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 4411 67696 2018 9363 63285 2017 7255 53922 2016 6109 46667 2015 5456 40558 2014 4700 35102 2013 4308 30402 2012 3691 26094 2011 3059 22403 2010 2943 19344 2009 2711 16401 2008 2198 13690 2007 1918 11492 2006 1515 9574 2005 1489 8059 2004 1121 6570 2003 1024 5449 2002 989 4425 2001 945 3436 2000 993 2491 1999 600 1498 1998 440 898 1997 276 458 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 457 3395 2017 331 2938 2016 282 2607 2015 216 2325 2014 292 2109 2013 216 1817 2012 217 1601 2011 159 1384 2010 187 1225 2009 193 1038 2008 200 845 2007 204 645 2006 107 441 2005 288 334 2004 46 46

Number of active domains by registration month

domestic foreign reg. total % reg. total % Apríl 582 48936 72.28 965 18763 27.72 Mars 617 48354 73.10 352 17798 26.90 Febrúar 575 47737 73.24 348 17446 26.76 2019 Janúar 648 47162 73.39 324 17098 26.61 Desember 374 46514 73.50 288 16774 26.50 Nóvember 509 46140 73.68 284 16486 26.32 Október 635 45631 73.80 305 16202 26.20 September 491 44996 73.89 264 15897 26.11 Ágúst 460 44505 74.00 324 15633 26.00 Júlí 429 44045 74.21 295 15309 25.79 Júní 445 43616 74.39 332 15014 25.61 Maí 581 43171 74.62 357 14682 25.38 Apríl 588 42590 74.83 348 14325 25.17 Mars 485 42002 75.03 201 13977 24.97 Febrúar 454 41517 75.09 229 13776 24.91 2018 Janúar 446 41063 75.19 239 13547 24.81 Desember 342 40617 75.32 227 13308 24.68 Nóvember 424 40275 75.48 233 13081 24.52 Október 425 39851 75.62 193 12848 24.38 September 417 39426 75.70 176 12655 24.30 Ágúst 333 39009 75.76 176 12479 24.24 Júlí 286 38676 75.87 187 12303 24.13 Júní 344 38390 76.01 211 12116 23.99 Maí 458 38046 76.17 226 11905 23.83

Domains registered to individuals

registered total Apríl 361 19563 Mars 393 19202 Febrúar 328 18809 2019 Janúar 404 18481 Desember 243 18077 Nóvember 304 17834 Október 375 17530 September 286 17155 Ágúst 267 16869 Júlí 237 16602 Júní 254 16365 Maí 312 16111 Apríl 347 15799 Mars 255 15452 Febrúar 235 15197 2018 Janúar 262 14962 Desember 187 14700 Nóvember 229 14513 Október 198 14284 September 209 14086 Ágúst 176 13877 Júlí 160 13701 Júní 169 13541 Maí 223 13372

Age-distribution of domestic registrants

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

age (years) number 90-100 3 80-90 46 70-80 520 60-70 2169 50-60 4258 40-50 5460 30-40 5177 20-30 1883 10-20 47 0-10 0 Mean age 46,2

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 01 972 685 4727 02 923 683 4615 03 969 686 5014 04 1547 936 4607 05 0 938 4714 06 0 777 4002 07 0 724 3626 08 0 784 4089 09 0 755 4671 10 0 940 4943 11 0 793 4864 12 0 662 4053

Domain Age Distribution

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

age (years) number 30-31 4 29-30 4 28-29 8 27-28 4 26-27 7 25-26 10 24-25 21 23-24 58 22-23 133 21-22 343 20-21 511 19-20 729 18-19 1061 17-18 919 16-17 992 15-16 1036 14-15 1325 13-14 1428 12-13 1634 11-12 1970 10-11 2457 9-10 2739 8-9 2977 7-8 3367 6-7 3881 5-6 4554 4-5 4875 3-4 5670 2-3 6547 1-2 7651 0-1 10781 Mean age 6,1

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] % Apríl 1549 [589 / 960] 2.29 809 [503 / 306] 1.20 740 [86 / 654] 1.09 Mars 971 [615 / 356] 1.47 775 [495 / 280] 1.17 196 [120 / 76] 0.30 Febrúar 922 [577 / 345] 1.41 714 [449 / 265] 1.10 208 [128 / 80] 0.32 2019 Janúar 976 [649 / 327] 1.52 649 [407 / 242] 1.01 327 [242 / 85] 0.51 Desember 666 [375 / 291] 1.05 639 [370 / 269] 1.01 27 [5 / 22] 0.04 Nóvember 801 [515 / 286] 1.28 644 [406 / 238] 1.03 157 [109 / 48] 0.25 Október 949 [639 / 310] 1.53 743 [479 / 264] 1.20 206 [160 / 46] 0.33 September 770 [504 / 266] 1.26 616 [390 / 226] 1.01 154 [114 / 40] 0.25 Ágúst 803 [469 / 334] 1.34 702 [374 / 328] 1.17 101 [95 / 6] 0.17 Júlí 734 [437 / 297] 1.24 568 [327 / 241] 0.96 166 [110 / 56] 0.28 Júní 787 [455 / 332] 1.34 644 [329 / 315] 1.10 143 [126 / 17] 0.24 Maí 969 [610 / 359] 1.68 1288 [715 / 573] 2.23 -319 [-105 / -214] -0.55 Apríl 993 [636 / 357] 1.74 710 [411 / 299] 1.25 283 [225 / 58] 0.50 Mars 1027 [680 / 347] 1.83 511 [296 / 215] 0.91 516 [384 / 132] 0.92 Febrúar 967 [637 / 330] 1.75 480 [307 / 173] 0.87 487 [330 / 157] 0.88 2018 Janúar 981 [612 / 369] 1.80 775 [463 / 312] 1.42 206 [149 / 57] 0.38 Desember 801 [452 / 349] 1.49 523 [320 / 203] 0.97 278 [132 / 146] 0.52 Nóvember 834 [510 / 324] 1.56 518 [313 / 205] 0.97 316 [197 / 119] 0.59 Október 836 [533 / 303] 1.59 594 [266 / 328] 1.13 242 [267 / -25] 0.46 September 851 [554 / 297] 1.63 724 [308 / 416] 1.39 127 [246 / -119] 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 increase [dom/for] 25 11 [3/8] 14 [7/7 ] -3 [-4/1] 24 40 [17/23] 25 [11/14 ] 15 [6/9] 23 33 [21/12] 16 [6/10 ] 17 [15/2] 22 36 [17/19] 20 [19/1 ] 16 [-2/18] 21 32 [18/14] 23 [12/11 ] 9 [6/3] 20 42 [23/19] 37 [22/15 ] 5 [1/4] 19 23 [5/18] 17 [11/6 ] 6 [-6/12] 18 26 [10/16] 20 [13/7 ] 6 [-3/9] 17 23 [12/11] 11 [9/2 ] 12 [3/9] 16 60 [34/26] 21 [16/5 ] 39 [18/21] 15 42 [18/24] 22 [12/10 ] 20 [6/14] 14 42 [24/18] 30 [16/14 ] 12 [8/4] 13 52 [27/25] 30 [19/11 ] 22 [8/14] 12 20 [6/14] 30 [16/14 ] -10 [-10/0] 11 26 [13/13] 26 [14/12 ] 0 [-1/1] 10 35 [14/21] 21 [14/7 ] 14 [0/14] 09 55 [23/32] 17 [13/4 ] 38 [10/28] 08 34 [12/22] 25 [18/7 ] 9 [-6/15] 07 62 [30/32] 28 [17/11 ] 34 [13/21] 06 31 [10/21] 40 [13/27 ] -9 [-3/-6] 05 36 [9/27] 25 [15/10 ] 11 [-6/17] 04 33 [7/26] 43 [7/36 ] -10 [0/-10] 03 47 [32/15] 24 [20/4 ] 23 [12/11] 02 43 [18/25] 19 [10/9 ] 24 [8/16] 1. Maí 32 [17/15] 25 [15/10 ] 7 [2/5] 30 50 [27/23] 36 [30/6 ] 14 [-3/17] 29 59 [31/28] 37 [25/12 ] 22 [6/16] 28 21 [14/7] 23 [6/17 ] -2 [8/-10] 27 22 [6/16] 25 [15/10 ] -3 [-9/6] 26 35 [20/15] 10 [7/3 ] 25 [13/12] 25 40 [20/20] 24 [13/11 ] 16 [7/9] Samtals 1143 [538/605] 764 [441/323] 379 [97/282]

Domain administration

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

New Registrations

registered deleted net change 2019 5334 3556 1778 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 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 Júlí 695 32 Júní 758 34 Maí 976 44

Deleted domains

deleted 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 Júlí 502 Júní 538 Maí 699

Registration changes

changed 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 Júlí 1467 Júní 1417 Maí 1468

Domains put on hold

on hold 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 Júlí 792 Júní 737 Maí 862

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

reactivated 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 Júlí 263 Júní 303 Maí 289

Transferred domains (from one registrant to another)

transferred 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 Júlí 268 Júní 210 Maí 237

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

signed 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 Júlí 1633 Júní 1607 Maí 1604

Parked and forwarded domains

parked forwarded 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 Ágúst 11142 5692 Júlí 11109 5622 Júní 11050 5560

Renewals for two or more years.

1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years 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 Júlí 3730 12 3 0 0 Júní 3945 4 2 1 1 Maí 4285 8 2 2 3

Number of nameserver registrations

registered nameservers 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 Júlí 101 Júní 87 Maí 85

Domain names

length number length number length number length number 1 46 2 999 3 4315 4 4713 5 5879 6 6697 7 6487 8 6588 9 6364 10 5736 11 4842 12 3656 13 2889 14 2282 15 1733 16 1343 17 921 18 681 19 507 20 339 21 229 22 140 23 101 24 71 25 48 26 30 27 16 28 11 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 29 1 288 2 112 3 102 4 80 5 41 6 35 7 30 8 37 9 29 a 4159 á 64 b 4306 c 2289 d 2148 ð 1 e 2428 é 7 f 3550 g 3211 h 4570 i 3231 í 99 j 1149 k 2727 l 3209 m 3622 n 2428 o 1477 ó 25 p 2555 q 157 r 2802 s 7422 t 3529 u 851 ú 31 v 2849 w 958 x 250 y 330 ý 2 z 299 þ 116 æ 19 ö 46

Registrant residency

registrant country of residence numer of domains IS 48768 US 5643 NO 1775 DE 1708 GB 1622 SE 953 DK 680 CA 596 NL 550 CH 490 BZ 420 FR 401 AU 296 IT 263 ES 206 AT 190 CZ 174 RU 172 CN 154 FI 134

Domestic registrants in more detail ..

postal code number of domains 101 Reykjavík 4951 105 Reykjavík 4757 108 Reykjavík 3608 110 Reykjavík 3134 200 Kópavogi 2506 104 Reykjavík 2495 210 Garðabæ 2108 220 Hafnarfirði 2045 112 Reykjavík 1792 201 Kópavogi 1739 270 Mosfellsbæ 1262 600 Akureyri 1220 109 Reykjavík 1186 221 Hafnarfirði 1139 203 Kópavogi 1023 107 Reykjavík 1001 113 Reykjavík 879 230 Reykjanesbæ 766 800 Selfossi 748 170 Seltjarnarnesi 629

city/county number of domains Reykjavík 25280 Kópavogi 5275 Hafnarfirði 3209 Garðabæ 2477 Akureyri 1792 Reykjanesbæ 1373 Mosfellsbæ 1340 Selfossi 1161 Seltjarnarnesi 635 Akranesi 401 Borgarnesi 400 Egilsstöðum 297 Grindavík 268 Húsavík 267 Höfn í Hornafirði 259 Vestmannaeyjum 249 Ísafirði 244 Sauðárkróki 224 Hveragerði 213 Hellu 207

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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