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 9814 63878 2018 6497 54064 2017 5661 47567 2016 4938 41906 2015 4621 36968 2014 4079 32347 2013 3830 28268 2012 3327 24438 2011 2760 21111 2010 2733 18351 2009 2530 15618 2008 2061 13088 2007 1792 11027 2006 1429 9235 2005 1418 7806 2004 1080 6388 2003 989 5308 2002 964 4319 2001 921 3355 2000 953 2434 1999 592 1481 1998 434 889 1997 271 455 1996 83 184 1995 56 101

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

year registered total 2019 446 3411 2018 335 2965 2017 276 2630 2016 237 2354 2015 190 2117 2014 262 1927 2013 192 1665 2012 200 1473 2011 133 1273 2010 174 1140 2009 183 966 2008 184 783 2007 193 599 2006 98 406 2005 266 308 2004 42 42

Number of active domains by registration month

domestic foreign reg. total % reg. total % September 776 52264 70.68 407 21683 29.32 August 642 51488 70.76 406 21276 29.24 July 551 50846 70.90 489 20870 29.10 June 565 50295 71.16 457 20381 28.84 May 917 49730 71.40 491 19924 28.60 April 767 48813 71.53 484 19433 28.47 March 786 48046 71.72 381 18949 28.28 February 553 47260 71.79 399 18568 28.21 2020 January 627 46707 71.99 371 18169 28.01 December 427 46080 72.14 395 17798 27.86 November 618 45653 72.40 386 17403 27.60 October 604 45035 72.58 395 17017 27.42 September 591 44431 72.77 472 16622 27.23 August 387 43840 73.08 292 16150 26.92 July 379 43453 73.26 372 15858 26.74 June 323 43074 73.56 282 15486 26.44 May 415 42751 73.77 372 15204 26.23 April 436 42336 74.06 621 14832 25.94 March 458 41900 74.67 200 14211 25.33 February 435 41442 74.73 260 14011 25.27 2019 January 473 41007 74.89 221 13751 25.11 December 266 40534 74.97 205 13530 25.03 November 399 40268 75.14 187 13325 24.86 October 496 39869 75.21 204 13138 24.79

Domains registered to individuals

registered total September 513 22074 August 421 21561 July 380 21140 June 350 20760 May 643 20410 April 491 19767 March 489 19276 February 355 18787 2020 January 379 18432 December 270 18053 November 356 17783 October 355 17427 September 354 17072 August 220 16718 July 232 16498 June 178 16266 May 236 16088 April 245 15852 March 270 15607 February 226 15337 2019 January 267 15111 December 149 14844 November 219 14695 October 268 14476

Age-distribution of domestic registrants

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

age (years) number 90-100 3 80-90 45 70-80 630 60-70 2473 50-60 4743 40-50 6267 30-40 5815 20-30 2018 10-20 80 0-10 0 Mean age 46,3

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 01 998 694 4881 02 952 695 4782 03 1167 658 5137 04 1251 1057 4441 05 1408 787 4511 06 1022 605 3888 07 1040 751 3462 08 1048 679 3968 09 1183 1063 4746 10 0 999 5140 11 0 1004 4986 12 0 822 4128

Domain Age Distribution

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

age (years) number 30-31 8 29-30 6 28-29 4 27-28 6 26-27 10 25-26 39 24-25 69 23-24 225 22-23 401 21-22 534 20-21 896 19-20 975 18-19 944 17-18 951 16-17 1036 15-16 1384 14-15 1343 13-14 1744 12-13 1864 11-12 2545 10-11 2623 9-10 2764 8-9 3260 7-8 3731 6-7 4020 5-6 4460 4-5 4758 3-4 5470 2-3 6272 1-2 8761 0-1 12843 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] % 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 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

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] 24. Oct 19 [9/10] 28 [15/13 ] -9 [-6/-3] 23. Oct 44 [35/9] 20 [13/7 ] 24 [22/2] 22. Oct 61 [46/15] 29 [19/10 ] 32 [27/5] 21. Oct 38 [24/14] 23 [14/9 ] 15 [10/5] 20. Oct 46 [28/18] 36 [27/9 ] 10 [1/9] 19. Oct 53 [45/8] 21 [15/6 ] 32 [30/2] 18. Oct 21 [11/10] 19 [7/12 ] 2 [4/-2] 17. Oct 23 [12/11] 20 [8/12 ] 3 [4/-1] 16. Oct 44 [30/14] 21 [13/8 ] 23 [17/6] 15. Oct 40 [28/12] 27 [16/11 ] 13 [12/1] 14. Oct 51 [31/20] 31 [25/6 ] 20 [6/14] 13. Oct 39 [28/11] 12 [9/3 ] 27 [19/8] 12. Oct 39 [32/7] 26 [12/14 ] 13 [20/-7] 11. Oct 38 [30/8] 28 [19/9 ] 10 [11/-1] 10. Oct 32 [23/9] 19 [11/8 ] 13 [12/1] 09. Oct 46 [32/14] 32 [26/6 ] 14 [6/8] 08. Oct 52 [40/12] 18 [16/2 ] 34 [24/10] 07. Oct 51 [35/16] 29 [14/15 ] 22 [21/1] 06. Oct 57 [37/20] 29 [24/5 ] 28 [13/15] 05. Oct 40 [30/10] 25 [20/5 ] 15 [10/5] 04. Oct 29 [11/18] 24 [15/9 ] 5 [-4/9] 03. Oct 29 [13/16] 22 [5/17 ] 7 [8/-1] 02. Oct 54 [35/19] 24 [16/8 ] 30 [19/11] 01. Oct 48 [33/15] 23 [18/5 ] 25 [15/10] 30. Sep 43 [27/16] 21 [12/9 ] 22 [15/7] 29. Sep 54 [34/20] 34 [23/11 ] 20 [11/9] 28. Sep 55 [36/19] 19 [9/10 ] 36 [27/9] 27. Sep 32 [27/5] 11 [4/7 ] 21 [23/-2] 26. Sep 23 [11/12] 10 [5/5 ] 13 [6/7] 25. Sep 50 [36/14] 12 [5/7 ] 38 [31/7] 24. Sep 43 [26/17] 29 [18/11 ] 14 [8/6] Total     1294 [875/419] 722 [453/269] 572 [422/150]

Domain administration

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

New Registrations

registered deleted net change 2020 11175 7198 3977 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 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 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

Deleted domains

deleted 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 July 620 June 719 May 769 April 809 March 775 February 714 2019 January 649 December 639 November 644 October 743

Registration changes

changed 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 July 1350 June 1096 May 1395 April 2953 March 1050 February 1092 2019 January 1124 December 829 November 1189 October 1183

Domains put on hold

on hold 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 July 847 June 920 May 1202 April 1166 March 1296 February 1059 2019 January 1193 December 837 November 1003 October 1050

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

reactivated 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 July 415 June 424 May 554 April 480 March 590 February 506 2019 January 465 December 406 November 514 October 466

Transferred domains (from one registrant to another)

transferred 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 July 245 June 187 May 251 April 187 March 182 February 316 2019 January 324 December 209 November 248 October 219

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

signed 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 July 2242 June 2220 May 2195 April 2184 March 2181 February 2175 2019 January 2151 December 2113 November 2101 October 2026

Parked and forwarded domains

parked forwarded 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 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

Renewals for two or more years.

1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years 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 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

Number of nameserver registrations

registered nameservers 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 July 133 June 107 May 168 April 187 March 110 February 130 2019 January 132 December 94 November 139 October 124

Domain names

length number length number length number length number 1 46 2 1087 3 4927 4 5267 5 6496 6 7355 7 7142 8 7222 9 6990 10 6251 11 5242 12 3908 13 3093 14 2421 15 1795 16 1442 17 969 18 707 19 523 20 354 21 233 22 157 23 108 24 74 25 47 26 32 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 35 1 301 2 141 3 117 4 78 5 54 6 34 7 45 8 45 9 37 a 4458 á 72 b 4713 c 2564 d 2386 ð 1 e 2709 é 6 f 3923 g 3443 h 4947 i 3415 í 94 j 1256 k 2959 l 3448 m 4044 n 2547 o 1638 ó 29 p 2824 q 171 r 3048 s 8176 t 3850 u 932 ú 33 v 3173 w 1011 x 243 y 388 ý 2 z 345 þ 142 æ 19 ö 57

Registrant residency

registrant country of residence numer of domains IS 52204 US 6549 DE 1834 GB 1832 NO 1707 SE 1039 CA 867 DK 786 CH 685 NL 594 FR 472 BZ 367 AU 332 IT 305 IN 226 ES 222 AT 211 CN 180 KN 179 RU 173

Domestic registrants in more detail ..

postal code number of domains 105 Reykjavík 5154 101 Reykjavík 5077 108 Reykjavík 3706 110 Reykjavík 3246 200 Kópavogi 2694 104 Reykjavík 2618 210 Garðabæ 2432 220 Hafnarfirði 2189 112 Reykjavík 1883 201 Kópavogi 1782 270 Mosfellsbæ 1483 600 Akureyri 1273 221 Hafnarfirði 1240 203 Kópavogi 1201 109 Reykjavík 1187 107 Reykjavík 1055 113 Reykjavík 1040 800 Selfossi 855 230 Reykjanesbæ 846 103 Reykjavík 702

city/county number of domains Reykjavík 26719 Kópavogi 5690 Hafnarfirði 3455 Garðabæ 2874 Akureyri 1900 Mosfellsbæ 1589 Reykjanesbæ 1500 Selfossi 1294 Seltjarnarnesi 654 Akranesi 434 Borgarnesi 390 Egilsstöðum 335 Grindavík 277 Höfn í Hornafirði 270 Vestmannaeyjum 266 Húsavík 263 Ísafirði 253 Hveragerði 246 Sauðárkróki 228 Hellu 216

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 14.73  |  21 azure-dns.com 0.52 2 cloudflare.com 4.94  |  22 t.is 0.51 3 registrar-servers.com 2.99  |  23 awsdns.com 0.49 4 hysingar.is 2.05  |  24 iwantmyname.net 0.48 5 hyp.net 1.91  |  25 eurodns.com 0.47 6 simnet.is 1.56  |  26 digitalocean.com 0.46 7 hysing.is 1.31  |  27 awsdns.net 0.46 8 vist.is 1.30  |  28 dreamhost.com 0.44 9 wixdns.net 1.27  |  29 vortex.is 0.41 10 x.is 1.26  |  30 awsdns.org 0.41 11 c.is 1.20  |  31 reykjavik.is 0.38 12 netvistun.is 1.08  |  32 googledomains.com 0.38 13 xnet.is 0.86  |  33 microsoftonline.com 0.38 14 cscdns.net 0.77  |  34 trademarkarea.com 0.37 15 101domain.com 0.71  |  35 wordpress.com 0.37 16 stefna.is 0.66  |  36 okhysing.is 0.37 17 midja.is 0.62  |  37 dg.is 0.37 18 opex.is 0.62  |  38 nethonnun.is 0.36 19 thekking.is 0.57  |  39 snerpa.is 0.36 20 markmonitor.com 0.52  |  40 awsdns.co.uk 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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