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 12278 69624 2018 7298 57346 2017 6215 50048 2016 5368 43833 2015 4987 38465 2014 4327 33478 2013 4035 29151 2012 3481 25116 2011 2876 21635 2010 2821 18759 2009 2612 15938 2008 2116 13326 2007 1830 11210 2006 1462 9380 2005 1451 7918 2004 1101 6467 2003 1003 5366 2002 974 4363 2001 932 3389 2000 971 2457 1999 592 1486 1998 437 894 1997 272 457 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 538 3651 2018 368 3113 2017 296 2745 2016 249 2449 2015 203 2200 2014 272 1997 2013 201 1725 2012 207 1524 2011 145 1317 2010 179 1172 2009 188 993 2008 190 805 2007 193 615 2006 102 422 2005 278 320 2004 42 42

Number of active domains by registration month

domestic foreign reg. total % reg. total % 2020 January 634 49812 70.81 378 20537 29.19 December 437 49178 70.93 397 20159 29.07 November 631 48741 71.15 387 19762 28.85 October 630 48110 71.29 399 19375 28.71 September 633 47480 71.45 474 18976 28.55 August 514 46847 71.69 448 18502 28.31 July 522 46333 71.96 657 18054 28.04 June 430 45811 72.48 473 17397 27.52 May 505 45381 72.84 560 16924 27.16 April 563 44876 73.28 919 16364 26.72 March 589 44313 74.15 317 15445 25.85 February 546 43724 74.29 342 15128 25.71 2019 January 531 43178 74.49 269 14786 25.51 December 270 42647 74.60 206 14517 25.40 November 401 42377 74.75 187 14311 25.25 October 506 41976 74.82 205 14124 25.18 September 393 41470 74.87 169 13919 25.13 August 341 41077 74.92 213 13750 25.08 July 328 40736 75.06 182 13537 24.94 June 356 40408 75.16 220 13355 24.84 May 425 40052 75.30 229 13135 24.70 April 436 39627 75.43 226 12906 24.57 March 476 39191 75.55 196 12680 24.45 February 441 38715 75.62 227 12484 24.38

Domains registered to individuals

registered total 2020 January 389 20279 December 274 19890 November 372 19616 October 386 19244 September 384 18858 August 328 18474 July 343 18146 June 248 17803 May 292 17555 April 348 17263 March 369 16915 February 298 16546 2019 January 335 16248 December 153 15913 November 220 15760 October 279 15540 September 200 15261 August 191 15061 July 173 14870 June 184 14697 May 205 14513 April 231 14308 March 254 14077 February 226 13823

Age-distribution of domestic registrants

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

age (years) number 90-100 4 80-90 49 70-80 644 60-70 2436 50-60 4539 40-50 5716 30-40 5265 20-30 1724 10-20 44 0-10 0 Mean age 46,9

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 1013 917 5298 02 0 897 5209 03 0 920 5596 04 0 1494 4885 05 0 1065 4932 06 0 903 4257 07 0 1181 3804 08 0 962 4289 09 0 1110 4806 10 0 1030 5187 11 0 1018 5006 12 0 834 4170

Domain Age Distribution

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

age (years) number 30-31 3 29-30 10 28-29 4 27-28 6 26-27 7 25-26 12 24-25 62 23-24 91 22-23 295 21-22 467 20-21 648 19-20 995 18-19 936 17-18 933 16-17 1030 15-16 1113 14-15 1467 13-14 1545 12-13 1817 11-12 2134 10-11 2651 9-10 2836 8-9 2967 7-8 3498 6-7 4052 5-6 4458 4-5 5073 3-4 5467 2-3 6291 1-2 7542 0-1 12368 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] % 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 Október. 949 [639 / 310] 1.44 743 [479 / 264] 1.13 206 [160 / 46] 0.31 September. 770 [504 / 266] 1.17 616 [390 / 226] 0.94 154 [114 / 40] 0.23 Ágúst. 803 [469 / 334] 1.22 702 [374 / 328] 1.07 101 [95 / 6] 0.15 Júlí. 734 [437 / 297] 1.12 568 [327 / 241] 0.87 166 [110 / 56] 0.25 Júní. 787 [455 / 332] 1.20 644 [329 / 315] 0.99 143 [126 / 17] 0.22

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] 20. Feb 36 [26/10] 20 [16/4 ] 16 [10/6] 19. Feb 46 [28/18] 28 [19/9 ] 18 [9/9] 18. Feb 34 [15/19] 33 [25/8 ] 1 [-10/11] 17. Feb 39 [22/17] 35 [29/6 ] 4 [-7/11] 16. Feb 19 [11/8] 20 [15/5 ] -1 [-4/3] 15. Feb 12 [8/4] 28 [16/12 ] -16 [-8/-8] 14. Feb 25 [11/14] 18 [12/6 ] 7 [-1/8] 13. Feb 36 [22/14] 19 [8/11 ] 17 [14/3] 12. Feb 47 [27/20] 45 [33/12 ] 2 [-6/8] 11. Feb 43 [26/17] 33 [24/9 ] 10 [2/8] 10. Feb 32 [22/10] 33 [20/13 ] -1 [2/-3] 09. Feb 26 [17/9] 28 [21/7 ] -2 [-4/2] 08. Feb 20 [10/10] 30 [14/16 ] -10 [-4/-6] 07. Feb 35 [24/11] 24 [18/6 ] 11 [6/5] 06. Feb 46 [34/12] 21 [15/6 ] 25 [19/6] 05. Feb 45 [33/12] 32 [23/9 ] 13 [10/3] 04. Feb 41 [24/17] 24 [17/7 ] 17 [7/10] 03. Feb 46 [26/20] 40 [29/11 ] 6 [-3/9] 02. Feb 32 [11/21] 2 [1/1 ] 30 [10/20] 01. Feb 21 [8/13] 21 [17/4 ] 0 [-9/9] 31. Jan 53 [35/18] 21 [18/3 ] 32 [17/15] 30. Jan 32 [21/11] 31 [25/6 ] 1 [-4/5] 29. Jan 54 [36/18] 21 [13/8 ] 33 [23/10] 28. Jan 43 [27/16] 17 [15/2 ] 26 [12/14] 27. Jan 36 [25/11] 5 [3/2 ] 31 [22/9] 26. Jan 8 [5/3] 8 [4/4 ] 0 [1/-1] 25. Jan 21 [6/15] 4 [2/2 ] 17 [4/13] 24. Jan 27 [15/12] 13 [12/1 ] 14 [3/11] 23. Jan 36 [21/15] 23 [16/7 ] 13 [5/8] 22. Jan 40 [27/13] 20 [16/4 ] 20 [11/9] 21. Jan 37 [24/13] 18 [11/7 ] 19 [13/6] Total     1068 [647/421] 715 [507/208] 353 [140/213]

Domain administration

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

New Registrations

registered deleted net change 2020 1695 1190 505 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 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 June 787 26 May 969 51 April 993 52 March 1027 56 February 967 47

Deleted domains

deleted 2020 January 1014 December 834 November 1019 October 1029 September 1128 August 962 July 1197 June 916 May 1078 April 1549 March 971 February 922 2019 January 976 December 666 November 801 October 949 September 770 August 803 July 734 June 787 May 969 April 993 March 1027 February 967

Registration changes

changed 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 June 1362 May 1872 April 1942 March 1822 February 1576

Domains put on hold

on hold 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 June 804 May 1038 April 1225 March 788 February 795

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

reactivated 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 June 391 May 486 April 520 March 329 February 287

Transferred domains (from one registrant to another)

transferred 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 June 189 May 207 April 198 March 234 February 263

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

signed 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 June 1900 May 1863 April 1875 March 1868 February 1799

Parked and forwarded domains

parked forwarded 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 Júlí 12326 6541 Júní 12296 6432 Maí 12209 6341 Apríl 12078 6288 Mars 11932 6189

Renewals for two or more years.

1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years 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 June 3837 27 7 1 5 May 4364 44 5 3 5 April 3830 22 2 0 3 March 5184 33 4 4 2 February 4770 30 3 3 5

Number of nameserver registrations

registered nameservers 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 June 141 May 101 April 130 March 176 February 118

Domain names

length number length number length number length number 1 46 2 1060 3 4576 4 5004 5 6197 6 7021 7 6820 8 6899 9 6663 10 5982 11 4999 12 3774 13 3006 14 2362 15 1766 16 1383 17 952 18 698 19 524 20 339 21 235 22 149 23 106 24 71 25 48 26 32 27 21 28 12 29 12 30 8 31 4 32 5 33 1 34 2 37 2 38 1 39 2 40 1

letter number letter number letter number letter number 0 37 1 297 2 123 3 113 4 81 5 46 6 34 7 40 8 42 9 31 a 4310 á 68 b 4504 c 2461 d 2233 ð 1 e 2606 é 4 f 3728 g 3303 h 4729 i 3312 í 97 j 1198 k 2836 l 3345 m 3854 n 2473 o 1538 ó 26 p 2697 q 166 r 2969 s 7749 t 3733 u 872 ú 30 v 2984 w 1003 x 249 y 349 ý 2 z 310 þ 127 æ 17 ö 56

Registrant residency

registrant country of residence numer of domains IS 50011 US 6201 DE 1795 GB 1754 NO 1750 SE 1030 CA 823 CH 760 DK 702 NL 585 FR 445 BZ 388 AU 319 IT 281 ES 220 AT 197 CN 192 CZ 186 BE 170 RU 164

Domestic registrants in more detail ..

postal code number of domains 101 Reykjavík 4938 105 Reykjavík 4857 108 Reykjavík 3613 110 Reykjavík 3135 104 Reykjavík 2554 200 Kópavogi 2548 210 Garðabæ 2216 220 Hafnarfirði 2131 112 Reykjavík 1887 201 Kópavogi 1707 270 Mosfellsbæ 1360 600 Akureyri 1215 221 Hafnarfirði 1190 203 Kópavogi 1129 109 Reykjavík 1128 107 Reykjavík 1014 113 Reykjavík 940 800 Selfossi 798 230 Reykjanesbæ 790 103 Reykjavík 652

city/county number of domains Reykjavík 25747 Kópavogi 5390 Hafnarfirði 3348 Garðabæ 2630 Akureyri 1820 Mosfellsbæ 1461 Reykjanesbæ 1437 Selfossi 1222 Seltjarnarnesi 637 Akranesi 418 Borgarnesi 405 Egilsstöðum 308 Grindavík 275 Ísafirði 260 Höfn í Hornafirði 257 Húsavík 252 Vestmannaeyjum 251 Hveragerði 228 Sauðárkróki 227 Hellu 186

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 14.88  |  21 t.is 0.55 2 cloudflare.com 4.12  |  22 markmonitor.com 0.52 3 registrar-servers.com 2.30  |  23 eurodns.com 0.50 4 hysingar.is 2.20  |  24 azure-dns.com 0.49 5 hyp.net 2.05  |  25 awsdns.com 0.49 6 simnet.is 1.76  |  26 vortex.is 0.44 7 x.is 1.46  |  27 dreamhost.com 0.44 8 hysing.is 1.41  |  28 dg.is 0.44 9 c.is 1.33  |  29 digitalocean.com 0.43 10 vist.is 1.30  |  30 awsdns.net 0.42 11 netvistun.is 1.10  |  31 awsdns.org 0.42 12 wixdns.net 1.03  |  32 nethonnun.is 0.41 13 xnet.is 0.89  |  33 reykjavik.is 0.40 14 101domain.com 0.77  |  34 udag.org 0.39 15 cscdns.net 0.75  |  35 dacoda.is 0.38 16 opex.is 0.73  |  36 trademarkarea.com 0.38 17 stefna.is 0.70  |  37 okhysing.is 0.38 18 thekking.is 0.65  |  38 smartmedia.is 0.38 19 midja.is 0.65  |  39 instradns.com 0.37 20 iwantmyname.net 0.57  |  40 snerpa.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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