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	11745	82896
2021	9959	71151
2020	8428	61192
2019	6402	52764
2018	4875	46362
2017	4451	41487
2016	3954	37036
2015	3792	33082
2014	3506	29290
2013	3289	25784
2012	2884	22495
2011	2455	19611
2010	2475	17156
2009	2294	14681
2008	1900	12387
2007	1676	10487
2006	1333	8811
2005	1352	7478
2004	1018	6126
2003	942	5108
2002	922	4166
2001	887	3244
2000	923	2357
1999	571	1434
1998	422	863

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	523	4388
2021	454	3865
2020	478	3411
2019	319	2933
2018	258	2614
2017	232	2356
2016	197	2124
2015	161	1927
2014	249	1766
2013	170	1517
2012	163	1347
2011	108	1184
2010	158	1076
2009	168	918
2008	174	750
2007	187	576
2006	92	389
2005	255	297
2004	42	42

Number of active domains by registration month in regard to kennitalas

	domestic			foreign
	reg.	total	%	reg.	total	%
April	573	60428	69.08	510	27043	30.92
March	754	59855	69.29	511	26533	30.71
February	597	59101	69.43	435	26022	30.57
2023 January	710	58504	69.57	485	25587	30.43
December	441	57794	69.72	449	25102	30.28
November	610	57353	69.94	531	24653	30.06
October	595	56743	70.17	446	24122	29.83
September	636	56148	70.34	433	23676	29.66
August	639	55512	70.49	524	23243	29.51
July	442	54873	70.72	379	22719	29.28
June	465	54431	70.90	423	22340	29.10
May	489	53966	71.12	442	21917	28.88
April	483	53477	71.35	437	21475	28.65
March	542	52994	71.58	441	21038	28.42
February	566	52452	71.80	300	20597	28.20
2022 January	640	51886	71.88	392	20297	28.12
December	427	51246	72.02	332	19905	27.98
November	489	50819	72.19	412	19573	27.81
October	558	50330	72.43	431	19161	27.57
September	527	49772	72.66	394	18730	27.34
August	458	49245	72.87	346	18336	27.13
July	398	48787	73.06	254	17990	26.94
June	504	48389	73.18	266	17736	26.82
May	524	47885	73.27	358	17470	26.73

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	378	26614
March	518	26236
February	391	25718
2023 January	451	25327
December	282	24876
November	371	24594
October	352	24223
September	403	23871
August	357	23468
July	275	23111
June	302	22836
May	299	22534
April	305	22235
March	320	21930
February	301	21610
2022 January	397	21309
December	244	20912
November	268	20668
October	322	20400
September	243	20078
August	282	19835
July	225	19553
June	290	19328
May	285	19038

Age-distribution of registrants, Icelandic individuals

age (years)	number
90-100	6
80-90	85
70-80	948
60-70	3236
50-60	6378
40-50	7627
30-40	6240
20-30	1979
10-20	115
0-10	0
Mean age	47.6

Registration month

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

month	this year	last year	older
01	1195	1032	6072
02	1032	866	5841
03	1265	983	6355
04	1083	920	6310
05	0	931	6253
06	0	888	5272
07	0	821	4842
08	0	1163	5489
09	0	1069	6221
10	0	1041	6723
11	0	1141	6412
12	0	890	5367

Domain Age Distribution

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

age (years)	number
30-31	7
29-30	9
28-29	21
27-28	56
26-27	129
25-26	327
24-25	491
23-24	689
22-23	989
21-22	865
20-21	924
19-20	949
18-19	1206
17-18	1276
16-17	1434
15-16	1710
14-15	2105
13-14	2302
12-13	2506
11-12	2657
10-11	3038
9-10	3446
8-9	3520
7-8	3914
6-7	4126
5-6	4525
4-5	5265
3-4	6842
2-3	9133
1-2	10476
0-1	12518
Mean age	6.9

Net number of new domains per month

	new	[dom/for]	%	deleted	[dom/for]	%	net change	[dom/for]	%
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
Mars.	1372	[650 / 722]	1.63	787	[464 / 323]	0.93	585	[186 / 399]	0.69
Febrúar.	1262	[704 / 558]	1.51	653	[363 / 290]	0.78	609	[341 / 268]	0.73
2022 Janúar.	1464	[785 / 679]	1.76	691	[353 / 338]	0.83	773	[432 / 341]	0.93
Desember.	1180	[553 / 627]	1.43	685	[392 / 293]	0.83	495	[161 / 334]	0.60
Nóvember.	1332	[638 / 694]	1.63	692	[422 / 270]	0.85	640	[216 / 424]	0.78
Október.	1421	[689 / 732]	1.75	664	[406 / 258]	0.82	757	[283 / 474]	0.93
September.	1293	[659 / 634]	1.61	613	[332 / 281]	0.76	680	[327 / 353]	0.85

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]
30. May	32	[20/12]	30	[19/11 ]	2	[1/1]
29. May	26	[15/11]	90	[8/82 ]	-64	[7/-71]
28. May	32	[18/14]	21	[11/10 ]	11	[7/4]
27. May	22	[10/12]	34	[16/18 ]	-12	[-6/-6]
26. May	43	[21/22]	25	[13/12 ]	18	[8/10]
25. May	57	[33/24]	25	[19/6 ]	32	[14/18]
24. May	38	[27/11]	15	[7/8 ]	23	[20/3]
23. May	38	[23/15]	28	[8/20 ]	10	[15/-5]
22. May	33	[21/12]	23	[14/9 ]	10	[7/3]
21. May	23	[19/4]	14	[6/8 ]	9	[13/-4]
20. May	40	[15/25]	32	[2/30 ]	8	[13/-5]
19. May	38	[23/15]	24	[16/8 ]	14	[7/7]
18. May	40	[25/15]	40	[12/28 ]	0	[13/-13]
17. May	30	[18/12]	24	[14/10 ]	6	[4/2]
16. May	49	[32/17]	31	[18/13 ]	18	[14/4]
15. May	53	[23/30]	24	[13/11 ]	29	[10/19]
14. May	20	[12/8]	20	[8/12 ]	0	[4/-4]
13. May	27	[18/9]	25	[8/17 ]	2	[10/-8]
12. May	40	[19/21]	20	[6/14 ]	20	[13/7]
11. May	37	[19/18]	29	[14/15 ]	8	[5/3]
10. May	49	[26/23]	28	[14/14 ]	21	[12/9]
09. May	72	[43/29]	32	[17/15 ]	40	[26/14]
08. May	50	[32/18]	23	[10/13 ]	27	[22/5]
07. May	26	[13/13]	27	[9/18 ]	-1	[4/-5]
06. May	30	[22/8]	17	[10/7 ]	13	[12/1]
05. May	40	[25/15]	27	[14/13 ]	13	[11/2]
04. May	49	[21/28]	30	[13/17 ]	19	[8/11]
03. May	45	[29/16]	30	[20/10 ]	15	[9/6]
02. May	36	[20/16]	29	[21/8 ]	7	[-1/8]
01. May	68	[20/48]	34	[15/19 ]	34	[5/29]
30. Apr	32	[14/18]	19	[13/6 ]	13	[1/12]
Total	1215	[676/539]	870	[388/482]	345	[288/57]

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

New Registrations per year

	registered	deleted	net change
2023	5844	4454	1390
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	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
November	1332	48
October	1421	49
September	1293	44
August	1119	44
July	955	40
June	1103	31
May	1282	48

Deleted domains

When domain has been purged and is available for registration.

	deleted
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
November	692
October	664
September	613
August	765
July	642
June	817
May	819

Registration changes

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

	changed
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
November	1664
October	1474
September	1414
August	1182
July	1106
June	1306
May	1590

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	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
November	1019
October	1057
September	1021
August	977
July	1023
June	974
May	1302

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

	reactivated
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
November	417
October	452
September	494
August	437
July	404
June	453
May	474

Transferred domains

Number of domains transferred from one registrant to another.

	transferred
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
November	152
October	225
September	402
August	226
July	155
June	188
May	230

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

Number of domains signed using DNSSEC.

	signed
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
November	2779
October	2744
September	2731
August	2700
July	2664
June	2656
May	2629

Domains using ISNIC's nameservers

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

	parked	ISNIC DNS Hosting
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
Desember	18183	9529
Nóvember	17885	9447
Október	17470	9355
September	17175	9233
Ágúst	16874	9183
Júlí	16721	9156
Júní	16451	8919

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	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
November	5603	39	8	1	7
October	6134	31	4	1	11
September	5975	26	11	9	6
August	5463	41	12	7	6
July	4685	22	1	2	1
June	4347	33	9	8	7
May	5133	37	3	0	6

Number of nameserver registrations

	registered nameservers
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
November	132
October	143
September	131
August	102
July	101
June	96
May	103

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	45	2	1177	3	5757	4	6299
5	7665	6	8669	7	8529	8	8731
9	8397	10	7437	11	6161	12	4702
13	3562	14	2852	15	2137	16	1643
17	1120	18	787	19	585	20	415
21	260	22	177	23	120	24	85
25	55	26	33	27	27	28	11
29	12	30	9	31	4	32	3
33	1	34	4	35	1	36	1
37	1	38	1	39	1	40	1

First character of a domain name

letter	number	letter	number	letter	number	letter	number
0	58	1	386	2	178	3	157
4	107	5	69	6	60	7	59
8	64	9	38	a	5290	á	77
b	5654	c	3116	d	2773	ð	1
e	3168	é	6	f	4476	g	4055
h	5805	i	3764	í	109	j	1487
k	3477	l	4136	m	4995	n	2939
o	1895	ó	32	p	3383	q	234
r	3560	s	9729	t	4523	u	1117
ú	39	v	3765	w	1235	x	308
y	458	ý	1	z	425	þ	166
æ	24	ö	79

Following is information about recidency of registrants

Country

registrant country of residence	numer of domains
IS	60517
US	8698
DE	2232
GB	2074
NO	2067
SE	1175
CA	1038
NL	752
DK	722
FR	592
CH	584
AU	439
FI	404
BZ	397
IT	368
IN	356
ES	312
CN	282
AT	234
BG	226

Domestic registrants in more detail

Postal code

postal code	number of domains
105 Reykjavík	5600
101 Reykjavík	5419
108 Reykjavík	3873
110 Reykjavík	3787
104 Reykjavík	3158
210 Garðabæ	3127
200 Kópavogi	3002
220 Hafnarfirði	2498
201 Kópavogi	2200
112 Reykjavík	2124
270 Mosfellsbæ	1931
221 Hafnarfirði	1588
600 Akureyri	1510
203 Kópavogi	1390
109 Reykjavík	1225
107 Reykjavík	1168
800 Selfossi	1155
113 Reykjavík	1083
230 Reykjanesbæ	984
103 Reykjavík	822

Towns

town/county	number of domains
Reykjavík	29993
Kópavogi	6603
Hafnarfirði	4108
Garðabæ	3560
Akureyri	2215
Mosfellsbæ	2057
Reykjanesbæ	1937
Selfossi	1673
Seltjarnarnesi	771
Akranesi	621
Grindavík	455
Borgarnesi	431
Egilsstöðum	362
Hveragerði	353
Vestmannaeyjum	302
Ísafirði	300
Húsavík	300
Höfn í Hornafirði	277
Sauðárkróki	272
Hellu	262

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	13.19	\|	21	awsdns.org	0.48
2	cloudflare.com	7.63	\|	22	awsdns.net	0.48
3	registrar-servers.com	3.83	\|	23	awsdns.com	0.47
4	hyp.net	1.82	\|	24	thekking.is	0.45
5	hysingar.is	1.80	\|	25	digitalocean.com	0.45
6	wixdns.net	1.75	\|	26	t.is	0.43
7	vist.is	1.62	\|	27	googledomains.com	0.43
8	netvistun.is	1.01	\|	28	eurodns.com	0.43
9	hysing.is	0.99	\|	29	awsdns.co.uk	0.42
10	c.is	0.88	\|	30	wordpress.com	0.41
11	x.is	0.82	\|	31	microsoftonline.com	0.39
12	azure-dns.com	0.80	\|	32	dreamhost.com	0.38
13	xnet.is	0.79	\|	33	vortex.is	0.37
14	cscdns.net	0.68	\|	34	parkingcrew.net	0.35
15	simnet.is	0.68	\|	35	iwantmyname.net	0.34
16	siteground.net	0.62	\|	36	snerpa.is	0.34
17	stefna.is	0.58	\|	37	dan.com	0.33
18	midja.is	0.56	\|	38	reykjavik.is	0.32
19	markmonitor.com	0.52	\|	39	nsone.net	0.31
20	101domain.com	0.50	\|	40	trademarkarea.com	0.31

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: