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	13082	91359
2023	9357	78277
2022	7408	68920
2021	7282	61512
2020	6614	54230
2019	5262	47616
2018	4161	42354
2017	3948	38193
2016	3489	34245
2015	3392	30756
2014	3178	27364
2013	3011	24186
2012	2594	21175
2011	2272	18581
2010	2315	16309
2009	2141	13994
2008	1792	11853
2007	1551	10061
2006	1273	8510
2005	1285	7237
2004	989	5952
2003	907	4963
2002	895	4056
2001	862	3161
2000	895	2299

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	998	5484
2023	667	4486
2022	366	3819
2021	354	3453
2020	411	3099
2019	284	2688
2018	233	2404
2017	207	2171
2016	178	1964
2015	148	1786
2014	232	1638
2013	162	1406
2012	149	1244
2011	96	1095
2010	149	999
2009	155	850
2008	162	695
2007	164	533
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	%
March	807	66718	69.96	554	28644	30.04
February	759	65911	70.12	491	28090	29.88
2025 January	788	65152	70.24	604	27599	29.76
December	525	64364	70.45	558	26995	29.55
November	683	63839	70.72	585	26437	29.28
October	699	63156	70.96	486	25852	29.04
September	671	62457	71.12	483	25366	28.88
August	586	61786	71.29	411	24883	28.71
July	584	61200	71.44	420	24472	28.56
June	622	60616	71.59	396	24052	28.41
May	635	59994	71.72	425	23656	28.28
April	850	59359	71.87	446	23231	28.13
March	699	58509	71.97	454	22785	28.03
February	631	57810	72.14	287	22331	27.86
2024 January	622	57179	72.17	324	22044	27.83
December	482	56557	72.25	266	21720	27.75
November	630	56075	72.33	277	21454	27.67
October	587	55445	72.36	244	21177	27.64
September	658	54858	72.38	304	20933	27.62
August	494	54200	72.43	275	20629	27.57
July	440	53706	72.52	239	20354	27.48
June	502	53266	72.59	241	20115	27.41
May	510	52764	72.64	289	19874	27.36
April	463	52254	72.74	249	19585	27.26

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
March	534	30722
February	514	30188
2025 January	527	29674
December	361	29147
November	465	28786
October	449	28321
September	451	27872
August	411	27421
July	370	27010
June	404	26640
May	411	26236
April	563	25825
March	448	25262
February	400	24814
2024 January	369	24414
December	298	24045
November	400	23747
October	361	23347
September	398	22986
August	308	22588
July	264	22280
June	296	22016
May	323	21720
April	276	21397

Age-distribution of registrants, Icelandic individuals

age (years)	number
90-100	107
80-90	182
70-80	1209
60-70	4177
50-60	7320
40-50	8567
30-40	6608
20-30	2390
10-20	162
0-10	0
Mean age	48.2

Registration month

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

month	this year	last year	older
01	1392	946	6786
02	1250	918	6307
03	1361	1153	7496
04	0	1296	6682
05	0	1060	6682
06	0	1018	5780
07	0	1004	5288
08	0	997	6109
09	0	1154	7032
10	0	1185	7244
11	0	1268	7048
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	16
29-30	57
28-29	113
27-28	315
26-27	456
25-26	678
24-25	930
23-24	842
22-23	895
21-22	914
20-21	1048
19-20	1315
18-19	1344
17-18	1553
16-17	1960
15-16	2108
14-15	2356
13-14	2388
12-13	2727
11-12	3158
10-11	3116
9-10	3469
8-9	3601
7-8	3954
6-7	4258
5-6	5540
4-5	7021
3-4	7426
2-3	7565
1-2	10141
0-1	14068
Mean age	7.4

Net number of new domains per month

	new	[dom/for]	%	deleted	[dom/for]	%	net change	[dom/for]	%
Mars.	1365	[824 / 541]	1.43	930	[516 / 414]	0.98	435	[308 / 127]	0.46
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

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]
23. Apr	59	[38/21]	37	[23/14 ]	22	[15/7]
22. Apr	46	[28/18]	35	[21/14 ]	11	[7/4]
21. Apr	22	[11/11]	30	[13/17 ]	-8	[-2/-6]
20. Apr	29	[13/16]	20	[9/11 ]	9	[4/5]
19. Apr	24	[21/3]	27	[14/13 ]	-3	[7/-10]
18. Apr	22	[11/11]	26	[10/16 ]	-4	[1/-5]
17. Apr	46	[25/21]	30	[14/16 ]	16	[11/5]
16. Apr	57	[27/30]	31	[16/15 ]	26	[11/15]
15. Apr	54	[34/20]	33	[12/21 ]	21	[22/-1]
14. Apr	47	[31/16]	36	[19/17 ]	11	[12/-1]
13. Apr	24	[14/10]	51	[40/11 ]	-27	[-26/-1]
12. Apr	24	[13/11]	33	[18/15 ]	-9	[-5/-4]
11. Apr	28	[16/12]	26	[14/12 ]	2	[2/0]
10. Apr	54	[33/21]	27	[11/16 ]	27	[22/5]
09. Apr	40	[27/13]	26	[8/18 ]	14	[19/-5]
08. Apr	49	[24/25]	27	[13/14 ]	22	[11/11]
07. Apr	67	[44/23]	32	[21/11 ]	35	[23/12]
06. Apr	23	[16/7]	10	[6/4 ]	13	[10/3]
05. Apr	41	[15/26]	35	[19/16 ]	6	[-4/10]
04. Apr	82	[19/63]	50	[15/35 ]	32	[4/28]
03. Apr	61	[38/23]	37	[22/15 ]	24	[16/8]
02. Apr	47	[30/17]	65	[31/34 ]	-18	[-1/-17]
01. Apr	65	[34/31]	28	[11/17 ]	37	[23/14]
31. Mar	47	[37/10]	39	[32/7 ]	8	[5/3]
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]
Total	1344	[773/571]	971	[491/480]	373	[282/91]

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

New Registrations per year

	registered	deleted	net change
2025	5043	3349	1694
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
March	1365	80
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

Deleted domains

When domain has been purged and is available for registration.

	deleted
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
August	782
July	797
June	830
May	871
April	889

Registration changes

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

	changed
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
August	1450
July	1219
June	1470
May	1678
April	1375

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
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
August	1069
July	1034
June	1030
May	1249
April	1241

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

	reactivated
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
August	409
July	376
June	450
May	458
April	506

Transferred domains

Number of domains transferred from one registrant to another.

	transferred
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
August	184
July	204
June	290
May	344
April	224

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

Number of domains signed using DNSSEC.

	signed
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
August	2908
July	2926
June	2863
May	2806
April	3139

Domains using ISNIC's nameservers

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

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

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
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
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

Number of nameserver registrations

	registered nameservers
March	93
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

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	1246	3	5974	4	6830
5	8370	6	9487	7	9245	8	9535
9	9139	10	8072	11	6772	12	5199
13	3917	14	3164	15	2408	16	1792
17	1279	18	882	19	666	20	460
21	282	22	195	23	127	24	96
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	381	2	207	3	162
4	104	5	79	6	54	7	72
8	90	9	59	a	5826	á	93
b	6231	c	3252	d	3016	ð	1
e	3435	é	4	f	4891	g	4466
h	6244	i	3994	í	125	j	1637
k	3907	l	4505	m	5418	n	3216
o	2101	ó	46	p	3626	q	248
r	3908	s	10579	t	4942	u	1203
ú	51	v	4149	w	1363	x	340
y	492	ý	3	z	434	þ	221
æ	38	ö	91

Following is information about recidency of registrants

Country

registrant country of residence	numer of domains
IS	66901
US	9297
GB	2167
DE	2144
NO	1778
SE	1279
CA	943
HK	786
DK	738
NL	726
CH	633
FR	615
AU	471
IT	375
IN	366
ES	355
CN	306
RO	273
AT	242
PL	224

Domestic registrants in more detail

Postal code

postal code	number of domains
105 Reykjavík	5994
101 Reykjavík	5638
110 Reykjavík	4316
108 Reykjavík	4278
210 Garðabæ	3665
200 Kópavogi	3354
104 Reykjavík	3217
220 Hafnarfirði	2728
201 Kópavogi	2659
112 Reykjavík	2253
270 Mosfellsbæ	2167
221 Hafnarfirði	1864
600 Akureyri	1682
203 Kópavogi	1622
800 Selfossi	1365
107 Reykjavík	1320
109 Reykjavík	1299
113 Reykjavík	1277
230 Reykjanesbæ	1171
170 Seltjarnarnesi	922

Towns

town/county	number of domains
Reykjavík	32092
Kópavogi	7644
Hafnarfirði	4620
Garðabæ	4181
Akureyri	2552
Mosfellsbæ	2271
Reykjanesbæ	2144
Selfossi	1966
Seltjarnarnesi	926
Akranesi	745
Borgarnesi	461
Egilsstöðum	411
Hveragerði	410
Grindavík	372
Vestmannaeyjum	358
Ísafirði	345
Húsavík	311
Sauðárkróki	301
Höfn í Hornafirði	294
Hellu	277

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	10.44	\|	22	wordpress.com	0.44
3	registrar-servers.com	5.14	\|	23	googledomains.com	0.43
4	wixdns.net	1.90	\|	24	thekking.is	0.42
5	hysingar.is	1.48	\|	25	x.is	0.41
6	hyp.net	1.47	\|	26	dns-parking.com	0.41
7	vist.is	1.41	\|	27	awsdns.co.uk	0.41
8	netvistun.is	1.08	\|	28	101domain.com	0.41
9	hysing.is	0.83	\|	29	digitalocean.com	0.40
10	azure-dns.com	0.82	\|	30	microsoftonline.com	0.39
11	c.is	0.76	\|	31	eurodns.com	0.38
12	xnet.is	0.75	\|	32	t.is	0.38
13	cscdns.net	0.62	\|	33	nsone.net	0.36
14	siteground.net	0.58	\|	34	vercel-dns.com	0.35
15	markmonitor.com	0.53	\|	35	dreamhost.com	0.35
16	stefna.is	0.53	\|	36	snerpa.is	0.32
17	simnet.is	0.52	\|	37	vortex.is	0.31
18	awsdns.org	0.51	\|	38	reykjavik.is	0.28
19	awsdns.com	0.46	\|	39	okhysing.is	0.28
20	awsdns.net	0.45	\|	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: