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
2024	11983	88559
2023	8942	76576
2022	7168	67634
2021	7037	60466
2020	6424	53429
2019	5142	47005
2018	4083	41863
2017	3876	37780
2016	3441	33904
2015	3341	30463
2014	3125	27122
2013	2973	23997
2012	2567	21024
2011	2251	18457
2010	2300	16206
2009	2125	13906
2008	1779	11781
2007	1537	10002
2006	1269	8465
2005	1276	7196
2004	981	5920
2003	903	4939
2002	890	4036
2001	856	3146
2000	892	2290

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
2024	937	5343
2023	641	4406
2022	358	3765
2021	346	3407
2020	400	3061
2019	281	2661
2018	231	2380
2017	206	2149
2016	176	1943
2015	146	1767
2014	226	1621
2013	160	1395
2012	147	1235
2011	95	1088
2010	149	993
2009	154	844
2008	160	690
2007	163	530
2006	91	367
2005	235	276
2004	41	41

Number of active domains by registration month in regard to kennitalas

	domestic			foreign
	reg.	total	%	reg.	total	%
June	611	67187	69.94	539	28880	30.06
May	648	66576	70.14	507	28341	29.86
April	706	65928	70.31	541	27834	29.69
March	804	65222	70.50	541	27293	29.50
February	759	64418	70.66	478	26752	29.34
2025 January	787	63659	70.78	587	26274	29.22
December	523	62872	70.99	540	25687	29.01
November	679	62349	71.26	582	25147	28.74
October	698	61670	71.51	486	24565	28.49
September	669	60972	71.69	483	24079	28.31
August	583	60303	71.88	409	23596	28.12
July	562	59720	72.03	423	23187	27.97
June	597	59158	72.21	390	22764	27.79
May	510	58561	72.36	246	22374	27.64
April	701	58051	72.40	246	22128	27.60
March	578	57350	72.38	250	21882	27.62
February	624	56772	72.41	268	21632	27.59
2024 January	621	56148	72.44	315	21364	27.56
December	482	55527	72.51	266	21049	27.49
November	623	55045	72.59	277	20783	27.41
October	585	54422	72.63	244	20506	27.37
September	654	53837	72.66	304	20262	27.34
August	492	53183	72.71	275	19958	27.29
July	433	52691	72.80	239	19683	27.20

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
June	437	31040
May	466	30603
April	487	30137
March	534	29650
February	512	29116
2025 January	527	28604
December	359	28077
November	461	27718
October	445	27257
September	449	26812
August	406	26363
July	349	25957
June	375	25608
May	318	25233
April	435	24915
March	359	24480
February	392	24121
2024 January	368	23729
December	299	23361
November	392	23062
October	359	22670
September	393	22311
August	307	21918
July	259	21611

Age-distribution of registrants, Icelandic individuals

age (years)	number
90-100	104
80-90	179
70-80	1194
60-70	4063
50-60	7378
40-50	8665
30-40	6751
20-30	2518
10-20	188
0-10	0
Mean age	47.9

Registration month

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

month	this year	last year	older
01	1374	936	6776
02	1237	892	6279
03	1345	828	6977
04	1247	947	6132
05	1155	756	6210
06	1150	987	5726
07	0	985	5265
08	0	992	6101
09	0	1152	7022
10	0	1184	7236
11	0	1261	7033
12	0	1063	5824

Domain Age Distribution

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

age (years)	number
30-31	27
29-30	54
28-29	156
27-28	344
26-27	493
25-26	778
24-25	907
23-24	837
22-23	901
21-22	906
20-21	1220
19-20	1178
18-19	1377
17-18	1626
16-17	2048
15-16	2119
14-15	2353
13-14	2464
12-13	2817
11-12	3085
10-11	3159
9-10	3379
8-9	3724
7-8	3934
6-7	4457
5-6	5713
4-5	6862
3-4	6998
2-3	7770
1-2	10204
0-1	14145
Mean age	7.5

Net number of new domains per month

	new	[dom/for]	%	deleted	[dom/for]	%	net change	[dom/for]	%
Júní.	1153	[621 / 532]	1.20	863	[470 / 393]	0.90	290	[151 / 139]	0.30
Maí.	1157	[665 / 492]	1.21	1072	[556 / 516]	1.12	85	[109 / -24]	0.09
Apríl.	1280	[720 / 560]	1.34	950	[487 / 463]	0.99	330	[233 / 97]	0.34
Mars.	1365	[824 / 541]	1.43	930	[516 / 414]	0.98	435	[308 / 127]	0.46
Febrúar.	1260	[779 / 481]	1.33	880	[503 / 377]	0.93	380	[276 / 104]	0.40
2025 Janúar.	1407	[809 / 598]	1.49	787	[435 / 352]	0.83	620	[374 / 246]	0.66
Desember.	1095	[542 / 553]	1.17	834	[461 / 373]	0.89	261	[81 / 180]	0.28
Nóvember.	1292	[698 / 594]	1.38	822	[458 / 364]	0.88	470	[240 / 230]	0.50
Október.	1202	[712 / 490]	1.29	810	[428 / 382]	0.87	392	[284 / 108]	0.42
September.	1178	[694 / 484]	1.27	825	[421 / 404]	0.89	353	[273 / 80]	0.38
Ágúst.	1015	[600 / 415]	1.10	761	[378 / 383]	0.82	254	[222 / 32]	0.27
Júlí.	1034	[598 / 436]	1.12	739	[372 / 367]	0.80	295	[226 / 69]	0.32
Júní.	1027	[626 / 401]	1.12	889	[459 / 430]	0.97	138	[167 / -29]	0.15
Maí.	1090	[656 / 434]	1.19	914	[481 / 433]	1.00	176	[175 / 1]	0.19
Apríl.	1354	[896 / 458]	1.48	915	[489 / 426]	1.00	439	[407 / 32]	0.48
Mars.	1241	[753 / 488]	1.36	963	[510 / 453]	1.06	278	[243 / 35]	0.30
Febrúar.	1225	[778 / 447]	1.35	855	[463 / 392]	0.94	370	[315 / 55]	0.41
2024 Janúar.	1278	[776 / 502]	1.41	915	[423 / 492]	1.01	363	[353 / 10]	0.40
Desember.	1046	[624 / 422]	1.16	999	[445 / 554]	1.11	47	[179 / -132]	0.05
Nóvember.	1241	[785 / 456]	1.38	801	[416 / 385]	0.89	440	[369 / 71]	0.49

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]
01. Jul	53	[25/28]	53	[41/12 ]	0	[-16/16]
30. Jun	42	[21/21]	34	[20/14 ]	8	[1/7]
29. Jun	33	[13/20]	15	[4/11 ]	18	[9/9]
28. Jun	25	[12/13]	23	[5/18 ]	2	[7/-5]
27. Jun	49	[29/20]	20	[10/10 ]	29	[19/10]
26. Jun	45	[22/23]	35	[23/12 ]	10	[-1/11]
25. Jun	56	[35/21]	29	[15/14 ]	27	[20/7]
24. Jun	42	[24/18]	25	[12/13 ]	17	[12/5]
23. Jun	33	[21/12]	24	[10/14 ]	9	[11/-2]
22. Jun	23	[7/16]	27	[14/13 ]	-4	[-7/3]
21. Jun	20	[10/10]	25	[11/14 ]	-5	[-1/-4]
20. Jun	35	[16/19]	19	[11/8 ]	16	[5/11]
19. Jun	29	[22/7]	29	[16/13 ]	0	[6/-6]
18. Jun	41	[23/18]	27	[11/16 ]	14	[12/2]
17. Jun	27	[12/15]	22	[10/12 ]	5	[2/3]
16. Jun	43	[26/17]	32	[18/14 ]	11	[8/3]
15. Jun	38	[11/27]	43	[25/18 ]	-5	[-14/9]
14. Jun	34	[10/24]	30	[20/10 ]	4	[-10/14]
13. Jun	29	[21/8]	22	[9/13 ]	7	[12/-5]
12. Jun	34	[24/10]	29	[19/10 ]	5	[5/0]
11. Jun	50	[24/26]	25	[14/11 ]	25	[10/15]
10. Jun	44	[25/19]	49	[33/16 ]	-5	[-8/3]
09. Jun	41	[14/27]	31	[14/17 ]	10	[0/10]
08. Jun	30	[13/17]	30	[21/9 ]	0	[-8/8]
07. Jun	29	[17/12]	33	[18/15 ]	-4	[-1/-3]
06. Jun	46	[32/14]	27	[12/15 ]	19	[20/-1]
05. Jun	46	[29/17]	32	[15/17 ]	14	[14/0]
04. Jun	48	[32/16]	33	[21/12 ]	15	[11/4]
03. Jun	51	[32/19]	25	[18/7 ]	26	[14/12]
02. Jun	64	[32/32]	29	[23/6 ]	35	[9/26]
01. Jun	26	[12/14]	39	[18/21 ]	-13	[-6/-7]
Total	1206	[646/560]	916	[511/405]	290	[135/155]

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

New Registrations per year

	registered	deleted	net change
2025	7675	5535	2140
2024	14031	10242	3789
2023	13955	10233	3722
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
June	1153	63
May	1157	88
April	1280	119
March	1365	80
February	1260	95
2025 January	1407	133
December	1095	59
November	1292	93
October	1202	80
September	1178	89
August	1015	71
July	1034	66
June	1027	78
May	1090	79
April	1354	143
March	1241	103
February	1225	105
2024 January	1278	114
December	1046	79
November	1241	91
October	1180	96
September	1297	106
August	1151	96
July	1085	59

Deleted domains

When domain has been purged and is available for registration.

	deleted
June	863
May	1072
April	950
March	930
February	880
2025 January	787
December	834
November	822
October	810
September	825
August	761
July	739
June	889
May	914
April	915
March	963
February	855
2024 January	915
December	999
November	801
October	780
September	770
August	782
July	797

Registration changes

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

	changed
June	1509
May	1573
April	1714
March	1683
February	1665
2025 January	1746
December	1564
November	1978
October	1705
September	1704
August	1407
July	1242
June	1332
May	1535
April	1482
March	1499
February	1560
2024 January	1590
December	1299
November	1873
October	1609
September	1625
August	1450
July	1219

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
June	1190
May	1258
April	1415
March	1460
February	1229
2025 January	1302
December	1011
November	1072
October	1133
September	1142
August	1158
July	1009
June	1008
May	1267
April	1168
March	1268
February	1261
2024 January	1238
December	1088
November	1195
October	1169
September	1092
August	1069
July	1034

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

	reactivated
June	479
May	535
April	488
March	521
February	470
2025 January	515
December	356
November	372
October	437
September	478
August	394
July	364
June	419
May	475
April	462
March	491
February	476
2024 January	424
December	376
November	400
October	456
September	443
August	409
July	376

Transferred domains

Number of domains transferred from one registrant to another.

	transferred
June	296
May	219
April	298
March	349
February	268
2025 January	368
December	278
November	262
October	376
September	285
August	205
July	203
June	197
May	242
April	314
March	476
February	316
2024 January	308
December	283
November	564
October	438
September	396
August	184
July	204

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

Number of domains signed using DNSSEC.

	signed
June	3395
May	3382
April	3360
March	3332
February	3312
2025 January	3302
December	3249
November	3244
October	3219
September	3196
August	3179
July	3167
June	3167
May	3125
April	3123
March	3101
February	3105
2024 January	2991
December	2965
November	2955
October	2943
September	2919
August	2908
July	2926

Domains using ISNIC's nameservers

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

	parked	ISNIC DNS Hosting
Júlí	20835	12935
Júní	20767	12895
Maí	20658	12869
Apríl	20594	12821
Mars	20459	12767
Febrúar	20383	12674
2025 Janúar	20237	12551
Desember	20175	12506
Nóvember	20149	12406
Október	20064	12283
September	19987	12168
Ágúst	19955	12078
Júlí	19876	12015
Júní	19725	11943
Maí	19749	11897
Apríl	19549	11777
Mars	19380	11710
Febrúar	19252	11657
2024 Janúar	19178	11614
Desember	19030	11560
Nóvember	18865	11467
Október	18764	11382
September	18638	11256
Ágúst	18565	11147

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
June	5537	40	9	9	15
May	6367	40	11	8	11
April	6613	44	8	10	18
March	7338	38	10	7	15
February	6712	48	15	6	18
2025 January	7680	62	14	5	20
December	6242	47	12	4	6
November	6295	26	13	2	15
October	7048	52	7	13	10
September	6817	52	3	9	20
August	6617	39	17	5	24
July	5669	36	11	3	8
June	5280	53	11	5	8
May	6176	41	13	6	15
April	6529	51	23	5	17
March	7125	60	7	7	17
February	6737	41	11	15	22
2024 January	7213	59	20	13	34
December	5881	43	13	2	12
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

Number of nameserver registrations

	registered nameservers
June	90
May	94
April	101
March	93
February	66
2025 January	76
December	49
November	90
October	96
September	86
August	50
July	66
June	72
May	60
April	64
March	70
February	77
2024 January	98
December	68
November	79
October	100
September	88
August	59
July	76

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	1244	3	5993	4	6865
5	8428	6	9545	7	9323	8	9621
9	9215	10	8166	11	6837	12	5231
13	3939	14	3199	15	2412	16	1815
17	1289	18	883	19	667	20	460
21	288	22	198	23	126	24	99
25	62	26	35	27	27	28	13
29	14	30	8	31	8	32	6
33	1	34	3	35	1	36	2
37	1	38	1	40	1

First character of a domain name

letter	number	letter	number	letter	number	letter	number
0	59	1	362	2	200	3	155
4	104	5	81	6	50	7	71
8	87	9	57	a	5948	á	94
b	6287	c	3289	d	3035	ð	1
e	3447	é	4	f	4911	g	4525
h	6307	i	4029	í	125	j	1643
k	3930	l	4540	m	5469	n	3224
o	2094	ó	46	p	3639	q	251
r	3937	s	10639	t	5002	u	1215
ú	54	v	4170	w	1358	x	334
y	502	ý	3	z	440	þ	221
æ	40	ö	93

Following is information about recidency of registrants

Country

registrant country of residence	numer of domains
IS	67388
US	9421
GB	2187
DE	2151
NO	1750
SE	1271
CA	918
HK	826
NL	737
DK	726
CH	633
FR	616
AU	471
IT	383
IN	358
ES	340
CN	313
RO	262
AT	242
CZ	221

Domestic registrants in more detail

Postal code

postal code	number of domains
105 Reykjavík	5927
101 Reykjavík	5695
110 Reykjavík	4352
108 Reykjavík	4265
210 Garðabæ	3711
200 Kópavogi	3438
104 Reykjavík	3234
220 Hafnarfirði	2744
201 Kópavogi	2646
112 Reykjavík	2298
270 Mosfellsbæ	2176
221 Hafnarfirði	1962
600 Akureyri	1698
203 Kópavogi	1677
800 Selfossi	1396
107 Reykjavík	1319
109 Reykjavík	1317
113 Reykjavík	1287
230 Reykjanesbæ	1189
170 Seltjarnarnesi	918

Towns

town/county	number of domains
Reykjavík	32201
Kópavogi	7770
Hafnarfirði	4734
Garðabæ	4229
Akureyri	2579
Mosfellsbæ	2279
Reykjanesbæ	2164
Selfossi	1990
Seltjarnarnesi	922
Akranesi	740
Borgarnesi	464
Egilsstöðum	420
Hveragerði	412
Vestmannaeyjum	376
Grindavík	354
Ísafirði	334
Húsavík	316
Sauðárkróki	303
Höfn í Hornafirði	277
Hellu	275

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	12.15	\|	21	awsdns.net	0.45
2	cloudflare.com	10.91	\|	22	midja.is	0.44
3	registrar-servers.com	5.25	\|	23	wordpress.com	0.43
4	wixdns.net	1.93	\|	24	thekking.is	0.42
5	hyp.net	1.43	\|	25	googledomains.com	0.41
6	hysingar.is	1.39	\|	26	awsdns.co.uk	0.40
7	vist.is	1.33	\|	27	101domain.com	0.40
8	netvistun.is	1.18	\|	28	microsoftonline.com	0.39
9	hysing.is	0.82	\|	29	digitalocean.com	0.39
10	azure-dns.com	0.80	\|	30	eurodns.com	0.38
11	xnet.is	0.74	\|	31	x.is	0.38
12	c.is	0.71	\|	32	t.is	0.36
13	cscdns.net	0.61	\|	33	vercel-dns.com	0.36
14	siteground.net	0.59	\|	34	dreamhost.com	0.35
15	markmonitor.com	0.53	\|	35	nsone.net	0.34
16	stefna.is	0.52	\|	36	vortex.is	0.31
17	awsdns.org	0.51	\|	37	snerpa.is	0.30
18	simnet.is	0.51	\|	38	okhysing.is	0.29
19	dns-parking.com	0.48	\|	39	netim.net	0.28
20	awsdns.com	0.46	\|	40	reykjavik.is	0.28

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: