ISNIC Registry: Statistics for ccTLD .is

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
2025	11657	88821
2024	8346	77164
2023	7173	68818
2022	6002	61645
2021	6028	55643
2020	5604	49615
2019	4592	44011
2018	3671	39419
2017	3527	35748
2016	3189	32221
2015	3107	29032
2014	2933	25925
2013	2783	22992
2012	2426	20209
2011	2140	17783
2010	2194	15643
2009	2019	13449
2008	1716	11430
2007	1470	9714
2006	1225	8244
2005	1227	7019
2004	956	5792
2003	870	4836
2002	865	3966
2001	837	3101

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
2025	839	5578
2024	725	4739
2023	546	4014
2022	307	3468
2021	303	3161
2020	353	2858
2019	245	2505
2018	214	2260
2017	185	2046
2016	166	1861
2015	137	1695
2014	222	1558
2013	151	1336
2012	143	1185
2011	91	1042
2010	139	951
2009	149	812
2008	152	663
2007	148	511
2006	91	363
2005	231	272
2004	41	41

Number of active domains by registration month in regard to kennitalas

	domestic			foreign
	reg.	total	%	reg.	total	%
September	1111	72000	69.37	690	31789	30.63
August	954	70889	69.51	629	31099	30.49
July	849	69935	69.65	630	30470	30.35
June	848	69086	69.84	768	29840	30.16
May	892	68238	70.12	729	29072	29.88
April	940	67346	70.38	698	28343	29.62
March	1020	66406	70.61	924	27645	29.39
February	902	65386	70.99	718	26721	29.01
2026 January	929	64484	71.26	737	26003	28.74
December	666	63555	71.55	495	25266	28.45
November	744	62889	71.74	530	24771	28.26
October	785	62145	71.94	563	24241	28.06
September	711	61360	72.16	522	23678	27.84
August	538	60649	72.37	333	23156	27.63
July	419	60111	72.48	303	22823	27.52
June	502	59692	72.61	259	22520	27.39
May	483	59190	72.67	249	22261	27.33
April	537	58707	72.73	314	22012	27.27
March	629	58170	72.83	295	21698	27.17
February	585	57541	72.89	271	21403	27.11
2025 January	618	56956	72.94	306	21132	27.06
December	399	56338	73.01	231	20826	26.99
November	508	55939	73.09	267	20595	26.91
October	556	55431	73.17	283	20328	26.83

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
September	808	34762
August	709	33954
July	654	33245
June	633	32591
May	667	31958
April	658	31291
March	730	30633
February	629	29903
2026 January	650	29274
December	489	28624
November	502	28135
October	531	27633
September	469	27102
August	331	26633
July	292	26302
June	332	26010
May	337	25678
April	353	25341
March	383	24988
February	363	24605
2025 January	360	24242
December	256	23882
November	328	23626
October	320	23298

Age-distribution of registrants, Icelandic individuals

age (years)	number
90-100	104
80-90	218
70-80	1305
60-70	4394
50-60	8142
40-50	9533
30-40	7675
20-30	3184
10-20	207
0-10	0
Mean age	47.6

Registration month

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

month	this year	last year	older
01	1666	924	6948
02	1620	856	6478
03	1944	924	7027
04	1638	851	6436
05	1621	732	6280
06	1616	761	5552
07	1479	722	5046
08	1583	871	5748
09	1801	1233	7190
10	0	1348	7392
11	0	1274	7181
12	0	1161	5892

Domain Age Distribution

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

age (years)	number
30-31	67
29-30	209
28-29	375
27-28	502
26-27	825
25-26	887
24-25	850
23-24	846
22-23	916
21-22	1209
20-21	1150
19-20	1457
18-19	1519
17-18	2076
16-17	2096
15-16	2158
14-15	2418
13-14	2745
12-13	2875
11-12	3059
10-11	3116
9-10	3419
8-9	3674
7-8	4303
6-7	5224
5-6	6030
4-5	6009
3-4	6733
2-3	8106
1-2	10116
0-1	18751
Mean age	7.6

Net number of new domains per month

	new	[dom/for]	%	deleted	[dom/for]	%	net change	[dom/for]	%
September.	1804	[1133 / 671]	1.74	1024	[508 / 516]	0.99	780	[625 / 155]	0.75
Ágúst.	1605	[975 / 630]	1.56	1047	[529 / 518]	1.02	558	[446 / 112]	0.54
Júlí.	1501	[866 / 635]	1.46	993	[485 / 508]	0.97	508	[381 / 127]	0.50
Júní.	1636	[864 / 772]	1.60	1036	[493 / 543]	1.02	600	[371 / 229]	0.59
Maí.	1635	[916 / 719]	1.61	970	[572 / 398]	0.96	665	[344 / 321]	0.66
Apríl.	1660	[965 / 695]	1.65	1121	[626 / 495]	1.11	539	[339 / 200]	0.54
Mars.	1965	[1044 / 921]	1.96	1187	[677 / 510]	1.19	778	[367 / 411]	0.78
Febrúar.	1662	[933 / 729]	1.67	1045	[590 / 455]	1.05	617	[343 / 274]	0.62
2026 Janúar.	1705	[953 / 752]	1.73	1129	[538 / 591]	1.14	576	[415 / 161]	0.58
Desember.	1204	[684 / 520]	1.22	1133	[572 / 561]	1.15	71	[112 / -41]	0.07
Nóvember.	1329	[764 / 565]	1.35	983	[556 / 427]	1.00	346	[208 / 138]	0.35
Október.	1434	[843 / 591]	1.47	969	[543 / 426]	0.99	465	[300 / 165]	0.48
September.	1307	[770 / 537]	1.34	948	[561 / 387]	0.97	359	[209 / 150]	0.37
Ágúst.	1271	[679 / 592]	1.31	741	[416 / 325]	0.76	530	[263 / 267]	0.55
Júlí.	1208	[585 / 623]	1.25	878	[429 / 449]	0.91	330	[156 / 174]	0.34
Júní.	1153	[621 / 532]	1.20	863	[470 / 393]	0.90	290	[151 / 139]	0.30
Maí.	1157	[665 / 492]	1.21	1072	[556 / 516]	1.12	85	[109 / -24]	0.09
Apríl.	1280	[720 / 560]	1.34	950	[487 / 463]	0.99	330	[233 / 97]	0.34
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

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]
02. Oct	91	[42/49]	50	[32/18 ]	41	[10/31]
01. Oct	91	[57/34]	97	[49/48 ]	-6	[8/-14]
30. Sep	73	[42/31]	24	[23/1 ]	49	[19/30]
29. Sep	60	[38/22]	10	[10/0 ]	50	[28/22]
28. Sep	88	[54/34]	87	[39/48 ]	1	[15/-14]
27. Sep	28	[19/9]	2	[1/1 ]	26	[18/8]
26. Sep	37	[31/6]	2	[2/0 ]	35	[29/6]
25. Sep	58	[39/19]	34	[19/15 ]	24	[20/4]
24. Sep	66	[45/21]	114	[48/66 ]	-48	[-3/-45]
23. Sep	85	[41/44]	12	[9/3 ]	73	[32/41]
22. Sep	74	[35/39]	8	[8/0 ]	66	[27/39]
21. Sep	67	[32/35]	85	[39/46 ]	-18	[-7/-11]
20. Sep	34	[22/12]	0	[0/0 ]	34	[22/12]
19. Sep	45	[30/15]	3	[3/0 ]	42	[27/15]
18. Sep	92	[50/42]	43	[15/28 ]	49	[35/14]
17. Sep	72	[41/31]	95	[47/48 ]	-23	[-6/-17]
16. Sep	62	[38/24]	1	[1/0 ]	61	[37/24]
15. Sep	73	[54/19]	10	[9/1 ]	63	[45/18]
14. Sep	71	[51/20]	117	[42/75 ]	-46	[9/-55]
13. Sep	37	[19/18]	6	[6/0 ]	31	[13/18]
12. Sep	44	[30/14]	2	[2/0 ]	42	[28/14]
11. Sep	57	[34/23]	30	[16/14 ]	27	[18/9]
10. Sep	71	[54/17]	96	[48/48 ]	-25	[6/-31]
09. Sep	61	[44/17]	4	[4/0 ]	57	[40/17]
08. Sep	65	[44/21]	2	[2/0 ]	63	[42/21]
07. Sep	68	[49/19]	108	[46/62 ]	-40	[3/-43]
06. Sep	46	[35/11]	0	[0/0 ]	46	[35/11]
05. Sep	37	[19/18]	3	[3/0 ]	34	[16/18]
04. Sep	62	[35/27]	104	[47/57 ]	-42	[-12/-30]
03. Sep	53	[25/28]	5	[5/0 ]	48	[20/28]
02. Sep	49	[38/11]	10	[7/3 ]	39	[31/8]
Total	1917	[1187/730]	1164	[582/582]	753	[605/148]

New Registrations per year

	registered	deleted	net change
2026	15355	9699	5656
2025	15375	11134	4241
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
September	1804	147
August	1605	132
July	1501	109
June	1636	126
May	1635	117
April	1660	128
March	1965	117
February	1662	112
2026 January	1705	130
December	1204	97
November	1329	91
October	1434	82
September	1307	81
August	1271	66
July	1208	74
June	1153	63
May	1157	88
April	1280	119
March	1365	80
February	1260	95
2025 January	1407	133
December	1095	59
November	1292	93
October	1202	80

Deleted domains

When domain has been purged and is available for registration.

	deleted
September	1024
August	1047
July	993
June	1036
May	970
April	1121
March	1187
February	1045
2026 January	1129
December	1133
November	983
October	969
September	948
August	741
July	878
June	863
May	1072
April	950
March	930
February	880
2025 January	787
December	834
November	822
October	810

Registration changes

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

	changed
September	2374
August	2231
July	1902
June	2176
May	2226
April	2168
March	3211
February	2258
2026 January	2256
December	1504
November	1853
October	1872
September	1660
August	1675
July	1869
June	1509
May	1573
April	1714
March	1683
February	1665
2025 January	1746
December	1564
November	1978
October	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
September	1465
August	1402
July	1331
June	1370
May	1373
April	1520
March	1683
February	1577
2026 January	1675
December	1308
November	1476
October	1344
September	1305
August	1272
July	1020
June	1190
May	1258
April	1415
March	1460
February	1229
2025 January	1302
December	1011
November	1072
October	1133

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

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

	reactivated
September	498
August	495
July	407
June	516
May	476
April	677
March	645
February	659
2026 January	580
December	441
November	480
October	541
September	523
August	479
July	356
June	479
May	535
April	488
March	521
February	470
2025 January	515
December	356
November	372
October	437

Transferred domains

Number of domains transferred from one registrant to another.

	transferred
September	313
August	262
July	277
June	252
May	279
April	298
March	361
February	293
2026 January	279
December	300
November	267
October	321
September	345
August	232
July	240
June	296
May	219
April	298
March	349
February	268
2025 January	368
December	278
November	262
October	376

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

Number of domains signed using DNSSEC.

	signed
September	3780
August	3710
July	3641
June	3630
May	3623
April	3582
March	3557
February	3529
2026 January	3532
December	3517
November	3500
October	3479
September	3453
August	3438
July	3412
June	3395
May	3382
April	3360
March	3332
February	3312
2025 January	3302
December	3249
November	3244
October	3219

Domains using ISNIC's nameservers

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

	parked	ISNIC DNS Hosting
Október	21700	13885
September	21635	13834
Ágúst	21546	13727
Júlí	21485	13618
Júní	21452	13484
Maí	21426	13423
Apríl	21343	13334
Mars	21222	13225
Febrúar	21112	13143
2026 Janúar	21053	13134
Desember	20968	13081
Nóvember	21089	13038
Október	21011	12975
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

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
September	7309	65	11	11	14
August	6851	45	17	10	17
July	6067	44	7	16	13
June	5920	40	14	4	15
May	6299	36	9	8	16
April	6831	42	8	6	19
March	7655	73	21	12	18
February	7052	43	9	11	9
2026 January	7961	59	13	11	11
December	6309	52	15	9	12
November	6185	53	17	5	12
October	6739	50	16	5	21
September	7093	55	13	8	17
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

Number of nameserver registrations

	registered nameservers
September	109
August	91
July	75
June	98
May	96
April	135
March	128
February	110
2026 January	99
December	82
November	70
October	76
September	66
August	97
July	80
June	90
May	94
April	101
March	93
February	66
2025 January	76
December	49
November	90
October	96

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	1253	3	6265	4	7415
5	9165	6	10319	7	10126	8	10443
9	10047	10	8886	11	7386	12	5676
13	4309	14	3450	15	2590	16	1954
17	1342	18	945	19	729	20	500
21	302	22	216	23	134	24	109
25	63	26	42	27	28	28	15
29	15	30	7	31	7	32	3
33	1	34	3	37	1	38	1
40	1	41	1

First character of a domain name

Country

registrant country of residence	numer of domains
IS	72373
US	10391
GB	2276
DE	2269
NO	1689
SE	1377
CA	1149
HK	1053
NL	827
DK	729
CH	633
AU	606
FR	592
IT	415
CN	406
UA	382
ES	357
IN	317
AT	315
PL	259

Domestic registrants in more detail

Postal code

postal code	number of domains
105 Reykjavík	5998
101 Reykjavík	5871
110 Reykjavík	4528
108 Reykjavík	4523
210 Garðabæ	4154
200 Kópavogi	3735
104 Reykjavík	3439
201 Kópavogi	3256
220 Hafnarfirði	3020
112 Reykjavík	2511
221 Hafnarfirði	2308
270 Mosfellsbæ	2287
600 Akureyri	1768
203 Kópavogi	1716
800 Selfossi	1572
109 Reykjavík	1437
113 Reykjavík	1406
107 Reykjavík	1362
230 Reykjanesbæ	1273
170 Seltjarnarnesi	1029

Towns

town/county	number of domains
Reykjavík	33790
Kópavogi	8716
Hafnarfirði	5355
Garðabæ	4709
Akureyri	2763
Mosfellsbæ	2394
Reykjanesbæ	2347
Selfossi	2219
Seltjarnarnesi	1030
Akranesi	814
Egilsstöðum	481
Hveragerði	457
Borgarnesi	448
Vestmannaeyjum	401
Ísafirði	364
Grindavík	343
Húsavík	328
Sauðárkróki	320
Hellu	315
Hvolsvelli	284

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	cloudflare.com	15.45	\|	21	simnet.is	0.43
2	1984.is	11.22	\|	22	awsdns.net	0.41
3	registrar-servers.com	5.37	\|	23	thekking.is	0.40
4	wixdns.net	1.77	\|	24	wordpress.com	0.40
5	hyp.net	1.24	\|	25	siteground.net	0.40
6	netvistun.is	1.22	\|	26	okhysing.is	0.39
7	vist.is	1.16	\|	27	googledomains.com	0.38
8	hysingar.is	1.13	\|	28	awsdns.co.uk	0.37
9	hysing.is	0.79	\|	29	microsoftonline.com	0.36
10	azure-dns.com	0.77	\|	30	digitalocean.com	0.36
11	vercel-dns.com	0.69	\|	31	eurodns.com	0.35
12	xnet.is	0.60	\|	32	101domain.com	0.33
13	cscdns.net	0.56	\|	33	vortex.is	0.30
14	c.is	0.56	\|	34	t.is	0.30
15	dns-parking.com	0.54	\|	35	dreamhost.com	0.29
16	nsone.net	0.52	\|	36	icedns.is	0.27
17	markmonitor.com	0.51	\|	37	snerpa.is	0.27
18	stefna.is	0.49	\|	38	midja.is	0.24
19	awsdns.org	0.48	\|	39	netim.net	0.24
20	awsdns.com	0.44	\|	40	trademarkarea.com	0.23

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: