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 9576 69605 2018 8130 60029 2017 6718 51899 2016 5706 45181 2015 5193 39475 2014 4507 34282 2013 4141 29775 2012 3587 25634 2011 2968 22047 2010 2890 19079 2009 2663 16189 2008 2164 13526 2007 1883 11362 2006 1494 9479 2005 1462 7985 2004 1112 6523 2003 1017 5411 2002 983 4394 2001 937 3411 2000 982 2474 1999 598 1492 1998 439 894 1997 273 455 1996 84 182 1995 56 98

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

year registered total 2018 409 3237 2017 309 2828 2016 262 2519 2015 207 2257 2014 281 2050 2013 206 1769 2012 213 1563 2011 152 1350 2010 183 1198 2009 190 1015 2008 195 825 2007 201 630 2006 105 429 2005 278 324 2004 46 46

Number of active domains by registration month

domestic foreign reg. total % reg. total % September 639 49520 71.14 485 20088 28.86 Ágúst 514 48881 71.38 448 19603 28.62 Júlí 526 48367 71.63 658 19155 28.37 Júní 434 47841 72.12 475 18497 27.88 Maí 507 47407 72.46 561 18022 27.54 Apríl 579 46900 72.87 925 17461 27.13 Mars 611 46321 73.69 328 16536 26.31 Febrúar 571 45710 73.82 349 16208 26.18 2019 Janúar 642 45139 74.00 324 15859 26.00 Desember 371 44497 74.12 285 15535 25.88 Nóvember 499 44126 74.32 281 15250 25.68 Október 619 43627 74.45 302 14969 25.55 September 468 43008 74.57 261 14667 25.43 Ágúst 351 42540 74.70 218 14406 25.30 Júlí 330 42189 74.83 182 14188 25.17 Júní 357 41859 74.93 222 14006 25.07 Maí 428 41502 75.07 231 13784 24.93 Apríl 450 41074 75.19 229 13553 24.81 Mars 483 40624 75.30 197 13324 24.70 Febrúar 454 40141 75.36 229 13127 24.64 2018 Janúar 445 39687 75.47 238 12898 24.53 Desember 337 39242 75.61 227 12660 24.39 Nóvember 417 38905 75.78 233 12433 24.22 Október 410 38488 75.93 192 12200 24.07

Domains registered to individuals

registered total September 394 19983 Ágúst 329 19589 Júlí 348 19260 Júní 256 18912 Maí 303 18656 Apríl 359 18353 Mars 383 17994 Febrúar 326 17611 2019 Janúar 398 17285 Desember 241 16887 Nóvember 293 16646 Október 362 16353 September 261 15991 Ágúst 194 15730 Júlí 168 15536 Júní 183 15368 Maí 209 15185 Apríl 243 14976 Mars 251 14733 Febrúar 235 14482 2018 Janúar 259 14247 Desember 183 13988 Nóvember 221 13805 Október 188 13584

Age-distribution of domestic registrants

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

age (years) number 90-100 3 80-90 42 70-80 535 60-70 2161 50-60 4277 40-50 5619 30-40 5289 20-30 1993 10-20 64 0-10 0 Mean age 46,0

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 01 966 683 4710 02 920 683 4597 03 939 680 4962 04 1504 679 4243 05 1068 659 4292 06 909 579 3687 07 1184 512 3301 08 962 569 3762 09 1124 729 4610 10 0 921 4881 11 0 780 4827 12 0 656 4030

Domain Age Distribution

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

age (years) number 30-31 4 29-30 8 28-29 6 27-28 4 26-27 6 25-26 10 24-25 39 23-24 70 22-23 226 21-22 401 20-21 539 19-20 918 18-19 996 17-18 960 16-17 974 15-16 1063 14-15 1432 13-14 1388 12-13 1825 11-12 1972 10-11 2680 9-10 2756 8-9 2955 7-8 3522 6-7 4030 5-6 4387 4-5 5021 3-4 5450 2-3 6441 1-2 7589 0-1 11933 Mean age 6,2

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] % September 1085 [624 / 461] 1.56 595 [384 / 211] 0.85 490 [240 / 250] 0.70 Ágúst 962 [522 / 440] 1.40 634 [392 / 242] 0.93 328 [130 / 198] 0.48 Júlí 1197 [537 / 660] 1.77 620 [374 / 246] 0.92 577 [163 / 414] 0.85 Júní 916 [436 / 480] 1.38 719 [430 / 289] 1.08 197 [6 / 191] 0.30 Maí 1078 [519 / 559] 1.65 769 [438 / 331] 1.18 309 [81 / 228] 0.47 Apríl 1549 [589 / 960] 2.41 809 [503 / 306] 1.26 740 [86 / 654] 1.15 Mars 971 [615 / 356] 1.54 775 [495 / 280] 1.23 196 [120 / 76] 0.31 Febrúar 922 [577 / 345] 1.49 714 [449 / 265] 1.15 208 [128 / 80] 0.34 2019 Janúar 976 [649 / 327] 1.60 649 [407 / 242] 1.06 327 [242 / 85] 0.54 Desember 666 [375 / 291] 1.11 639 [370 / 269] 1.06 27 [5 / 22] 0.04 Nóvember 801 [515 / 286] 1.35 644 [406 / 238] 1.08 157 [109 / 48] 0.26 Október 949 [639 / 310] 1.62 743 [479 / 264] 1.27 206 [160 / 46] 0.35 September 770 [504 / 266] 1.34 616 [390 / 226] 1.07 154 [114 / 40] 0.27 Ágúst 803 [469 / 334] 1.41 702 [374 / 328] 1.23 101 [95 / 6] 0.18 Júlí 734 [437 / 297] 1.30 568 [327 / 241] 1.01 166 [110 / 56] 0.29 Júní 787 [455 / 332] 1.41 644 [329 / 315] 1.15 143 [126 / 17] 0.26 Maí 969 [610 / 359] 1.75 1288 [715 / 573] 2.33 -319 [-105 / -214] -0.58 Apríl 993 [636 / 357] 1.82 710 [411 / 299] 1.30 283 [225 / 58] 0.52 Mars 1027 [680 / 347] 1.90 511 [296 / 215] 0.95 516 [384 / 132] 0.96 Febrúar 967 [637 / 330] 1.82 480 [307 / 173] 0.90 487 [330 / 157] 0.91

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. Oct 31 [17/14] 25 [17/8 ] 6 [0/6] 13. Oct 16 [8/8] 23 [20/3 ] -7 [-12/5] 12. Oct 23 [14/9] 16 [12/4 ] 7 [2/5] 11. Oct 35 [23/12] 12 [5/7 ] 23 [18/5] 10. Oct 35 [20/15] 22 [17/5 ] 13 [3/10] 09. Oct 41 [28/13] 19 [15/4 ] 22 [13/9] 08. Oct 40 [29/11] 24 [15/9 ] 16 [14/2] 07. Oct 61 [32/29] 28 [14/14 ] 33 [18/15] 06. Oct 14 [10/4] 32 [15/17 ] -18 [-5/-13] 05. Oct 22 [13/9] 16 [11/5 ] 6 [2/4] 04. Oct 35 [21/14] 25 [18/7 ] 10 [3/7] 03. Oct 36 [18/18] 21 [16/5 ] 15 [2/13] 02. Oct 27 [18/9] 27 [21/6 ] 0 [-3/3] 01. Oct 53 [35/18] 28 [26/2 ] 25 [9/16] 30. Sep 50 [25/25] 30 [20/10 ] 20 [5/15] 29. Sep 25 [11/14] 20 [13/7 ] 5 [-2/7] 28. Sep 26 [14/12] 32 [12/20 ] -6 [2/-8] 27. Sep 44 [23/21] 16 [8/8 ] 28 [15/13] 26. Sep 41 [23/18] 18 [13/5 ] 23 [10/13] 25. Sep 47 [32/15] 25 [22/3 ] 22 [10/12] 24. Sep 39 [23/16] 35 [29/6 ] 4 [-6/10] 23. Sep 54 [28/26] 28 [20/8 ] 26 [8/18] 22. Sep 25 [15/10] 16 [7/9 ] 9 [8/1] 21. Sep 15 [8/7] 14 [9/5 ] 1 [-1/2] 20. Sep 59 [31/28] 15 [9/6 ] 44 [22/22] 19. Sep 54 [37/17] 18 [8/10 ] 36 [29/7] 18. Sep 56 [39/17] 31 [23/8 ] 25 [16/9] 17. Sep 42 [26/16] 18 [12/6 ] 24 [14/10] 16. Sep 44 [21/23] 15 [8/7 ] 29 [13/16] 15. Sep 17 [10/7] 30 [26/4 ] -13 [-16/3] 14. Sep 21 [14/7] 14 [12/2 ] 7 [2/5] Total     1128 [666/462] 693 [473/220] 435 [193/242]

Domain administration

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

New Registrations

registered deleted net change 2019 10168 6626 3542 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 September 1128 66 Ágúst 962 70 Júlí 1197 36 Júní 916 31 Maí 1078 49 Apríl 1549 43 Mars 971 50 Febrúar 922 33 2019 Janúar 976 48 Desember 666 39 Nóvember 801 35 Október 949 51 September 770 35 Ágúst 803 33 Júlí 734 43 Júní 787 26 Maí 969 51 Apríl 993 52 Mars 1027 56 Febrúar 967 47 2018 Janúar 981 52 Desember 801 37 Nóvember 834 36 Október 836 34

Deleted domains

deleted September 619 Ágúst 634 Júlí 620 Júní 719 Maí 769 Apríl 809 Mars 775 Febrúar 714 2019 Janúar 649 Desember 639 Nóvember 644 Október 743 September 616 Ágúst 702 Júlí 568 Júní 644 Maí 1288 Apríl 710 Mars 511 Febrúar 480 2018 Janúar 775 Desember 523 Nóvember 518 Október 594

Registration changes

changed September 1166 Ágúst 1265 Júlí 1350 Júní 1096 Maí 1395 Apríl 2953 Mars 1050 Febrúar 1092 2019 Janúar 1124 Desember 829 Nóvember 1189 Október 1183 September 1170 Ágúst 1401 Júlí 1178 Júní 1362 Maí 1872 Apríl 1942 Mars 1822 Febrúar 1576 2018 Janúar 2193 Desember 1586 Nóvember 1808 Október 1432

Domains put on hold

on hold September 1004 Ágúst 987 Júlí 847 Júní 920 Maí 1202 Apríl 1166 Mars 1296 Febrúar 1059 2019 Janúar 1193 Desember 837 Nóvember 1003 Október 1050 September 1046 Ágúst 896 Júlí 872 Júní 804 Maí 1038 Apríl 1225 Mars 788 Febrúar 795 2018 Janúar 804 Desember 544 Nóvember 711 Október 859

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

reactivated September 490 Ágúst 456 Júlí 415 Júní 424 Maí 554 Apríl 480 Mars 590 Febrúar 506 2019 Janúar 465 Desember 406 Nóvember 514 Október 466 September 451 Ágúst 402 Júlí 325 Júní 391 Maí 486 Apríl 520 Mars 329 Febrúar 287 2018 Janúar 269 Desember 230 Nóvember 269 Október 343

Transferred domains (from one registrant to another)

transferred September 308 Ágúst 289 Júlí 245 Júní 187 Maí 251 Apríl 187 Mars 182 Febrúar 316 2019 Janúar 324 Desember 209 Nóvember 248 Október 219 September 325 Ágúst 186 Júlí 126 Júní 189 Maí 207 Apríl 198 Mars 234 Febrúar 263 2018 Janúar 333 Desember 182 Nóvember 189 Október 166

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

signed September 2254 Ágúst 2252 Júlí 2242 Júní 2220 Maí 2195 Apríl 2184 Mars 2180 Febrúar 2175 2019 Janúar 2150 Desember 2113 Nóvember 2101 Október 2026 September 1955 Ágúst 1932 Júlí 1910 Júní 1900 Maí 1863 Apríl 1875 Mars 1868 Febrúar 1799 2018 Janúar 1746 Desember 1732 Nóvember 1706 Október 1683

Parked and forwarded domains

parked forwarded 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 Maí 12209 6341 Apríl 12078 6288 Mars 11932 6189 Febrúar 11849 6076 2018 Janúar 11741 6006 Desember 11556 5947 Nóvember 11411 5733

Renewals for two or more years.

1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years September 4887 32 4 2 4 Ágúst 4698 25 10 2 6 Júlí 3948 41 16 4 3 Júní 3893 31 4 5 4 Maí 4791 38 6 1 8 Apríl 4656 19 8 2 4 Mars 5392 35 5 5 8 Febrúar 5008 29 8 3 4 2019 Janúar 5785 34 7 7 5 Desember 4379 15 9 2 6 Nóvember 4651 28 10 5 6 Október 4877 28 4 1 4 September 4705 29 5 6 5 Ágúst 4519 17 10 3 3 Júlí 3679 15 10 1 4 Júní 3837 27 7 1 5 Maí 4364 44 5 3 5 Apríl 3830 22 2 0 3 Mars 5184 33 4 4 2 Febrúar 4770 30 3 3 5 2018 Janúar 5350 21 6 1 0 Desember 4374 21 7 1 3 Nóvember 4625 37 3 3 4 Október 4680 33 3 1 2

Number of nameserver registrations

registered nameservers September 99 Ágúst 188 Júlí 133 Júní 107 Maí 168 Apríl 187 Mars 110 Febrúar 130 2019 Janúar 132 Desember 94 Nóvember 139 Október 124 September 98 Ágúst 133 Júlí 120 Júní 141 Maí 101 Apríl 130 Mars 176 Febrúar 118 2018 Janúar 149 Desember 129 Nóvember 204 Október 63

Domain names

length number length number length number length number 1 46 2 1035 3 4509 4 4918 5 6037 6 6888 7 6702 8 6778 9 6529 10 5877 11 4957 12 3722 13 2966 14 2340 15 1759 16 1357 17 934 18 691 19 526 20 340 21 233 22 145 23 103 24 67 25 49 26 30 27 19 28 13 29 11 30 9 31 4 32 5 33 1 34 2 37 2 38 1 39 2 40 1

letter number letter number letter number letter number 0 37 1 299 2 115 3 109 4 79 5 48 6 36 7 36 8 39 9 34 a 4242 á 68 b 4429 c 2418 d 2200 ð 1 e 2531 é 4 f 3662 g 3240 h 4669 i 3284 í 98 j 1180 k 2814 l 3287 m 3754 n 2448 o 1522 ó 25 p 2641 q 167 r 2898 s 7620 t 3674 u 863 ú 31 v 2916 w 993 x 246 y 349 ý 2 z 309 þ 125 æ 19 ö 47

Registrant residency

registrant country of residence numer of domains IS 49381 US 5987 NO 1792 DE 1771 GB 1689 SE 979 CA 781 CH 726 DK 690 NL 573 FR 441 BZ 406 AU 309 IT 269 ES 216 AT 200 CN 183 CZ 178 RU 163 BE 159

Domestic registrants in more detail ..

postal code number of domains 101 Reykjavík 4949 105 Reykjavík 4786 108 Reykjavík 3676 110 Reykjavík 3117 104 Reykjavík 2552 200 Kópavogi 2484 210 Garðabæ 2111 220 Hafnarfirði 2056 112 Reykjavík 1834 201 Kópavogi 1730 270 Mosfellsbæ 1300 600 Akureyri 1236 221 Hafnarfirði 1199 109 Reykjavík 1194 203 Kópavogi 1075 107 Reykjavík 1010 113 Reykjavík 898 230 Reykjanesbæ 793 800 Selfossi 771 170 Seltjarnarnesi 646

city/county number of domains Reykjavík 25528 Kópavogi 5296 Hafnarfirði 3278 Garðabæ 2483 Akureyri 1817 Reykjanesbæ 1412 Mosfellsbæ 1393 Selfossi 1205 Seltjarnarnesi 652 Borgarnesi 410 Akranesi 396 Egilsstöðum 298 Grindavík 266 Höfn í Hornafirði 259 Húsavík 255 Vestmannaeyjum 247 Ísafirði 244 Sauðárkróki 235 Hveragerði 224 Hellu 199

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 15.07  |  21 t.is 0.57 2 cloudflare.com 3.70  |  22 markmonitor.com 0.51 3 hysingar.is 2.25  |  23 awsdns.com 0.51 4 hyp.net 2.14  |  24 eurodns.com 0.49 5 simnet.is 1.88  |  25 dg.is 0.47 6 registrar-servers.com 1.73  |  26 vortex.is 0.47 7 x.is 1.58  |  27 dreamhost.com 0.46 8 hysing.is 1.44  |  28 azure-dns.com 0.45 9 c.is 1.40  |  29 dnsimple.com 0.45 10 vist.is 1.31  |  30 nethonnun.is 0.43 11 netvistun.is 1.16  |  31 awsdns.net 0.43 12 wixdns.net 0.91  |  32 awsdns.org 0.42 13 xnet.is 0.88  |  33 digitalocean.com 0.41 14 opex.is 0.80  |  34 reykjavik.is 0.41 15 101domain.com 0.79  |  35 udag.org 0.40 16 stefna.is 0.71  |  36 smartmedia.is 0.40 17 thekking.is 0.67  |  37 dacoda.is 0.40 18 midja.is 0.66  |  38 instradns.com 0.39 19 iwantmyname.net 0.60  |  39 trademarkarea.com 0.39 20 cscdns.net 0.58  |  40 snerpa.is 0.37

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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