Number of currently active domains by 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.

year	registered	total
2024	13420	92274
2023	9476	78854
2022	7533	69378
2021	7360	61845
2020	6670	54485
2019	5298	47815
2018	4184	42517
2017	3965	38333
2016	3504	34368
2015	3420	30864
2014	3189	27444
2013	3017	24255
2012	2609	21238
2011	2284	18629
2010	2319	16345
2009	2150	14026
2008	1800	11876
2007	1555	10076
2006	1273	8521
2005	1288	7248
2004	990	5960
2003	909	4970
2002	895	4061
2001	864	3166
2000	897	2302

Current number of IDN domains by year of creation

IDN registrations began 2004. This is the number of registrations that still exist by year of creation.

year	registered	total
2024	1018	5526
2023	672	4508
2022	368	3836
2021	358	3468
2020	415	3110
2019	284	2695
2018	234	2411
2017	207	2177
2016	178	1970
2015	148	1792
2014	232	1644
2013	162	1412
2012	150	1250
2011	96	1100
2010	149	1004
2009	156	855
2008	165	699
2007	165	534
2006	91	369
2005	237	278
2004	41	41

Number of active domains by registration month in regard to kennitalas

	domestic			foreign
	reg.	total	%	reg.	total	%
February	759	66409	69.96	496	28518	30.04
2025 January	789	65650	70.08	609	28022	29.92
December	525	64861	70.29	558	27413	29.71
November	683	64336	70.55	588	26855	29.45
October	699	63653	70.79	488	26267	29.21
September	672	62954	70.95	486	25779	29.05
August	586	62282	71.12	411	25293	28.88
July	585	61696	71.26	421	24882	28.74
June	622	61111	71.41	396	24461	28.59
May	635	60489	71.54	425	24065	28.46
April	875	59854	71.69	447	23640	28.31
March	710	58979	71.78	458	23193	28.22
February	718	58269	71.93	450	22735	28.07
2024 January	637	57551	72.09	345	22285	27.91
December	482	56914	72.18	266	21940	27.82
November	630	56432	72.25	277	21674	27.75
October	587	55802	72.28	244	21397	27.72
September	657	55215	72.30	305	21153	27.70
August	495	54558	72.35	275	20848	27.65
July	440	54063	72.44	239	20573	27.56
June	502	53623	72.51	241	20334	27.49
May	510	53121	72.56	289	20093	27.44
April	469	52611	72.65	249	19804	27.35
March	586	52142	72.73	311	19555	27.27

Domains registered to individuals

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

	registered	total
February	516	30533
2025 January	529	30017
December	361	29488
November	465	29127
October	451	28662
September	452	28211
August	411	27759
July	372	27348
June	404	26976
May	411	26572
April	592	26161
March	463	25569
February	467	25106
2024 January	384	24639
December	298	24255
November	400	23957
October	361	23557
September	398	23196
August	309	22798
July	266	22489
June	295	22223
May	324	21928
April	282	21604
March	344	21322

Age-distribution of registrants, Icelandic individuals

age (years)	number
90-100	107
80-90	181
70-80	1210
60-70	4191
50-60	7295
40-50	8522
30-40	6538
20-30	2338
10-20	151
0-10	0
Mean age	48.3

Registration month

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

month	this year	last year	older
01	1398	982	6842
02	1255	1168	6764
03	0	1168	7520
04	0	1322	6710
05	0	1060	6684
06	0	1018	5783
07	0	1006	5288
08	0	997	6111
09	0	1158	7035
10	0	1187	7244
11	0	1271	7050
12	0	1083	5829

Domain Age Distribution

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

age (years)	number
30-31	10
29-30	61
28-29	98
27-28	296
26-27	447
25-26	639
24-25	947
23-24	844
22-23	873
21-22	923
20-21	1028
19-20	1302
18-19	1350
17-18	1562
16-17	1862
15-16	2136
14-15	2369
13-14	2357
12-13	2642
11-12	3039
10-11	3306
9-10	3455
8-9	3600
7-8	3950
6-7	4250
5-6	5406
4-5	6986
3-4	7515
2-3	7546
1-2	10175
0-1	13923
Mean age	7.4

Net number of new domains per month

	new	[dom/for]	%	deleted	[dom/for]	%	net change	[dom/for]	%
Febrúar.	1260	[779 / 481]	1.33	880	[503 / 377]	0.93	380	[276 / 104]	0.40
2025 Janúar.	1407	[809 / 598]	1.49	787	[435 / 352]	0.83	620	[374 / 246]	0.66
Desember.	1095	[542 / 553]	1.17	834	[461 / 373]	0.89	261	[81 / 180]	0.28
Nóvember.	1292	[698 / 594]	1.38	822	[458 / 364]	0.88	470	[240 / 230]	0.50
Október.	1202	[712 / 490]	1.29	810	[428 / 382]	0.87	392	[284 / 108]	0.42
September.	1178	[694 / 484]	1.27	825	[421 / 404]	0.89	353	[273 / 80]	0.38
Ágúst.	1015	[600 / 415]	1.10	761	[378 / 383]	0.82	254	[222 / 32]	0.27
Júlí.	1034	[598 / 436]	1.12	739	[372 / 367]	0.80	295	[226 / 69]	0.32
Júní.	1027	[626 / 401]	1.12	889	[459 / 430]	0.97	138	[167 / -29]	0.15
Maí.	1090	[656 / 434]	1.19	914	[481 / 433]	1.00	176	[175 / 1]	0.19
Apríl.	1354	[896 / 458]	1.48	915	[489 / 426]	1.00	439	[407 / 32]	0.48
Mars.	1241	[753 / 488]	1.36	963	[510 / 453]	1.06	278	[243 / 35]	0.30
Febrúar.	1225	[778 / 447]	1.35	855	[463 / 392]	0.94	370	[315 / 55]	0.41
2024 Janúar.	1278	[776 / 502]	1.41	915	[423 / 492]	1.01	363	[353 / 10]	0.40
Desember.	1046	[624 / 422]	1.16	999	[445 / 554]	1.11	47	[179 / -132]	0.05
Nóvember.	1241	[785 / 456]	1.38	801	[416 / 385]	0.89	440	[369 / 71]	0.49
Október.	1180	[741 / 439]	1.32	780	[399 / 381]	0.87	400	[342 / 58]	0.45
September.	1297	[818 / 479]	1.45	770	[362 / 408]	0.86	527	[456 / 71]	0.59
Ágúst.	1151	[616 / 535]	1.30	782	[339 / 443]	0.88	369	[277 / 92]	0.42
Júlí.	1085	[561 / 524]	1.23	797	[324 / 473]	0.90	288	[237 / 51]	0.33

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]
30. Mar	25	[17/8]	34	[9/25 ]	-9	[8/-17]
29. Mar	25	[13/12]	15	[9/6 ]	10	[4/6]
28. Mar	31	[17/14]	26	[11/15 ]	5	[6/-1]
27. Mar	55	[29/26]	26	[14/12 ]	29	[15/14]
26. Mar	61	[36/25]	31	[13/18 ]	30	[23/7]
25. Mar	41	[27/14]	27	[15/12 ]	14	[12/2]
24. Mar	48	[35/13]	21	[8/13 ]	27	[27/0]
23. Mar	20	[14/6]	30	[13/17 ]	-10	[1/-11]
22. Mar	30	[15/15]	18	[9/9 ]	12	[6/6]
21. Mar	47	[32/15]	42	[29/13 ]	5	[3/2]
20. Mar	75	[42/33]	38	[12/26 ]	37	[30/7]
19. Mar	37	[24/13]	49	[32/17 ]	-12	[-8/-4]
18. Mar	52	[34/18]	32	[22/10 ]	20	[12/8]
17. Mar	55	[33/22]	31	[20/11 ]	24	[13/11]
16. Mar	27	[16/11]	28	[15/13 ]	-1	[1/-2]
15. Mar	27	[15/12]	27	[17/10 ]	0	[-2/2]
14. Mar	41	[25/16]	24	[14/10 ]	17	[11/6]
13. Mar	56	[27/29]	42	[22/20 ]	14	[5/9]
12. Mar	54	[37/17]	36	[19/17 ]	18	[18/0]
11. Mar	42	[17/25]	19	[11/8 ]	23	[6/17]
10. Mar	53	[32/21]	34	[23/11 ]	19	[9/10]
09. Mar	37	[21/16]	29	[18/11 ]	8	[3/5]
08. Mar	31	[21/10]	22	[11/11 ]	9	[10/-1]
07. Mar	45	[20/25]	35	[16/19 ]	10	[4/6]
06. Mar	62	[43/19]	43	[26/17 ]	19	[17/2]
05. Mar	54	[35/19]	21	[11/10 ]	33	[24/9]
04. Mar	58	[31/27]	31	[17/14 ]	27	[14/13]
03. Mar	59	[32/27]	26	[16/10 ]	33	[16/17]
02. Mar	34	[22/12]	25	[15/10 ]	9	[7/2]
01. Mar	36	[25/11]	29	[17/12 ]	7	[8/-1]
28. Feb	34	[26/8]	26	[17/9 ]	8	[9/-1]
Total	1352	[813/539]	917	[501/416]	435	[312/123]

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

New Registrations per year

	registered	deleted	net change
2025	3985	2558	1427
2024	14031	10242	3789
2023	13955	10233	3722
2022	13895	9753	4142
2021	14825	8224	6601
2020	13896	8586	5310
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

Registrations per month

	registered	/IDN
February	1260	95
2025 January	1407	133
December	1095	59
November	1292	93
October	1202	80
September	1178	89
August	1015	71
July	1034	66
June	1027	78
May	1090	79
April	1354	143
March	1241	103
February	1225	105
2024 January	1278	114
December	1046	79
November	1241	91
October	1180	96
September	1297	106
August	1151	96
July	1085	59
June	1060	77
May	1235	65
April	1086	41
March	1300	65

Deleted domains

When domain has been purged and is available for registration.

	deleted
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
August	782
July	797
June	830
May	871
April	889
March	1001

Registration changes

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

	changed
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
August	1450
July	1219
June	1470
May	1678
April	1375
March	1705

Domains put on hold

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
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
August	1069
July	1034
June	1030
May	1249
April	1241
March	1379

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

	reactivated
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
August	409
July	376
June	450
May	458
April	506
March	580

Transferred domains

Number of domains transferred from one registrant to another.

	transferred
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
August	184
July	204
June	290
May	344
April	224
March	339

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

Number of domains signed using DNSSEC.

	signed
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
August	2908
July	2926
June	2863
May	2806
April	3139
March	3172

Domains using ISNIC's nameservers

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

	parked	ISNIC DNS Hosting
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
September	18638	11256
Ágúst	18565	11147
Júlí	18502	11083
Júní	18368	11002
Maí	18273	10875
Apríl	18241	10776

Renewals for two or more years

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
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
August	6355	45	14	2	9
July	5313	34	2	0	13
June	5265	39	10	6	13
May	5850	30	9	4	14
April	5954	23	9	6	9
March	7066	37	8	6	10

Number of nameserver registrations

	registered nameservers
February	66
2025 January	76
December	49
November	90
October	96
September	86
August	50
July	66
June	72
May	60
April	64
March	70
February	77
2024 January	98
December	68
November	79
October	100
September	88
August	59
July	76
June	96
May	101
April	122
March	109

Domain names

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	1242	3	5961	4	6783
5	8331	6	9426	7	9213	8	9491
9	9109	10	8032	11	6728	12	5201
13	3897	14	3145	15	2387	16	1785
17	1267	18	884	19	665	20	456
21	279	22	197	23	128	24	95
25	61	26	36	27	28	28	16
29	13	30	8	31	8	32	6
33	1	34	3	35	1	36	1
37	1	38	1	40	1

First character of a domain name

letter	number	letter	number	letter	number	letter	number
0	64	1	397	2	207	3	165
4	104	5	80	6	56	7	73
8	91	9	57	a	5815	á	92
b	6204	c	3234	d	3004	ð	1
e	3419	é	5	f	4866	g	4427
h	6213	i	3990	í	127	j	1623
k	3870	l	4480	m	5384	n	3192
o	2106	ó	45	p	3624	q	245
r	3899	s	10516	t	4935	u	1190
ú	50	v	4123	w	1352	x	337
y	492	ý	3	z	434	þ	215
æ	36	ö	91

Following is information about recidency of registrants

Country

registrant country of residence	numer of domains
IS	66589
US	9224
GB	2158
DE	2155
NO	1780
SE	1278
CA	955
HK	774
DK	743
NL	727
CH	620
FR	606
AU	471
ES	385
IT	375
IN	365
CN	300
RO	271
AT	240
BG	224

Domestic registrants in more detail

Postal code

postal code	number of domains
105 Reykjavík	5971
101 Reykjavík	5630
110 Reykjavík	4279
108 Reykjavík	4245
210 Garðabæ	3618
200 Kópavogi	3336
104 Reykjavík	3234
220 Hafnarfirði	2707
201 Kópavogi	2641
112 Reykjavík	2254
270 Mosfellsbæ	2158
221 Hafnarfirði	1867
600 Akureyri	1678
203 Kópavogi	1588
800 Selfossi	1365
107 Reykjavík	1319
113 Reykjavík	1278
109 Reykjavík	1278
230 Reykjanesbæ	1152
170 Seltjarnarnesi	925

Towns

town/county	number of domains
Reykjavík	31978
Kópavogi	7574
Hafnarfirði	4602
Garðabæ	4132
Akureyri	2543
Mosfellsbæ	2258
Reykjanesbæ	2133
Selfossi	1947
Seltjarnarnesi	929
Akranesi	761
Borgarnesi	461
Egilsstöðum	409
Hveragerði	408
Grindavík	373
Vestmannaeyjum	356
Ísafirði	346
Húsavík	310
Sauðárkróki	302
Höfn í Hornafirði	298
Hellu	279

Companies hosting .IS domains

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	12.26	\|	21	midja.is	0.45
2	cloudflare.com	10.39	\|	22	wordpress.com	0.44
3	registrar-servers.com	5.11	\|	23	googledomains.com	0.43
4	wixdns.net	1.87	\|	24	thekking.is	0.43
5	hysingar.is	1.49	\|	25	x.is	0.42
6	hyp.net	1.49	\|	26	101domain.com	0.41
7	vist.is	1.43	\|	27	awsdns.co.uk	0.41
8	netvistun.is	1.05	\|	28	digitalocean.com	0.40
9	hysing.is	0.84	\|	29	microsoftonline.com	0.39
10	azure-dns.com	0.81	\|	30	eurodns.com	0.39
11	c.is	0.77	\|	31	dns-parking.com	0.38
12	xnet.is	0.75	\|	32	t.is	0.38
13	cscdns.net	0.62	\|	33	dreamhost.com	0.35
14	siteground.net	0.58	\|	34	vercel-dns.com	0.34
15	simnet.is	0.53	\|	35	nsone.net	0.34
16	markmonitor.com	0.53	\|	36	snerpa.is	0.32
17	stefna.is	0.53	\|	37	vortex.is	0.31
18	awsdns.org	0.51	\|	38	reykjavik.is	0.28
19	awsdns.com	0.47	\|	39	okhysing.is	0.28
20	awsdns.net	0.46	\|	40	netim.net	0.28

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: