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	11386	87035
2023	8723	75649
2022	7033	66926
2021	6918	59893
2020	6326	52975
2019	5078	46649
2018	4040	41571
2017	3842	37531
2016	3414	33689
2015	3301	30275
2014	3095	26974
2013	2952	23879
2012	2554	20927
2011	2243	18373
2010	2285	16130
2009	2108	13845
2008	1770	11737
2007	1529	9967
2006	1262	8438
2005	1273	7176
2004	977	5903
2003	898	4926
2002	886	4028
2001	852	3142
2000	892	2290

In March 1999 individuals were allowed to register domains. Below is the number of currently active domains which were registered by individuals.

	registered	total
August	447	31412
July	431	30965
June	436	30534
May	466	30098
April	489	29632
March	531	29143
February	512	28612
2025 January	525	28100
December	358	27575
November	462	27217
October	441	26755
September	433	26314
August	384	25881
July	287	25497
June	315	25210
May	316	24895
April	435	24579
March	359	24144
February	391	23785
2024 January	363	23394
December	297	23031
November	390	22734
October	349	22344
September	389	21995

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

month	this year	last year	older
01	1369	931	6772
02	1236	890	6277
03	1339	828	6968
04	1225	945	6130
05	1111	734	6176
06	1140	751	5326
07	1203	711	4903
08	1269	970	6054
09	0	1133	6979
10	0	1179	7226
11	0	1256	7026
12	0	1058	5818

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

age (years)	number
30-31	31
29-30	67
28-29	183
27-28	368
26-27	494
25-26	810
24-25	923
23-24	848
22-23	880
21-22	922
20-21	1241
19-20	1186
18-19	1452
17-18	1604
16-17	2099
15-16	2173
14-15	2275
13-14	2513
12-13	2894
11-12	3013
10-11	3238
9-10	3268
8-9	3734
7-8	3987
6-7	4598
5-6	5778
4-5	6832
3-4	7011
2-3	7830
1-2	10138
0-1	14506
Mean age	7.5

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]
13. Sep	29	[16/13]	29	[15/14 ]	0	[1/-1]
12. Sep	36	[23/13]	18	[6/12 ]	18	[17/1]
11. Sep	50	[33/17]	28	[18/10 ]	22	[15/7]
10. Sep	40	[21/19]	57	[47/10 ]	-17	[-26/9]
09. Sep	52	[28/24]	34	[21/13 ]	18	[7/11]
08. Sep	50	[29/21]	33	[20/13 ]	17	[9/8]
07. Sep	24	[10/14]	28	[13/15 ]	-4	[-3/-1]
06. Sep	19	[6/13]	22	[13/9 ]	-3	[-7/4]
05. Sep	46	[30/16]	35	[22/13 ]	11	[8/3]
04. Sep	54	[32/22]	43	[25/18 ]	11	[7/4]
03. Sep	61	[48/13]	43	[22/21 ]	18	[26/-8]
02. Sep	78	[53/25]	27	[14/13 ]	51	[39/12]
01. Sep	56	[38/18]	32	[26/6 ]	24	[12/12]
31. Aug	36	[17/19]	19	[6/13 ]	17	[11/6]
30. Aug	37	[18/19]	20	[11/9 ]	17	[7/10]
29. Aug	63	[32/31]	19	[11/8 ]	44	[21/23]
28. Aug	56	[34/22]	17	[12/5 ]	39	[22/17]
27. Aug	37	[16/21]	19	[10/9 ]	18	[6/12]
26. Aug	38	[21/17]	21	[10/11 ]	17	[11/6]
25. Aug	44	[28/16]	26	[16/10 ]	18	[12/6]
24. Aug	29	[13/16]	24	[16/8 ]	5	[-3/8]
23. Aug	15	[8/7]	21	[7/14 ]	-6	[1/-7]
22. Aug	38	[25/13]	26	[16/10 ]	12	[9/3]
21. Aug	49	[33/16]	21	[14/7 ]	28	[19/9]
20. Aug	61	[27/34]	23	[17/6 ]	38	[10/28]
19. Aug	49	[32/17]	29	[12/17 ]	20	[20/0]
18. Aug	56	[35/21]	22	[20/2 ]	34	[15/19]
17. Aug	33	[16/17]	24	[12/12 ]	9	[4/5]
16. Aug	47	[16/31]	15	[7/8 ]	32	[9/23]
15. Aug	40	[18/22]	28	[18/10 ]	12	[0/12]
14. Aug	52	[37/15]	29	[19/10 ]	23	[18/5]
Total	1375	[793/582]	832	[496/336]	543	[297/246]

When domain has been purged and is available for registration.

	deleted
August	741
July	878
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

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

	changed
August	1675
July	1869
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

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
August	1272
July	1020
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

Domains can be put on hold temporarily. This is the number of reactivated domains.

	reactivated
August	479
July	356
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

Number of domains transferred from one registrant to another.

	transferred
August	232
July	240
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

Number of domains signed using DNSSEC.

	signed
August	3438
July	3412
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

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

	parked	ISNIC DNS Hosting
September	20920	12965
Ágúst	20883	12980
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

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
August	6668	52	15	1	20
July	5674	36	9	7	12
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

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	1267	3	6075	4	6931
5	8497	6	9636	7	9426	8	9679
9	9307	10	8229	11	6917	12	5250
13	3960	14	3223	15	2432	16	1828
17	1291	18	896	19	677	20	466
21	290	22	196	23	124	24	104
25	65	26	35	27	27	28	12
29	14	30	8	31	9	32	6
33	1	34	3	35	1	36	2
37	1	38	1	40	1

Postal code

postal code	number of domains
105 Reykjavík	5917
101 Reykjavík	5718
110 Reykjavík	4343
108 Reykjavík	4288
210 Garðabæ	3726
200 Kópavogi	3445
104 Reykjavík	3304
220 Hafnarfirði	2781
201 Kópavogi	2655
112 Reykjavík	2314
270 Mosfellsbæ	2167
221 Hafnarfirði	1989
600 Akureyri	1708
203 Kópavogi	1693
800 Selfossi	1429
107 Reykjavík	1336
109 Reykjavík	1335
113 Reykjavík	1299
230 Reykjanesbæ	1199
170 Seltjarnarnesi	914

Towns

town/county	number of domains
Reykjavík	32361
Kópavogi	7802
Hafnarfirði	4798
Garðabæ	4248
Akureyri	2602
Mosfellsbæ	2270
Reykjanesbæ	2187
Selfossi	2019
Seltjarnarnesi	918
Akranesi	771
Borgarnesi	442
Egilsstöðum	435
Hveragerði	413
Vestmannaeyjum	372
Grindavík	352
Ísafirði	336
Húsavík	318
Sauðárkróki	309
Hellu	299
Höfn í Hornafirði	274

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	12.03	|	21	awsdns.net	0.44
2	cloudflare.com	11.28	|	22	midja.is	0.43
3	registrar-servers.com	5.47	|	23	wordpress.com	0.43
4	wixdns.net	1.93	|	24	thekking.is	0.42
5	hyp.net	1.41	|	25	googledomains.com	0.40
6	hysingar.is	1.37	|	26	awsdns.co.uk	0.39
7	vist.is	1.31	|	27	digitalocean.com	0.39
8	netvistun.is	1.18	|	28	vercel-dns.com	0.39
9	hysing.is	0.81	|	29	101domain.com	0.39
10	azure-dns.com	0.80	|	30	microsoftonline.com	0.38
11	xnet.is	0.74	|	31	eurodns.com	0.38
12	c.is	0.69	|	32	x.is	0.36
13	cscdns.net	0.61	|	33	nsone.net	0.36
14	siteground.net	0.59	|	34	t.is	0.35
15	markmonitor.com	0.53	|	35	dreamhost.com	0.34
16	stefna.is	0.52	|	36	vortex.is	0.31
17	awsdns.org	0.50	|	37	snerpa.is	0.30
18	simnet.is	0.50	|	38	okhysing.is	0.28
19	dns-parking.com	0.49	|	39	reykjavik.is	0.28
20	awsdns.com	0.45	|	40	netim.net	0.26

See past years.

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: