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	13735	93145
2023	9642	79410
2022	7612	69768
2021	7433	62156
2020	6723	54723
2019	5341	48000
2018	4213	42659
2017	3983	38446
2016	3523	34463
2015	3439	30940
2014	3200	27501
2013	3020	24301
2012	2621	21281
2011	2292	18660
2010	2320	16368
2009	2152	14048
2008	1802	11896
2007	1557	10094
2006	1274	8537
2005	1291	7263
2004	991	5972
2003	910	4981
2002	900	4071
2001	865	3171
2000	900	2306

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	1039	5574
2023	685	4535
2022	374	3850
2021	362	3476
2020	415	3114
2019	284	2699
2018	236	2415
2017	208	2179
2016	178	1971
2015	148	1793
2014	233	1645
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	%
2025 January	789	66140	69.95	613	28407	30.05
December	526	65351	70.16	563	27794	29.84
November	684	64825	70.42	596	27231	29.58
October	699	64141	70.66	495	26635	29.34
September	673	63442	70.82	490	26140	29.18
August	587	62769	70.99	412	25650	29.01
July	584	62182	71.13	423	25238	28.87
June	624	61598	71.28	396	24815	28.72
May	637	60974	71.40	425	24419	28.60
April	876	60337	71.55	454	23994	28.45
March	736	59461	71.64	458	23540	28.36
February	731	58725	71.78	452	23082	28.22
2024 January	731	57994	71.93	483	22630	28.07
December	486	57263	72.11	272	22147	27.89
November	631	56777	72.19	277	21875	27.81
October	587	56146	72.22	244	21598	27.78
September	660	55559	72.24	306	21354	27.76
August	495	54899	72.29	275	21048	27.71
July	441	54404	72.37	239	20773	27.63
June	503	53963	72.44	241	20534	27.56
May	510	53460	72.49	289	20293	27.51
April	470	52950	72.58	249	20004	27.42
March	594	52480	72.65	311	19755	27.35
February	467	51886	72.74	272	19444	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
2025 January	531	30372
December	363	29841
November	466	29478
October	450	29012
September	453	28562
August	411	28109
July	373	27698
June	406	27325
May	413	26919
April	593	26506
March	487	25913
February	481	25426
2024 January	456	24945
December	303	24489
November	401	24186
October	361	23785
September	400	23424
August	309	23024
July	267	22715
June	295	22448
May	324	22153
April	282	21829
March	352	21547
February	281	21195

Age-distribution of registrants, Icelandic individuals

age (years)	number
90-100	107
80-90	177
70-80	1210
60-70	4181
50-60	7285
40-50	8509
30-40	6483
20-30	2277
10-20	143
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	1402	1214	7280
02	0	1183	6792
03	0	1194	7557
04	0	1330	6717
05	0	1062	6688
06	0	1020	5786
07	0	1007	5292
08	0	999	6115
09	0	1163	7039
10	0	1194	7245
11	0	1280	7056
12	0	1089	5849

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	60
28-29	85
27-28	278
26-27	442
25-26	613
24-25	921
23-24	867
22-23	860
21-22	934
20-21	1004
19-20	1291
18-19	1349
17-18	1534
16-17	1806
15-16	2183
14-15	2338
13-14	2334
12-13	2629
11-12	3015
10-11	3303
9-10	3452
8-9	3593
7-8	3969
6-7	4257
5-6	5380
4-5	6889
3-4	7585
2-3	7614
1-2	10043
0-1	13881
Mean age	7.4

Net number of new domains per month

	new	[dom/for]	%	deleted	[dom/for]	%	net change	[dom/for]	%
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
Júní.	1060	[621 / 439]	1.20	830	[396 / 434]	0.94	230	[225 / 5]	0.26

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. Feb	41	[21/20]	35	[28/7 ]	6	[-7/13]
20. Feb	52	[41/11]	37	[30/7 ]	15	[11/4]
19. Feb	47	[28/19]	29	[13/16 ]	18	[15/3]
18. Feb	67	[40/27]	58	[36/22 ]	9	[4/5]
17. Feb	54	[33/21]	37	[22/15 ]	17	[11/6]
16. Feb	31	[15/16]	18	[8/10 ]	13	[7/6]
15. Feb	37	[19/18]	19	[8/11 ]	18	[11/7]
14. Feb	51	[33/18]	48	[16/32 ]	3	[17/-14]
13. Feb	52	[36/16]	25	[20/5 ]	27	[16/11]
12. Feb	65	[33/32]	31	[19/12 ]	34	[14/20]
11. Feb	47	[36/11]	40	[26/14 ]	7	[10/-3]
10. Feb	56	[30/26]	25	[13/12 ]	31	[17/14]
09. Feb	30	[20/10]	36	[20/16 ]	-6	[0/-6]
08. Feb	23	[15/8]	48	[15/33 ]	-25	[0/-25]
07. Feb	45	[29/16]	27	[13/14 ]	18	[16/2]
06. Feb	52	[38/14]	32	[21/11 ]	20	[17/3]
05. Feb	62	[46/16]	29	[21/8 ]	33	[25/8]
04. Feb	54	[34/20]	40	[22/18 ]	14	[12/2]
03. Feb	67	[45/22]	23	[17/6 ]	44	[28/16]
02. Feb	39	[24/15]	32	[15/17 ]	7	[9/-2]
01. Feb	28	[14/14]	22	[11/11 ]	6	[3/3]
31. Jan	47	[20/27]	18	[12/6 ]	29	[8/21]
30. Jan	34	[19/15]	38	[24/14 ]	-4	[-5/1]
29. Jan	39	[17/22]	27	[15/12 ]	12	[2/10]
28. Jan	48	[30/18]	19	[8/11 ]	29	[22/7]
27. Jan	29	[16/13]	21	[7/14 ]	8	[9/-1]
26. Jan	31	[14/17]	8	[3/5 ]	23	[11/12]
25. Jan	32	[21/11]	20	[10/10 ]	12	[11/1]
24. Jan	28	[20/8]	12	[7/5 ]	16	[13/3]
23. Jan	43	[29/14]	25	[15/10 ]	18	[14/4]
22. Jan	52	[21/31]	22	[11/11 ]	30	[10/20]
Total	1383	[837/546]	901	[506/395]	482	[331/151]

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

New Registrations per year

	registered	deleted	net change
2025	2407	1478	929
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
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
February	1047	41

Deleted domains

When domain has been purged and is available for registration.

	deleted
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
February	828

Registration changes

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

	changed
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
February	1677

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
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
February	1249

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

	reactivated
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
February	741

Transferred domains

Number of domains transferred from one registrant to another.

	transferred
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
February	294

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

Number of domains signed using DNSSEC.

	signed
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
February	3167

Domains using ISNIC's nameservers

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

	parked	ISNIC DNS Hosting
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
Mars	18082	10665

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
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
February	6410	13	10	13	15

Number of nameserver registrations

	registered nameservers
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
February	104

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	1222	3	5934	4	6771
5	8292	6	9398	7	9172	8	9466
9	9065	10	8009	11	6704	12	5170
13	3892	14	3127	15	2370	16	1774
17	1252	18	877	19	671	20	457
21	279	22	197	23	129	24	95
25	61	26	35	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	60	1	401	2	211	3	166
4	104	5	78	6	56	7	72
8	89	9	56	a	5796	á	91
b	6163	c	3232	d	3003	ð	1
e	3401	é	5	f	4855	g	4409
h	6193	i	3988	í	127	j	1629
k	3839	l	4454	m	5343	n	3182
o	2102	ó	45	p	3610	q	241
r	3870	s	10483	t	4894	u	1180
ú	46	v	4118	w	1350	x	337
y	500	ý	3	z	433	þ	213
æ	35	ö	89

Following is information about recidency of registrants

Country

registrant country of residence	numer of domains
IS	66312
US	9150
GB	2162
DE	2161
NO	1800
SE	1274
CA	956
DK	744
HK	740
NL	720
CH	612
FR	597
AU	479
ES	385
IT	374
IN	369
CN	304
RO	275
AT	237
BG	233

Domestic registrants in more detail

Postal code

postal code	number of domains
105 Reykjavík	5977
101 Reykjavík	5597
108 Reykjavík	4231
110 Reykjavík	4229
210 Garðabæ	3599
200 Kópavogi	3299
104 Reykjavík	3227
220 Hafnarfirði	2690
201 Kópavogi	2619
112 Reykjavík	2249
270 Mosfellsbæ	2152
221 Hafnarfirði	1880
600 Akureyri	1679
203 Kópavogi	1575
800 Selfossi	1362
107 Reykjavík	1308
113 Reykjavík	1291
109 Reykjavík	1270
230 Reykjanesbæ	1154
170 Seltjarnarnesi	921

Towns

town/county	number of domains
Reykjavík	31857
Kópavogi	7502
Hafnarfirði	4597
Garðabæ	4108
Akureyri	2536
Mosfellsbæ	2262
Reykjanesbæ	2137
Selfossi	1938
Seltjarnarnesi	925
Akranesi	752
Borgarnesi	457
Hveragerði	405
Egilsstöðum	404
Grindavík	371
Vestmannaeyjum	356
Ísafirði	345
Húsavík	309
Sauðárkróki	303
Höfn í Hornafirði	297
Hellu	286

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	12.28	\|	21	midja.is	0.45
2	cloudflare.com	10.21	\|	22	wordpress.com	0.44
3	registrar-servers.com	5.10	\|	23	x.is	0.43
4	wixdns.net	1.88	\|	24	googledomains.com	0.43
5	hysingar.is	1.52	\|	25	thekking.is	0.42
6	hyp.net	1.49	\|	26	101domain.com	0.42
7	vist.is	1.44	\|	27	awsdns.co.uk	0.41
8	netvistun.is	1.05	\|	28	digitalocean.com	0.40
9	hysing.is	0.85	\|	29	eurodns.com	0.39
10	azure-dns.com	0.81	\|	30	microsoftonline.com	0.39
11	c.is	0.78	\|	31	t.is	0.38
12	xnet.is	0.75	\|	32	dns-parking.com	0.37
13	cscdns.net	0.63	\|	33	dreamhost.com	0.35
14	siteground.net	0.60	\|	34	vercel-dns.com	0.33
15	simnet.is	0.54	\|	35	snerpa.is	0.33
16	stefna.is	0.53	\|	36	nsone.net	0.33
17	markmonitor.com	0.53	\|	37	vortex.is	0.31
18	awsdns.org	0.51	\|	38	reykjavik.is	0.28
19	awsdns.com	0.48	\|	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: