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
2023	10180	80933
2022	7869	70753
2021	7625	62884
2020	6851	55259
2019	5424	48408
2018	4272	42984
2017	4012	38712
2016	3563	34700
2015	3469	31137
2014	3231	27668
2013	3038	24437
2012	2643	21399
2011	2305	18756
2010	2333	16451
2009	2167	14118
2008	1820	11951
2007	1567	10131
2006	1277	8564
2005	1299	7287
2004	995	5988
2003	913	4993
2002	903	4080
2001	868	3177
2000	901	2309
1999	565	1408

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
2023	711	4610
2022	384	3899
2021	373	3515
2020	422	3142
2019	292	2720
2018	238	2428
2017	209	2190
2016	179	1981
2015	150	1802
2014	234	1652
2013	162	1418
2012	150	1256
2011	97	1106
2010	149	1009
2009	157	860
2008	167	703
2007	165	536
2006	91	371
2005	238	280
2004	42	42

Number of active domains by registration month in regard to kennitalas

	domestic			foreign
	reg.	total	%	reg.	total	%
November	685	65702	70.14	599	27964	29.86
October	699	65017	70.38	498	27365	29.62
September	678	64318	70.54	491	26867	29.46
August	587	63640	70.70	417	26376	29.30
July	588	63053	70.84	426	25959	29.16
June	624	62465	70.98	396	25533	29.02
May	637	61841	71.10	426	25137	28.90
April	878	61204	71.24	454	24711	28.76
March	738	60326	71.32	460	24257	28.68
February	753	59588	71.46	452	23797	28.54
2024 January	762	58835	71.59	485	23345	28.41
December	595	58073	71.75	394	22860	28.25
November	737	57478	71.90	429	22466	28.10
October	591	56741	72.03	257	22037	27.97
September	660	56150	72.05	306	21780	27.95
August	496	55490	72.10	275	21474	27.90
July	440	54994	72.18	240	21199	27.82
June	503	54554	72.24	241	20959	27.76
May	515	54051	72.29	289	20718	27.71
April	471	53536	72.38	250	20429	27.62
March	596	53065	72.45	311	20179	27.55
February	475	52469	72.53	272	19868	27.47
2023 January	558	51994	72.63	279	19596	27.37
December	364	51436	72.70	250	19317	27.30

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
November	469	30111
October	452	29642
September	460	29190
August	414	28730
July	381	28316
June	406	27935
May	415	27529
April	603	27114
March	489	26511
February	509	26022
2024 January	480	25513
December	382	25033
November	484	24651
October	364	24167
September	399	23803
August	310	23404
July	267	23094
June	296	22827
May	325	22531
April	283	22206
March	358	21923
February	288	21565
2023 January	324	21277
December	211	20953

Age-distribution of registrants, Icelandic individuals

age (years)	number
90-100	105
80-90	127
70-80	1098
60-70	3831
50-60	7043
40-50	8351
30-40	6792
20-30	2570
10-20	194
0-10	0
Mean age	47.5

Registration month

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

month	this year	last year	older
01	1247	837	6501
02	1205	747	6087
03	1198	907	6668
04	1332	721	6003
05	1063	804	5895
06	1020	744	5045
07	1014	680	4615
08	1004	771	5348
09	1169	966	6079
10	1197	848	6457
11	1284	1166	6562
12	0	989	5499

Domain Age Distribution

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

age (years)	number
30-31	11
29-30	50
28-29	78
27-28	243
26-27	406
25-26	555
24-25	889
23-24	883
22-23	913
21-22	900
20-21	948
19-20	1315
18-19	1268
17-18	1559
16-17	1791
15-16	2150
14-15	2277
13-14	2317
12-13	2660
11-12	3011
10-11	3226
9-10	3445
8-9	3532
7-8	3970
6-7	4261
5-6	5356
4-5	6640
3-4	7626
2-3	7863
1-2	9822
0-1	13677
Mean age	7.4

Net number of new domains per month

	new	[dom/for]	%	deleted	[dom/for]	%	net change	[dom/for]	%
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
Júní.	1060	[621 / 439]	1.20	830	[396 / 434]	0.94	230	[225 / 5]	0.26
Maí.	1235	[694 / 541]	1.41	871	[382 / 489]	0.99	364	[312 / 52]	0.41
Apríl.	1086	[590 / 496]	1.24	889	[430 / 459]	1.02	197	[160 / 37]	0.23

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]
21. Dec	20	[9/11]	21	[17/4 ]	-1	[-8/7]
20. Dec	23	[13/10]	23	[16/7 ]	0	[-3/3]
19. Dec	38	[25/13]	18	[10/8 ]	20	[15/5]
18. Dec	36	[26/10]	25	[11/14 ]	11	[15/-4]
17. Dec	37	[16/21]	17	[8/9 ]	20	[8/12]
16. Dec	34	[25/9]	24	[15/9 ]	10	[10/0]
15. Dec	29	[14/15]	22	[14/8 ]	7	[0/7]
14. Dec	38	[16/22]	27	[16/11 ]	11	[0/11]
13. Dec	37	[20/17]	26	[14/12 ]	11	[6/5]
12. Dec	33	[25/8]	42	[22/20 ]	-9	[3/-12]
11. Dec	72	[24/48]	25	[13/12 ]	47	[11/36]
10. Dec	35	[13/22]	31	[13/18 ]	4	[0/4]
09. Dec	76	[32/44]	29	[16/13 ]	47	[16/31]
08. Dec	17	[14/3]	24	[7/17 ]	-7	[7/-14]
07. Dec	79	[14/65]	13	[8/5 ]	66	[6/60]
06. Dec	30	[20/10]	27	[18/9 ]	3	[2/1]
05. Dec	35	[25/10]	28	[20/8 ]	7	[5/2]
04. Dec	37	[21/16]	40	[21/19 ]	-3	[0/-3]
03. Dec	51	[30/21]	32	[16/16 ]	19	[14/5]
02. Dec	34	[20/14]	39	[27/12 ]	-5	[-7/2]
01. Dec	22	[11/11]	33	[17/16 ]	-11	[-6/-5]
30. Nov	28	[15/13]	28	[13/15 ]	0	[2/-2]
29. Nov	38	[18/20]	22	[11/11 ]	16	[7/9]
28. Nov	50	[32/18]	23	[8/15 ]	27	[24/3]
27. Nov	56	[31/25]	23	[13/10 ]	33	[18/15]
26. Nov	46	[21/25]	29	[12/17 ]	17	[9/8]
25. Nov	46	[28/18]	18	[9/9 ]	28	[19/9]
24. Nov	61	[17/44]	30	[15/15 ]	31	[2/29]
23. Nov	28	[9/19]	19	[6/13 ]	9	[3/6]
22. Nov	40	[28/12]	25	[16/9 ]	15	[12/3]
21. Nov	31	[12/19]	34	[22/12 ]	-3	[-10/7]
Total	1237	[624/613]	817	[444/373]	420	[180/240]

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

New Registrations per year

	registered	deleted	net change
2024	13749	9974	3775
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
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
February	1047	41
2023 January	1227	75
December	918	39

Deleted domains

When domain has been purged and is available for registration.

	deleted
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
February	828
2023 January	885
December	882

Registration changes

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

	changed
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
February	1677
2023 January	1711
December	1554

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
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
February	1249
2023 January	1580
December	1405

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

	reactivated
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
February	741
2023 January	482
December	739

Transferred domains

Number of domains transferred from one registrant to another.

	transferred
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
February	294
2023 January	764
December	476

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

Number of domains signed using DNSSEC.

	signed
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
February	3167
2023 January	3167
December	3124

Domains using ISNIC's nameservers

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

	parked	ISNIC DNS Hosting
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
Mars	18082	10665
Febrúar	18077	10562
2023 Janúar	18029	10492

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
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
February	6410	13	10	13	15
2023 January	7220	53	10	9	11
December	5836	31	14	8	10

Number of nameserver registrations

	registered nameservers
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
February	104
2023 January	106
December	108

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	1188	3	5894	4	6705
5	8231	6	9329	7	9111	8	9363
9	8963	10	7901	11	6616	12	5123
13	3858	14	3088	15	2359	16	1775
17	1253	18	868	19	671	20	455
21	275	22	198	23	125	24	94
25	61	26	35	27	28	28	16
29	13	30	8	31	7	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	59	1	393	2	205	3	166
4	100	5	76	6	55	7	72
8	73	9	50	a	5758	á	89
b	6128	c	3200	d	2977	ð	1
e	3378	é	6	f	4789	g	4349
h	6130	i	3957	í	121	j	1617
k	3799	l	4417	m	5281	n	3150
o	2083	ó	43	p	3581	q	236
r	3820	s	10401	t	4871	u	1166
ú	45	v	4107	w	1327	x	335
y	491	ý	4	z	426	þ	216
æ	35	ö	89

Following is information about recidency of registrants

Country

registrant country of residence	numer of domains
IS	65850
US	8850
DE	2155
GB	2153
NO	1822
SE	1268
CA	964
DK	746
HK	723
NL	712
CH	608
FR	604
AU	478
IN	377
IT	372
ES	371
FI	306
CN	290
BG	237
AT	232

Domestic registrants in more detail

Postal code

postal code	number of domains
105 Reykjavík	6021
101 Reykjavík	5563
108 Reykjavík	4273
110 Reykjavík	4228
210 Garðabæ	3540
200 Kópavogi	3271
104 Reykjavík	3199
220 Hafnarfirði	2713
201 Kópavogi	2580
112 Reykjavík	2194
270 Mosfellsbæ	2137
221 Hafnarfirði	1813
600 Akureyri	1662
203 Kópavogi	1557
800 Selfossi	1324
107 Reykjavík	1272
113 Reykjavík	1268
109 Reykjavík	1253
230 Reykjanesbæ	1103
170 Seltjarnarnesi	926

Towns

town/county	number of domains
Reykjavík	31795
Kópavogi	7417
Hafnarfirði	4553
Garðabæ	4039
Akureyri	2497
Mosfellsbæ	2245
Reykjanesbæ	2083
Selfossi	1902
Seltjarnarnesi	930
Akranesi	756
Borgarnesi	451
Hveragerði	398
Egilsstöðum	393
Grindavík	377
Vestmannaeyjum	363
Ísafirði	340
Sauðárkróki	308
Húsavík	307
Höfn í Hornafirði	294
Hellu	285

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	12.42	\|	21	awsdns.net	0.47
2	cloudflare.com	10.03	\|	22	midja.is	0.46
3	registrar-servers.com	4.81	\|	23	digitalocean.com	0.44
4	wixdns.net	1.89	\|	24	wordpress.com	0.43
5	hysingar.is	1.57	\|	25	googledomains.com	0.43
6	hyp.net	1.53	\|	26	awsdns.co.uk	0.42
7	vist.is	1.42	\|	27	thekking.is	0.42
8	netvistun.is	1.00	\|	28	101domain.com	0.42
9	hysing.is	0.86	\|	29	eurodns.com	0.40
10	azure-dns.com	0.81	\|	30	microsoftonline.com	0.39
11	c.is	0.80	\|	31	t.is	0.38
12	xnet.is	0.76	\|	32	dns-parking.com	0.36
13	cscdns.net	0.63	\|	33	dreamhost.com	0.35
14	siteground.net	0.60	\|	34	snerpa.is	0.33
15	simnet.is	0.56	\|	35	nsone.net	0.33
16	stefna.is	0.54	\|	36	vortex.is	0.32
17	markmonitor.com	0.53	\|	37	vercel-dns.com	0.30
18	awsdns.org	0.51	\|	38	reykjavik.is	0.28
19	awsdns.com	0.47	\|	39	okhysing.is	0.28
20	x.is	0.47	\|	40	trademarkarea.com	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: