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 10857 65948 2018 6756 55091 2017 5825 48335 2016 5076 42510 2015 4727 37434 2014 4162 32707 2013 3894 28545 2012 3375 24651 2011 2803 21276 2010 2754 18473 2009 2553 15719 2008 2078 13166 2007 1807 11088 2006 1436 9281 2005 1425 7845 2004 1086 6420 2003 994 5334 2002 968 4340 2001 925 3372 2000 963 2447 1999 592 1484 1998 436 892 1997 271 456 1996 84 185 1995 56 101

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

year registered total 2019 483 3488 2018 340 3005 2017 281 2665 2016 242 2384 2015 196 2142 2014 265 1946 2013 196 1681 2012 201 1485 2011 139 1284 2010 175 1145 2009 184 970 2008 186 786 2007 193 600 2006 98 407 2005 267 309 2004 42 42

Number of active domains by registration month

domestic foreign reg. total % reg. total % June 567 51390 70.62 461 21383 29.38 May 921 50823 70.84 497 20922 29.16 April 769 49902 70.96 484 20425 29.04 March 788 49133 71.13 383 19941 28.87 February 555 48345 71.20 399 19558 28.80 2020 January 630 47790 71.38 371 19159 28.62 December 435 47160 71.51 396 18788 28.49 November 626 46725 71.76 387 18392 28.24 October 627 46099 71.91 398 18005 28.09 September 626 45472 72.09 473 17607 27.91 August 498 44846 72.36 446 17134 27.64 July 493 44348 72.66 655 16688 27.34 June 414 43855 73.23 467 16033 26.77 May 421 43441 73.62 380 15566 26.38 April 438 43020 73.91 622 15186 26.09 March 460 42582 74.51 200 14564 25.49 February 436 42122 74.57 260 14364 25.43 2019 January 476 41686 74.72 223 14104 25.28 December 267 41210 74.80 206 13881 25.20 November 400 40943 74.96 187 13675 25.04 October 504 40543 75.04 204 13488 24.96 September 392 40039 75.09 169 13284 24.91 August 333 39647 75.14 212 13115 24.86 July 320 39314 75.29 182 12903 24.71

Domains registered to individuals

registered total June 355 21435 May 649 21080 April 495 20431 March 491 19936 February 361 19445 2020 January 384 19084 December 271 18700 November 367 18429 October 380 18062 September 380 17682 August 311 17302 July 318 16991 June 236 16673 May 239 16437 April 246 16198 March 271 15952 February 228 15681 2019 January 270 15453 December 151 15183 November 219 15032 October 273 14813 September 198 14540 August 184 14342 July 165 14158

Age-distribution of domestic registrants

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

age (years) number 90-100 4 80-90 47 70-80 627 60-70 2468 50-60 4615 40-50 6076 30-40 5630 20-30 1899 10-20 69 0-10 0 Mean age 46,5

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 1001 699 4888 02 954 696 4790 03 1171 660 5140 04 1253 1060 4448 05 1418 801 4535 06 1028 881 4199 07 0 1148 3737 08 0 944 4258 09 0 1099 4793 10 0 1025 5174 11 0 1013 4993 12 0 831 4142

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 6 26-27 9 25-26 27 24-25 58 23-24 167 22-23 365 21-22 523 20-21 825 19-20 990 18-19 907 17-18 984 16-17 1004 15-16 1342 14-15 1333 13-14 1603 12-13 1895 11-12 2418 10-11 2571 9-10 2836 8-9 3176 7-8 3620 6-7 4130 5-6 4360 4-5 4815 3-4 5595 2-3 6145 1-2 8264 0-1 12786 Mean age 6,3

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] % 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 Nóvember. 1019 [627 / 392] 1.45 683 [443 / 240] 0.97 336 [184 / 152] 0.48 Október. 1029 [634 / 395] 1.47 671 [429 / 242] 0.96 358 [205 / 153] 0.51 September. 1128 [651 / 477] 1.62 619 [396 / 223] 0.89 509 [255 / 254] 0.73 Ágúst. 962 [522 / 440] 1.39 634 [392 / 242] 0.92 328 [130 / 198] 0.48 Júlí. 1197 [537 / 660] 1.74 620 [374 / 246] 0.90 577 [163 / 414] 0.84 Júní. 916 [436 / 480] 1.34 719 [430 / 289] 1.06 197 [6 / 191] 0.29 Maí. 1078 [519 / 559] 1.59 769 [438 / 331] 1.13 309 [81 / 228] 0.45 Apríl. 1549 [589 / 960] 2.29 809 [503 / 306] 1.20 740 [86 / 654] 1.09 Mars. 971 [615 / 356] 1.45 775 [495 / 280] 1.16 196 [120 / 76] 0.29 Febrúar. 922 [577 / 345] 1.38 714 [449 / 265] 1.07 208 [128 / 80] 0.31 2019 Janúar. 976 [649 / 327] 1.47 649 [407 / 242] 0.98 327 [242 / 85] 0.49 Desember. 666 [375 / 291] 1.01 639 [370 / 269] 0.97 27 [5 / 22] 0.04 Nóvember. 801 [515 / 286] 1.21 644 [406 / 238] 0.97 157 [109 / 48] 0.24

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] 15. Jul 39 [24/15] 22 [10/12 ] 17 [14/3] 14. Jul 47 [20/27] 26 [18/8 ] 21 [2/19] 13. Jul 30 [14/16] 20 [9/11 ] 10 [5/5] 12. Jul 23 [9/14] 17 [3/14 ] 6 [6/0] 11. Jul 26 [9/17] 11 [5/6 ] 15 [4/11] 10. Jul 34 [21/13] 13 [4/9 ] 21 [17/4] 09. Jul 28 [15/13] 35 [24/11 ] -7 [-9/2] 08. Jul 32 [19/13] 24 [18/6 ] 8 [1/7] 07. Jul 52 [31/21] 19 [12/7 ] 33 [19/14] 06. Jul 50 [13/37] 13 [8/5 ] 37 [5/32] 05. Jul 16 [8/8] 21 [12/9 ] -5 [-4/-1] 04. Jul 16 [8/8] 19 [15/4 ] -3 [-7/4] 03. Jul 36 [25/11] 11 [7/4 ] 25 [18/7] 02. Jul 39 [24/15] 11 [4/7 ] 28 [20/8] 01. Jul 53 [31/22] 20 [7/13 ] 33 [24/9] 30. Jun 35 [15/20] 25 [14/11 ] 10 [1/9] 29. Jun 29 [15/14] 15 [10/5 ] 14 [5/9] 28. Jun 21 [13/8] 21 [12/9 ] 0 [1/-1] 27. Jun 9 [4/5] 24 [12/12 ] -15 [-8/-7] 26. Jun 27 [14/13] 16 [4/12 ] 11 [10/1] 25. Jun 43 [19/24] 30 [12/18 ] 13 [7/6] 24. Jun 38 [19/19] 27 [20/7 ] 11 [-1/12] 23. Jun 37 [20/17] 32 [15/17 ] 5 [5/0] 22. Jun 33 [19/14] 16 [13/3 ] 17 [6/11] 21. Jun 23 [9/14] 12 [6/6 ] 11 [3/8] 20. Jun 13 [9/4] 15 [8/7 ] -2 [1/-3] 19. Jun 29 [17/12] 20 [13/7 ] 9 [4/5] 18. Jun 39 [25/14] 25 [15/10 ] 14 [10/4] 17. Jun 38 [16/22] 39 [25/14 ] -1 [-9/8] 16. Jun 45 [25/20] 27 [13/14 ] 18 [12/6] 15. Jun 61 [36/25] 20 [11/9 ] 41 [25/16] Total     1041 [546/495] 646 [359/287] 395 [187/208]

Domain administration

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

New Registrations

registered deleted net change 2020 7415 4791 2624 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 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 July 1197 36 June 916 31 May 1078 49 April 1549 43 March 971 50 February 922 33 2019 January 976 48 December 666 39 November 801 35 October 949 51 September 770 35 August 803 33 July 734 43

Deleted domains

deleted June 678 May 880 April 774 March 768 February 753 2020 January 656 December 712 November 683 October 671 September 619 August 634 July 620 June 719 May 769 April 809 March 775 February 714 2019 January 649 December 639 November 644 October 743 September 616 August 702 July 568

Registration changes

changed June 1623 May 1981 April 1815 March 1434 February 1355 2020 January 1359 December 1131 November 1381 October 1252 September 1166 August 1265 July 1350 June 1096 May 1395 April 2953 March 1050 February 1092 2019 January 1124 December 829 November 1189 October 1183 September 1170 August 1401 July 1178

Domains put on hold

on hold June 1002 May 1127 April 1284 March 1191 February 1072 2020 January 1101 December 845 November 973 October 1065 September 1004 August 987 July 847 June 920 May 1202 April 1166 March 1296 February 1059 2019 January 1193 December 837 November 1003 October 1050 September 1046 August 896 July 872

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

reactivated June 441 May 542 April 541 March 542 February 513 2020 January 486 December 391 November 436 October 515 September 490 August 456 July 415 June 424 May 554 April 480 March 590 February 506 2019 January 465 December 406 November 514 October 466 September 451 August 402 July 325

Transferred domains (from one registrant to another)

transferred June 261 May 259 April 235 March 318 February 307 2020 January 281 December 191 November 229 October 264 September 308 August 289 July 245 June 187 May 251 April 187 March 182 February 316 2019 January 324 December 209 November 248 October 219 September 325 August 186 July 126

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

signed June 2340 May 2326 April 2340 March 2337 February 2332 2020 January 2321 December 2317 November 2310 October 2303 September 2254 August 2252 July 2242 June 2220 May 2195 April 2184 March 2181 February 2175 2019 January 2151 December 2113 November 2101 October 2026 September 1955 August 1932 July 1910

Parked and forwarded domains

parked forwarded 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 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

Renewals for two or more years.

1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years 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 July 3948 41 16 4 3 June 3893 31 4 5 4 May 4791 38 6 1 8 April 4656 19 8 2 4 March 5392 35 5 5 8 February 5008 29 8 3 4 2019 January 5785 34 7 7 5 December 4379 15 9 2 6 November 4651 28 10 5 6 October 4877 28 4 1 4 September 4705 29 5 6 5 August 4519 17 10 3 3 July 3679 15 10 1 4

Number of nameserver registrations

registered nameservers June 137 May 138 April 182 March 133 February 92 2020 January 109 December 873 November 87 October 158 September 99 August 188 July 133 June 107 May 168 April 187 March 110 February 130 2019 January 132 December 94 November 139 October 124 September 98 August 133 July 120

Domain names

length number length number length number length number 1 45 2 1075 3 4832 4 5159 5 6378 6 7196 7 7037 8 7123 9 6881 10 6140 11 5164 12 3844 13 3069 14 2392 15 1788 16 1412 17 968 18 699 19 523 20 344 21 231 22 157 23 107 24 72 25 47 26 31 27 20 28 11 29 10 30 8 31 3 32 4 33 1 34 3 37 1 38 1 39 2 40 1

letter number letter number letter number letter number 0 32 1 297 2 137 3 117 4 78 5 50 6 34 7 44 8 44 9 38 a 4381 á 70 b 4630 c 2538 d 2346 ð 1 e 2658 é 6 f 3880 g 3381 h 4847 i 3378 í 95 j 1234 k 2899 l 3397 m 3989 n 2510 o 1609 ó 28 p 2779 q 168 r 3022 s 8026 t 3817 u 905 ú 32 v 3101 w 1002 x 239 y 381 ý 1 z 344 þ 139 æ 19 ö 56

Registrant residency

registrant country of residence numer of domains IS 51311 US 6394 DE 1807 GB 1791 NO 1708 SE 1020 CA 868 DK 794 CH 776 NL 580 FR 460 BZ 380 AU 330 IT 295 ES 222 IN 210 AT 206 CN 193 BE 172 RU 171

Domestic registrants in more detail ..

postal code number of domains 105 Reykjavík 5166 101 Reykjavík 4981 108 Reykjavík 3642 110 Reykjavík 3198 200 Kópavogi 2670 104 Reykjavík 2590 210 Garðabæ 2333 220 Hafnarfirði 2184 112 Reykjavík 1881 201 Kópavogi 1726 270 Mosfellsbæ 1451 600 Akureyri 1235 221 Hafnarfirði 1208 203 Kópavogi 1187 109 Reykjavík 1164 107 Reykjavík 1064 113 Reykjavík 996 230 Reykjanesbæ 825 800 Selfossi 820 103 Reykjavík 684

city/county number of domains Reykjavík 26373 Kópavogi 5589 Hafnarfirði 3418 Garðabæ 2751 Akureyri 1849 Mosfellsbæ 1562 Reykjanesbæ 1470 Selfossi 1263 Seltjarnarnesi 646 Akranesi 405 Borgarnesi 392 Egilsstöðum 311 Höfn í Hornafirði 272 Grindavík 269 Ísafirði 266 Vestmannaeyjum 261 Húsavík 255 Hveragerði 234 Sauðárkróki 232 Hellu 201

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 14.75  |  21 markmonitor.com 0.53 2 cloudflare.com 4.69  |  22 iwantmyname.net 0.52 3 registrar-servers.com 2.83  |  23 azure-dns.com 0.52 4 hysingar.is 2.10  |  24 awsdns.com 0.50 5 hyp.net 1.91  |  25 eurodns.com 0.48 6 simnet.is 1.63  |  26 awsdns.net 0.44 7 hysing.is 1.34  |  27 digitalocean.com 0.44 8 vist.is 1.34  |  28 dreamhost.com 0.43 9 x.is 1.33  |  29 vortex.is 0.42 10 c.is 1.25  |  30 awsdns.org 0.42 11 wixdns.net 1.21  |  31 reykjavik.is 0.39 12 netvistun.is 1.09  |  32 dg.is 0.39 13 xnet.is 0.89  |  33 trademarkarea.com 0.38 14 cscdns.net 0.77  |  34 googledomains.com 0.37 15 101domain.com 0.72  |  35 nethonnun.is 0.37 16 stefna.is 0.67  |  36 udag.org 0.37 17 opex.is 0.66  |  37 microsoftonline.com 0.37 18 midja.is 0.63  |  38 dacoda.is 0.36 19 thekking.is 0.59  |  39 awsdns.co.uk 0.36 20 t.is 0.53  |  40 okhysing.is 0.36

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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