjavík	30757
Kópavogi	6937
Hafnarfirði	4185
Garðabæ	3826
Akureyri	2314
Mosfellsbæ	2112
Reykjanesbæ	2007
Selfossi	1839
Seltjarnarnesi	867
Akranesi	661
Grindavík	468
Borgarnesi	438
Egilsstöðum	382
Hveragerði	372
Ísafirði	319
Vestmannaeyjum	313
Húsavík	310
Höfn í Hornafirði	297
Sauðárkróki	293
Hellu	251

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	12.97	\|	21	awsdns.com	0.48
2	cloudflare.com	8.30	\|	22	101domain.com	0.48
3	registrar-servers.com	4.27	\|	23	awsdns.net	0.47
4	wixdns.net	1.86	\|	24	digitalocean.com	0.46
5	hysingar.is	1.73	\|	25	thekking.is	0.45
6	hyp.net	1.71	\|	26	eurodns.com	0.43
7	vist.is	1.52	\|	27	t.is	0.42
8	netvistun.is	1.01	\|	28	googledomains.com	0.42
9	hysing.is	0.96	\|	29	awsdns.co.uk	0.41
10	c.is	0.89	\|	30	wordpress.com	0.41
11	xnet.is	0.80	\|	31	microsoftonline.com	0.39
12	azure-dns.com	0.78	\|	32	dreamhost.com	0.36
13	x.is	0.74	\|	33	vortex.is	0.34
14	cscdns.net	0.68	\|	34	snerpa.is	0.33
15	siteground.net	0.63	\|	35	iwantmyname.net	0.32
16	simnet.is	0.63	\|	36	nsone.net	0.31
17	stefna.is	0.56	\|	37	reykjavik.is	0.31
18	markmonitor.com	0.55	\|	38	trademarkarea.com	0.30
19	midja.is	0.53	\|	39	okhysing.is	0.30
20	awsdns.org	0.50	\|	40	netim.net	0.30

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: