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 2020 11885 70938 2019 8098 59053 2018 5779 50955 2017 5099 45176 2016 4578 40077 2015 4310 35499 2014 3846 31189 2013 3610 27343 2012 3181 23733 2011 2651 20552 2010 2641 17901 2009 2433 15260 2008 2003 12827 2007 1741 10824 2006 1393 9083 2005 1391 7690 2004 1059 6299 2003 973 5240 2002 951 4267 2001 909 3316 2000 942 2407 1999 583 1465 1998 430 882 1997 270 452 1996 82 182

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

year registered total 2020 625 3833 2019 385 3208 2018 299 2823 2017 255 2524 2016 221 2269 2015 178 2048 2014 259 1870 2013 183 1611 2012 193 1428 2011 126 1235 2010 165 1109 2009 176 944 2008 179 768 2007 190 589 2006 96 399 2005 261 303 2004 42 42

Number of active domains by registration month

domestic foreign reg. total % reg. total % July 500 55780 70.29 455 23573 29.71 June 643 55280 70.51 450 23118 29.49 May 680 54637 70.68 598 22668 29.32 April 730 53957 70.97 502 22070 29.03 March 822 53227 71.16 475 21568 28.84 February 748 52405 71.30 551 21093 28.70 2021 January 778 51657 71.55 483 20542 28.45 December 630 50879 71.72 496 20059 28.28 November 800 50249 71.98 430 19563 28.02 October 874 49449 72.10 434 19133 27.90 September 761 48575 72.20 404 18699 27.80 August 622 47814 72.33 401 18295 27.67 July 529 47192 72.51 485 17894 27.49 June 484 46663 72.83 318 17409 27.17 May 654 46179 72.99 310 17091 27.01 April 613 45525 73.07 286 16781 26.93 March 636 44912 73.14 241 16495 26.86 February 443 44276 73.15 270 16254 26.85 2020 January 514 43833 73.28 250 15984 26.72 December 371 43319 73.36 254 15734 26.64 November 516 42948 73.51 255 15480 26.49 October 488 42432 73.59 266 15225 26.41 September 460 41944 73.71 316 14959 26.29 August 375 41484 73.91 286 14643 26.09

Domains registered to individuals

registered total July 305 24206 June 411 23901 May 410 23490 April 471 23080 March 511 22609 February 440 22098 2021 January 526 21658 December 394 21132 November 492 20738 October 550 20246 September 493 19696 August 404 19203 July 352 18799 June 291 18447 May 405 18156 April 362 17751 March 373 17389 February 266 17016 2020 January 293 16750 December 220 16457 November 280 16237 October 265 15957 September 246 15692 August 208 15446

Age-distribution of domestic registrants

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

age (years) number 90-100 6 80-90 58 70-80 753 60-70 2781 50-60 5211 40-50 6915 30-40 6318 20-30 2097 10-20 67 0-10 0 Mean age 46,7

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 1261 764 5209 02 1299 713 5064 03 1297 877 5389 04 1232 899 5040 05 1278 964 4877 06 1093 802 4157 07 955 1014 4170 08 0 1023 4579 09 0 1165 5204 10 0 1308 5561 11 0 1230 5367 12 0 1126 4442

Domain Age Distribution

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

age (years) number 30-31 7 29-30 4 28-29 6 27-28 9 26-27 28 25-26 64 24-25 174 23-24 370 22-23 524 21-22 827 20-21 980 19-20 882 18-19 974 17-18 983 16-17 1326 15-16 1310 14-15 1578 13-14 1829 12-13 2346 11-12 2495 10-11 2683 9-10 3025 8-9 3461 7-8 3786 6-7 4039 5-6 4385 4-5 5016 3-4 5421 2-3 6944 1-2 9603 0-1 14267 Mean age 6,4

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] % Júlí. 955 [506 / 449] 1.20 642 [297 / 345] 0.81 313 [209 / 104] 0.39 Júní. 1103 [650 / 453] 1.40 817 [504 / 313] 1.03 286 [146 / 140] 0.36 Maí. 1282 [695 / 587] 1.63 819 [357 / 462] 1.04 463 [338 / 125] 0.59 Apríl. 1242 [745 / 497] 1.59 659 [385 / 274] 0.84 583 [360 / 223] 0.74 Mars. 1318 [838 / 480] 1.70 742 [441 / 301] 0.95 576 [397 / 179] 0.74 Febrúar. 1306 [759 / 547] 1.69 549 [351 / 198] 0.71 757 [408 / 349] 0.98 2021 Janúar. 1274 [795 / 479] 1.67 577 [288 / 289] 0.76 697 [507 / 190] 0.91 Desember. 1142 [657 / 485] 1.51 632 [342 / 290] 0.84 510 [315 / 195] 0.67 Nóvember. 1251 [814 / 437] 1.66 621 [372 / 249] 0.83 630 [442 / 188] 0.84 Október. 1323 [889 / 434] 1.78 721 [449 / 272] 0.97 602 [440 / 162] 0.81 September. 1188 [787 / 401] 1.61 665 [383 / 282] 0.90 523 [404 / 119] 0.71 Ágúst. 1055 [654 / 401] 1.44 778 [366 / 412] 1.06 277 [288 / -11] 0.38 Júlí. 1044 [556 / 488] 1.43 660 [342 / 318] 0.90 384 [214 / 170] 0.53 Júní. 1036 [580 / 456] 1.42 678 [367 / 311] 0.93 358 [213 / 145] 0.49 Maí. 1425 [936 / 489] 1.97 880 [441 / 439] 1.22 545 [495 / 50] 0.75 Apríl. 1261 [780 / 481] 1.76 774 [501 / 273] 1.08 487 [279 / 208] 0.68 Mars. 1191 [806 / 385] 1.67 768 [500 / 268] 1.08 423 [306 / 117] 0.59 Febrúar. 966 [566 / 400] 1.36 753 [503 / 250] 1.06 213 [63 / 150] 0.30 2020 Janúar. 1014 [644 / 370] 1.43 656 [453 / 203] 0.93 358 [191 / 167] 0.51 Desember. 834 [440 / 394] 1.19 712 [418 / 294] 1.01 122 [22 / 100] 0.17

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. Aug 41 [27/14] 23 [12/11 ] 18 [15/3] 02. Aug 29 [12/17] 30 [18/12 ] -1 [-6/5] 01. Aug 19 [7/12] 21 [9/12 ] -2 [-2/0] 31. Jul 10 [2/8] 26 [2/24 ] -16 [0/-16] 30. Jul 34 [21/13] 29 [7/22 ] 5 [14/-9] 29. Jul 21 [5/16] 22 [8/14 ] -1 [-3/2] 28. Jul 21 [14/7] 15 [6/9 ] 6 [8/-2] 27. Jul 24 [13/11] 26 [8/18 ] -2 [5/-7] 26. Jul 32 [17/15] 28 [14/14 ] 4 [3/1] 25. Jul 17 [10/7] 19 [6/13 ] -2 [4/-6] 24. Jul 17 [3/14] 15 [7/8 ] 2 [-4/6] 23. Jul 20 [10/10] 17 [9/8 ] 3 [1/2] 22. Jul 33 [22/11] 6 [4/2 ] 27 [18/9] 21. Jul 25 [16/9] 17 [7/10 ] 8 [9/-1] 20. Jul 28 [10/18] 17 [10/7 ] 11 [0/11] 19. Jul 25 [13/12] 18 [7/11 ] 7 [6/1] 18. Jul 13 [3/10] 11 [5/6 ] 2 [-2/4] 17. Jul 25 [11/14] 13 [4/9 ] 12 [7/5] 16. Jul 59 [16/43] 22 [9/13 ] 37 [7/30] 15. Jul 37 [21/16] 24 [15/9 ] 13 [6/7] 14. Jul 53 [32/21] 23 [12/11 ] 30 [20/10] 13. Jul 36 [24/12] 19 [11/8 ] 17 [13/4] 12. Jul 48 [22/26] 27 [16/11 ] 21 [6/15] 11. Jul 18 [6/12] 19 [8/11 ] -1 [-2/1] 10. Jul 25 [9/16] 17 [4/13 ] 8 [5/3] 09. Jul 41 [19/22] 21 [12/9 ] 20 [7/13] 08. Jul 42 [24/18] 17 [6/11 ] 25 [18/7] 07. Jul 33 [25/8] 25 [15/10 ] 8 [10/-2] 06. Jul 39 [33/6] 22 [13/9 ] 17 [20/-3] 05. Jul 53 [39/14] 24 [14/10 ] 29 [25/4] 04. Jul 20 [11/9] 26 [19/7 ] -6 [-8/2] Total     938 [497/441] 639 [297/342] 299 [200/99]

Domain administration

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

New Registrations

registered deleted net change 2021 8569 4879 3690 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

registered /IDN July 955 40 June 1103 31 May 1282 48 April 1242 44 March 1318 74 February 1306 61 2021 January 1274 74 December 1142 51 November 1251 68 October 1323 67 September 1188 62 August 1055 60 July 1044 59 June 1036 64 May 1425 61 April 1261 49 March 1191 72 February 966 49 2020 January 1014 46 December 834 43 November 1019 60 October 1029 36 September 1128 66 August 962 70

Deleted domains

deleted July 642 June 817 May 819 April 659 March 742 February 549 2021 January 577 December 632 November 621 October 721 September 665 August 778 July 660 June 678 May 880 April 774 March 768 February 753 2020 January 656 December 712 November 683 October 671 September 619 August 634

Registration changes

changed July 1106 June 1306 May 1590 April 1502 March 1641 February 1338 2021 January 1402 December 1284 November 1616 October 1672 September 1534 August 1490 July 1678 June 1623 May 1981 April 1815 March 1434 February 1355 2020 January 1359 December 1131 November 1381 October 1252 September 1166 August 1265

Domains put on hold

on hold July 1023 June 974 May 1302 April 1270 March 1063 February 963 2021 January 990 December 848 November 1030 October 1022 September 1012 August 1082 July 1176 June 1002 May 1127 April 1284 March 1191 February 1072 2020 January 1101 December 845 November 973 October 1065 September 1004 August 987

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

reactivated July 404 June 453 May 474 April 527 March 493 February 420 2021 January 450 December 421 November 472 October 422 September 489 August 536 July 511 June 441 May 542 April 541 March 542 February 513 2020 January 486 December 391 November 436 October 515 September 490 August 456

Transferred domains (from one registrant to another)

transferred July 155 June 188 May 230 April 242 March 276 February 303 2021 January 245 December 253 November 250 October 280 September 282 August 278 July 139 June 261 May 259 April 235 March 318 February 307 2020 January 281 December 191 November 229 October 264 September 308 August 289

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

signed July 2664 June 2656 May 2629 April 2595 March 2544 February 2516 2021 January 2486 December 2468 November 2453 October 2417 September 2400 August 2366 July 2341 June 2340 May 2326 April 2340 March 2337 February 2332 2020 January 2321 December 2317 November 2310 October 2303 September 2254 August 2252

Parked and forwarded domains

parked forwarded Ágúst 16874 9183 Júlí 16721 9156 Júní 16451 8919 Maí 16388 8911 Apríl 16110 8839 Mars 15961 8755 Febrúar 15640 8670 2021 Janúar 15357 8645 Desember 15059 8550 Nóvember 14875 8258 Október 14657 8142 September 14515 8042 Ágúst 14414 7917 Júlí 14279 7846 Júní 14183 7757 Maí 13964 7657 Apríl 13871 7562 Mars 13838 7455 Febrúar 13866 7418 2020 Janúar 13804 7359 Desember 13760 7319 Nóvember 13678 7234 Október 13611 7138 September 13448 7099

Renewals for two or more years.

1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years July 4685 22 1 2 1 June 4347 33 9 8 7 May 5133 37 3 0 6 April 5356 33 5 5 2 March 6518 18 6 5 4 February 5869 23 2 1 0 2021 January 6237 30 12 5 6 December 4976 26 6 1 3 November 4845 26 7 2 5 October 5556 35 6 2 3 September 5526 30 4 1 2 August 4884 22 8 4 8 July 4219 26 3 1 4 June 4225 24 10 5 4 May 4871 35 10 2 4 April 5178 28 11 4 5 March 5798 33 4 1 1 February 5120 35 4 2 3 2020 January 5875 44 10 14 5 December 4568 13 8 3 4 November 4488 50 5 2 0 October 5246 19 6 3 2 September 4887 32 4 2 4 August 4698 25 10 2 6

Number of nameserver registrations

registered nameservers July 101 June 96 May 103 April 130 March 146 February 97 2021 January 168 December 158 November 140 October 149 September 149 August 140 July 108 June 137 May 138 April 182 March 133 February 92 2020 January 109 December 873 November 87 October 158 September 99 August 188

Domain names

length number length number length number length number 1 46 2 1105 3 5151 4 5702 5 6981 6 7877 7 7791 8 7837 9 7527 10 6709 11 5618 12 4218 13 3294 14 2596 15 1923 16 1520 17 1042 18 730 19 552 20 376 21 242 22 165 23 113 24 77 25 51 26 34 27 26 28 13 29 12 30 9 31 4 32 4 33 3 34 5 35 1 37 1 38 1 39 2 40 1

letter number letter number letter number letter number 0 44 1 335 2 143 3 133 4 91 5 61 6 42 7 54 8 44 9 37 a 4752 á 71 b 5095 c 2782 d 2487 ð 1 e 2890 é 5 f 4197 g 3704 h 5351 i 3521 í 104 j 1360 k 3155 l 3708 m 4407 n 2698 o 1699 ó 30 p 3053 q 200 r 3282 s 8796 t 4101 u 1029 ú 33 v 3452 w 1085 x 271 y 415 ý 2 z 397 þ 156 æ 21 ö 65

Registrant residency

registrant country of residence numer of domains IS 55758 US 7254 DE 1910 GB 1896 NO 1820 SE 1074 CA 1074 DK 768 CH 715 NL 607 FR 492 AU 406 BZ 353 IT 318 IN 303 KN 253 ES 246 AT 213 RU 199 CN 196

Domestic registrants in more detail ..

postal code number of domains 101 Reykjavík 5393 105 Reykjavík 5097 108 Reykjavík 3910 110 Reykjavík 3485 200 Kópavogi 2866 104 Reykjavík 2783 210 Garðabæ 2665 220 Hafnarfirði 2371 112 Reykjavík 1985 201 Kópavogi 1797 270 Mosfellsbæ 1695 221 Hafnarfirði 1395 600 Akureyri 1372 203 Kópavogi 1329 109 Reykjavík 1252 107 Reykjavík 1103 113 Reykjavík 1064 800 Selfossi 929 230 Reykjanesbæ 890 103 Reykjavík 770

city/county number of domains Reykjavík 28187 Kópavogi 6008 Hafnarfirði 3801 Garðabæ 3092 Akureyri 2036 Mosfellsbæ 1813 Reykjanesbæ 1739 Selfossi 1397 Seltjarnarnesi 690 Akranesi 470 Borgarnesi 390 Egilsstöðum 375 Grindavík 364 Vestmannaeyjum 288 Hveragerði 284 Ísafirði 277 Húsavík 266 Sauðárkróki 263 Höfn í Hornafirði 261 Hellu 242

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 14.32  |  21 awsdns.net 0.49 2 cloudflare.com 5.78  |  22 opex.is 0.49 3 registrar-servers.com 2.34  |  23 awsdns.com 0.46 4 hysingar.is 1.92  |  24 t.is 0.45 5 hyp.net 1.88  |  25 eurodns.com 0.44 6 wixdns.net 1.50  |  26 digitalocean.com 0.44 7 simnet.is 1.31  |  27 awsdns.org 0.44 8 vist.is 1.29  |  28 dreamhost.com 0.42 9 hysing.is 1.21  |  29 iwantmyname.net 0.41 10 netvistun.is 1.06  |  30 microsoftonline.com 0.40 11 x.is 1.06  |  31 vortex.is 0.40 12 c.is 1.02  |  32 googledomains.com 0.39 13 xnet.is 0.87  |  33 wordpress.com 0.38 14 cscdns.net 0.72  |  34 trademarkarea.com 0.38 15 stefna.is 0.63  |  35 reykjavik.is 0.36 16 101domain.com 0.63  |  36 okhysing.is 0.36 17 midja.is 0.58  |  37 awsdns.co.uk 0.36 18 azure-dns.com 0.55  |  38 snerpa.is 0.34 19 thekking.is 0.53  |  39 nethonnun.is 0.32 20 markmonitor.com 0.51  |  40 bluehost.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:

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