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 7519 68774 2018 8559 61255 2017 6914 52696 2016 5861 45782 2015 5290 39921 2014 4585 34631 2013 4216 30046 2012 3629 25830 2011 3002 22201 2010 2909 19199 2009 2683 16290 2008 2180 13607 2007 1900 11427 2006 1509 9527 2005 1473 8018 2004 1117 6545 2003 1021 5428 2002 986 4407 2001 938 3421 2000 989 2483 1999 598 1494 1998 439 896 1997 275 457 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 420 3289 2017 316 2869 2016 270 2553 2015 210 2283 2014 283 2073 2013 210 1790 2012 215 1580 2011 157 1365 2010 184 1208 2009 191 1024 2008 199 833 2007 202 634 2006 107 432 2005 279 325 2004 46 46

Number of active domains by registration month

domestic foreign reg. total % reg. total % Júlí 527 49158 71.47 664 19619 28.53 Júní 435 48631 71.95 478 18955 28.05 Maí 507 48196 72.29 561 18477 27.71 Apríl 581 47689 72.69 930 17916 27.31 Mars 614 47108 73.50 329 16986 26.50 Febrúar 573 46494 73.62 349 16657 26.38 2019 Janúar 647 45921 73.79 324 16308 26.21 Desember 372 45274 73.91 286 15984 26.09 Nóvember 504 44902 74.10 282 15698 25.90 Október 632 44398 74.23 304 15416 25.77 September 484 43766 74.33 264 15112 25.67 Ágúst 447 43282 74.46 324 14848 25.54 Júlí 403 42835 74.68 293 14524 25.32 Júní 358 42432 74.88 222 14231 25.12 Maí 428 42074 75.02 231 14009 24.98 Apríl 450 41646 75.14 229 13778 24.86 Mars 483 41196 75.25 197 13549 24.75 Febrúar 454 40713 75.30 229 13352 24.70 2018 Janúar 445 40259 75.42 238 13123 24.58 Desember 340 39814 75.55 227 12885 24.45 Nóvember 423 39474 75.72 233 12658 24.28 Október 422 39051 75.86 192 12425 24.14 September 411 38629 75.95 176 12233 24.05 Ágúst 325 38218 76.02 176 12057 23.98

Domains registered to individuals

registered total Júlí 350 19674 Júní 258 19324 Maí 303 19066 Apríl 358 18763 Mars 387 18405 Febrúar 326 18018 2019 Janúar 402 17692 Desember 240 17290 Nóvember 297 17050 Október 372 16753 September 276 16381 Ágúst 252 16105 Júlí 219 15853 Júní 185 15634 Maí 209 15449 Apríl 245 15240 Mars 252 14995 Febrúar 236 14743 2018 Janúar 260 14507 Desember 184 14247 Nóvember 228 14063 Október 193 13835 September 200 13642 Ágúst 171 13442

Age-distribution of domestic registrants

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

age (years) number 90-100 3 80-90 42 70-80 527 60-70 2149 50-60 4222 40-50 5536 30-40 5197 20-30 1941 10-20 57 0-10 0 Mean age 46,1

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 01 971 683 4719 02 922 683 4614 03 943 680 4977 04 1511 679 4253 05 1068 659 4298 06 913 580 3702 07 1191 696 3586 08 0 771 4065 09 0 748 4650 10 0 936 4934 11 0 786 4855 12 0 658 4046

Domain Age Distribution

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

age (years) number 30-31 4 29-30 6 28-29 8 27-28 4 26-27 6 25-26 9 24-25 28 23-24 65 22-23 178 21-22 373 20-21 537 19-20 864 18-19 1012 17-18 911 16-17 1016 15-16 1039 14-15 1397 13-14 1398 12-13 1712 11-12 2014 10-11 2563 9-10 2740 8-9 2998 7-8 3447 6-7 3999 5-6 4453 4-5 4957 3-4 5459 2-3 6575 1-2 7584 0-1 11418 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] % Júlí 1197 [537 / 660] 1.74 620 [374 / 246] 0.90 577 [163 / 414] 0.84 Júní 916 [436 / 480] 1.36 719 [430 / 289] 1.06 197 [6 / 191] 0.29 Maí 1078 [519 / 559] 1.62 769 [438 / 331] 1.15 309 [81 / 228] 0.46 Apríl 1549 [589 / 960] 2.36 809 [503 / 306] 1.23 740 [86 / 654] 1.13 Mars 971 [615 / 356] 1.52 775 [495 / 280] 1.21 196 [120 / 76] 0.31 Febrúar 922 [577 / 345] 1.46 714 [449 / 265] 1.13 208 [128 / 80] 0.33 2019 Janúar 976 [649 / 327] 1.57 649 [407 / 242] 1.04 327 [242 / 85] 0.53 Desember 666 [375 / 291] 1.09 639 [370 / 269] 1.04 27 [5 / 22] 0.04 Nóvember 801 [515 / 286] 1.32 644 [406 / 238] 1.06 157 [109 / 48] 0.26 Október 949 [639 / 310] 1.59 743 [479 / 264] 1.24 206 [160 / 46] 0.34 September 770 [504 / 266] 1.31 616 [390 / 226] 1.05 154 [114 / 40] 0.26 Ágúst 803 [469 / 334] 1.38 702 [374 / 328] 1.21 101 [95 / 6] 0.17 Júlí 734 [437 / 297] 1.28 568 [327 / 241] 0.99 166 [110 / 56] 0.29 Júní 787 [455 / 332] 1.39 644 [329 / 315] 1.14 143 [126 / 17] 0.25 Maí 969 [610 / 359] 1.73 1288 [715 / 573] 2.30 -319 [-105 / -214] -0.57 Apríl 993 [636 / 357] 1.79 710 [411 / 299] 1.28 283 [225 / 58] 0.51 Mars 1027 [680 / 347] 1.88 511 [296 / 215] 0.93 516 [384 / 132] 0.94 Febrúar 967 [637 / 330] 1.79 480 [307 / 173] 0.89 487 [330 / 157] 0.90 2018 Janúar 981 [612 / 369] 1.84 775 [463 / 312] 1.45 206 [149 / 57] 0.39 Desember 801 [452 / 349] 1.52 523 [320 / 203] 0.99 278 [132 / 146] 0.53

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 increase [dom/for] 20 44 [22/22] 28 [15/13 ] 16 [7/9] 19 40 [21/19] 15 [10/5 ] 25 [11/14] 18 29 [15/14] 13 [8/5 ] 16 [7/9] 17 17 [8/9] 23 [13/10 ] -6 [-5/-1] 16 31 [17/14] 14 [7/7 ] 17 [10/7] 15 43 [27/16] 15 [7/8 ] 28 [20/8] 14 39 [21/18] 13 [11/2 ] 26 [10/16] 13 41 [25/16] 22 [14/8 ] 19 [11/8] 12 45 [24/21] 19 [10/9 ] 26 [14/12] 11 14 [9/5] 16 [12/4 ] -2 [-3/1] 10 14 [9/5] 28 [8/20 ] -14 [1/-15] 09 38 [25/13] 18 [10/8 ] 20 [15/5] 08 46 [19/27] 26 [16/10 ] 20 [3/17] 07 37 [17/20] 13 [7/6 ] 24 [10/14] 06 27 [20/7] 37 [25/12 ] -10 [-5/-5] 05 20 [5/15] 18 [7/11 ] 2 [-2/4] 04 12 [4/8] 18 [10/8 ] -6 [-6/0] 03 15 [5/10] 13 [7/6 ] 2 [-2/4] 02 23 [10/13] 30 [23/7 ] -7 [-13/6] 1. Ágúst 36 [16/20] 13 [8/5 ] 23 [8/15] 31 28 [13/15] 21 [6/15 ] 7 [7/0] 30 53 [22/31] 23 [14/9 ] 30 [8/22] 29 46 [21/25] 36 [27/9 ] 10 [-6/16] 28 25 [9/16] 21 [13/8 ] 4 [-4/8] 27 27 [10/17] 14 [5/9 ] 13 [5/8] 26 23 [14/9] 16 [9/7 ] 7 [5/2] 25 45 [22/23] 22 [18/4 ] 23 [4/19] 24 40 [30/10] 12 [6/6 ] 28 [24/4] 23 26 [21/5] 17 [11/6 ] 9 [10/-1] 22 34 [17/17] 21 [15/6 ] 13 [2/11] 21 24 [8/16] 17 [9/8 ] 7 [-1/8] Samtals 982 [506/476] 612 [361/251] 370 [145/225]

Domain administration

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

New Registrations

registered deleted net change 2019 8221 5447 2774 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 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 September 851 38 Ágúst 735 30

Deleted domains

deleted 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 September 724 Ágúst 616

Registration changes

changed 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 September 1942 Ágúst 1638

Domains put on hold

on hold 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 September 707 Ágúst 881

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

reactivated 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 September 290 Ágúst 318

Transferred domains (from one registrant to another)

transferred 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 September 226 Ágúst 344

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

signed 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 September 1673 Ágúst 1648

Parked and forwarded domains

parked forwarded 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 Október 11333 5718 September 11231 5696

Renewals for two or more years.

1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years 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 September 4711 30 6 1 2 Ágúst 4428 19 4 1 3

Number of nameserver registrations

registered nameservers 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 September 91 Ágúst 56

Domain names

length number length number length number length number 1 46 2 1025 3 4450 4 4846 5 5978 6 6834 7 6620 8 6707 9 6450 10 5793 11 4900 12 3689 13 2925 14 2305 15 1734 16 1343 17 917 18 683 19 512 20 334 21 229 22 143 23 101 24 69 25 47 26 30 27 18 28 13 29 10 30 9 31 4 32 4 33 1 34 2 37 2 38 1 39 2 40 1

letter number letter number letter number letter number 0 36 1 299 2 113 3 104 4 80 5 48 6 35 7 34 8 36 9 31 a 4198 á 63 b 4338 c 2369 d 2175 ð 1 e 2494 é 4 f 3619 g 3227 h 4633 i 3267 í 99 j 1163 k 2779 l 3251 m 3717 n 2405 o 1502 ó 24 p 2614 q 163 r 2871 s 7555 t 3608 u 859 ú 30 v 2887 w 979 x 244 y 344 ý 2 z 295 þ 119 æ 18 ö 45

Registrant residency

registrant country of residence numer of domains IS 49007 US 5828 NO 1783 DE 1729 GB 1660 SE 960 CA 752 CH 696 DK 673 NL 562 FR 430 BZ 415 AU 307 IT 263 ES 218 AT 200 CZ 178 CN 172 RU 159 BE 158

Domestic registrants in more detail ..

postal code number of domains 101 Reykjavík 4951 105 Reykjavík 4777 108 Reykjavík 3625 110 Reykjavík 3105 200 Kópavogi 2509 104 Reykjavík 2509 210 Garðabæ 2090 220 Hafnarfirði 2063 112 Reykjavík 1798 201 Kópavogi 1733 270 Mosfellsbæ 1287 600 Akureyri 1235 109 Reykjavík 1189 221 Hafnarfirði 1167 203 Kópavogi 1040 107 Reykjavík 1001 113 Reykjavík 888 230 Reykjanesbæ 789 800 Selfossi 760 170 Seltjarnarnesi 638

city/county number of domains Reykjavík 25317 Kópavogi 5289 Hafnarfirði 3253 Garðabæ 2460 Akureyri 1811 Reykjanesbæ 1407 Mosfellsbæ 1367 Selfossi 1186 Seltjarnarnesi 644 Borgarnesi 407 Akranesi 407 Egilsstöðum 296 Höfn í Hornafirði 264 Grindavík 261 Húsavík 258 Vestmannaeyjum 248 Ísafirði 238 Sauðárkróki 234 Hveragerði 220 Hellu 198

Companies hosting .IS domains

Percentage of .IS domains hosted by the largest hosting companies:

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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