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	13780	93927
2023	9896	80147
2022	7733	70251
2021	7535	62518
2020	6786	54983
2019	5382	48197
2018	4249	42815
2017	3994	38566
2016	3546	34572
2015	3450	31026
2014	3218	27576
2013	3029	24358
2012	2627	21329
2011	2299	18702
2010	2329	16403
2009	2159	14074
2008	1807	11915
2007	1558	10108
2006	1274	8550
2005	1295	7276
2004	994	5981
2003	911	4987
2002	902	4076
2001	866	3174
2000	901	2308

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	1043	5612
2023	698	4569
2022	377	3871
2021	370	3494
2020	418	3124
2019	286	2706
2018	237	2420
2017	208	2183
2016	179	1975
2015	148	1796
2014	233	1648
2013	162	1415
2012	150	1253
2011	96	1103
2010	149	1007
2009	156	858
2008	167	702
2007	165	535
2006	91	370
2005	237	279
2004	42	42

Number of active domains by registration month in regard to kennitalas

	domestic			foreign
	reg.	total	%	reg.	total	%
December	528	65780	70.03	562	28147	29.97
November	685	65252	70.29	596	27585	29.71
October	699	64567	70.52	495	26989	29.48
September	676	63868	70.68	490	26494	29.32
August	587	63192	70.85	417	26004	29.15
July	584	62605	70.99	427	25587	29.01
June	624	62021	71.14	396	25160	28.86
May	637	61397	71.26	425	24764	28.74
April	877	60760	71.40	455	24339	28.60
March	738	59883	71.49	459	23884	28.51
February	746	59145	71.63	452	23425	28.37
2024 January	741	58399	71.77	484	22973	28.23
December	588	57658	71.94	394	22489	28.06
November	634	57070	72.09	281	22095	27.91
October	587	56436	72.12	244	21814	27.88
September	660	55849	72.14	306	21570	27.86
August	496	55189	72.19	275	21264	27.81
July	440	54693	72.27	240	20989	27.73
June	503	54253	72.34	241	20749	27.66
May	512	53750	72.38	289	20508	27.62
April	471	53238	72.48	249	20219	27.52
March	596	52767	72.54	311	19970	27.46
February	475	52171	72.63	272	19659	27.37
2023 January	553	51696	72.73	279	19387	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
December	367	30170
November	468	29803
October	450	29335
September	458	28885
August	414	28427
July	377	28013
June	406	27636
May	415	27230
April	601	26815
March	489	26214
February	501	25725
2024 January	467	25224
December	375	24757
November	403	24382
October	361	23979
September	400	23618
August	310	23218
July	267	22908
June	296	22641
May	324	22345
April	283	22021
March	356	21738
February	288	21382
2023 January	319	21094

Age-distribution of registrants, Icelandic individuals

age (years)	number
90-100	107
80-90	175
70-80	1204
60-70	4247
50-60	7256
40-50	8441
30-40	6402
20-30	2207
10-20	131
0-10	0
Mean age	48.5

Registration month

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

month	last year	older
01	1225	7315
02	1198	6829
03	1197	7571
04	1332	6721
05	1062	6694
06	1020	5789
07	1011	5295
08	1004	6118
09	1166	7043
10	1194	7251
11	1281	7078
12	1090	6449

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	55
28-29	81
27-28	255
26-27	419
25-26	579
24-25	899
23-24	859
22-23	896
21-22	912
20-21	1002
19-20	1304
18-19	1281
17-18	1547
16-17	1794
15-16	2174
14-15	2332
13-14	2298
12-13	2622
11-12	3030
10-11	3222
9-10	3437
8-9	3550
7-8	3999
6-7	4258
5-6	5380
4-5	6782
3-4	7524
2-3	7740
1-2	9906
0-1	13754
Mean age	7.4

Net number of new domains per month

	new	[dom/for]	%	deleted	[dom/for]	%	net change	[dom/for]	%
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
Maí.	1235	[694 / 541]	1.41	871	[382 / 489]	0.99	364	[312 / 52]	0.41

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. Jan	47	[24/23]	22	[11/11 ]	25	[13/12]
20. Jan	41	[23/18]	30	[16/14 ]	11	[7/4]
19. Jan	52	[29/23]	22	[12/10 ]	30	[17/13]
18. Jan	45	[14/31]	24	[15/9 ]	21	[-1/22]
17. Jan	38	[16/22]	23	[12/11 ]	15	[4/11]
16. Jan	40	[30/10]	31	[21/10 ]	9	[9/0]
15. Jan	48	[35/13]	29	[21/8 ]	19	[14/5]
14. Jan	79	[48/31]	38	[20/18 ]	41	[28/13]
13. Jan	47	[29/18]	31	[16/15 ]	16	[13/3]
12. Jan	52	[26/26]	26	[16/10 ]	26	[10/16]
11. Jan	44	[11/33]	13	[4/9 ]	31	[7/24]
10. Jan	56	[42/14]	22	[10/12 ]	34	[32/2]
09. Jan	48	[34/14]	29	[16/13 ]	19	[18/1]
08. Jan	84	[41/43]	32	[20/12 ]	52	[21/31]
07. Jan	48	[28/20]	30	[21/9 ]	18	[7/11]
06. Jan	63	[45/18]	39	[19/20 ]	24	[26/-2]
05. Jan	40	[26/14]	25	[15/10 ]	15	[11/4]
04. Jan	36	[20/16]	24	[10/14 ]	12	[10/2]
03. Jan	54	[42/12]	44	[20/24 ]	10	[22/-12]
02. Jan	40	[25/15]	22	[17/5 ]	18	[8/10]
01. Jan	22	[14/8]	21	[11/10 ]	1	[3/-2]
31. Dec	34	[12/22]	30	[19/11 ]	4	[-7/11]
30. Dec	31	[10/21]	37	[14/23 ]	-6	[-4/-2]
29. Dec	21	[10/11]	30	[15/15 ]	-9	[-5/-4]
28. Dec	34	[16/18]	28	[9/19 ]	6	[7/-1]
27. Dec	33	[23/10]	25	[17/8 ]	8	[6/2]
26. Dec	21	[14/7]	22	[8/14 ]	-1	[6/-7]
25. Dec	36	[5/31]	23	[14/9 ]	13	[-9/22]
24. Dec	23	[8/15]	27	[17/10 ]	-4	[-9/5]
23. Dec	24	[12/12]	26	[17/9 ]	-2	[-5/3]
22. Dec	25	[19/6]	20	[12/8 ]	5	[7/-2]
Total	1306	[731/575]	845	[465/380]	461	[266/195]

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

New Registrations per year

	registered	deleted	net change
2025	1024	577	447
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
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
2023 January	1227	75

Deleted domains

When domain has been purged and is available for registration.

	deleted
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
2023 January	885

Registration changes

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

	changed
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
2023 January	1711

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
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
2023 January	1580

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

	reactivated
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
2023 January	482

Transferred domains

Number of domains transferred from one registrant to another.

	transferred
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
2023 January	764

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

Number of domains signed using DNSSEC.

	signed
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
2023 January	3167

Domains using ISNIC's nameservers

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

	parked	ISNIC DNS Hosting
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
Febrúar	18077	10562

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
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
2023 January	7220	53	10	9	11

Number of nameserver registrations

	registered nameservers
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
2023 January	106

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	1193	3	5906	4	6713
5	8241	6	9328	7	9135	8	9395
9	8992	10	7958	11	6648	12	5139
13	3874	14	3103	15	2371	16	1773
17	1249	18	868	19	668	20	455
21	277	22	196	23	126	24	95
25	62	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	396	2	209	3	163
4	102	5	76	6	55	7	71
8	73	9	55	a	5767	á	90
b	6133	c	3219	d	2991	ð	1
e	3376	é	5	f	4817	g	4375
h	6156	i	3963	í	121	j	1623
k	3810	l	4412	m	5303	n	3168
o	2097	ó	44	p	3580	q	239
r	3827	s	10436	t	4879	u	1170
ú	45	v	4101	w	1328	x	333
y	495	ý	3	z	432	þ	212
æ	34	ö	89

Following is information about recidency of registrants

Country

registrant country of residence	numer of domains
IS	65935
US	9020
DE	2154
GB	2146
NO	1807
SE	1268
CA	967
DK	745
HK	741
NL	715
CH	608
FR	594
AU	477
IN	376
IT	370
ES	370
CN	294
RO	261
BG	240
AT	235

Domestic registrants in more detail

Postal code

postal code	number of domains
105 Reykjavík	5967
101 Reykjavík	5579
108 Reykjavík	4283
110 Reykjavík	4209
210 Garðabæ	3562
200 Kópavogi	3262
104 Reykjavík	3211
220 Hafnarfirði	2716
201 Kópavogi	2623
112 Reykjavík	2204
270 Mosfellsbæ	2147
221 Hafnarfirði	1831
600 Akureyri	1650
203 Kópavogi	1550
800 Selfossi	1324
107 Reykjavík	1286
113 Reykjavík	1281
109 Reykjavík	1258
230 Reykjanesbæ	1113
170 Seltjarnarnesi	917

Towns

town/county	number of domains
Reykjavík	31794
Kópavogi	7444
Hafnarfirði	4574
Garðabæ	4068
Akureyri	2502
Mosfellsbæ	2254
Reykjanesbæ	2089
Selfossi	1900
Seltjarnarnesi	921
Akranesi	749
Borgarnesi	451
Hveragerði	396
Egilsstöðum	396
Grindavík	370
Vestmannaeyjum	360
Ísafirði	343
Húsavík	306
Sauðárkróki	296
Höfn í Hornafirði	292
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	12.36	\|	21	midja.is	0.46
2	cloudflare.com	10.07	\|	22	x.is	0.46
3	registrar-servers.com	5.01	\|	23	wordpress.com	0.44
4	wixdns.net	1.89	\|	24	googledomains.com	0.43
5	hysingar.is	1.56	\|	25	101domain.com	0.43
6	hyp.net	1.52	\|	26	thekking.is	0.42
7	vist.is	1.46	\|	27	awsdns.co.uk	0.42
8	netvistun.is	1.00	\|	28	digitalocean.com	0.40
9	hysing.is	0.85	\|	29	eurodns.com	0.39
10	azure-dns.com	0.81	\|	30	microsoftonline.com	0.38
11	c.is	0.80	\|	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	nsone.net	0.33
15	simnet.is	0.55	\|	35	snerpa.is	0.33
16	stefna.is	0.54	\|	36	vortex.is	0.32
17	markmonitor.com	0.54	\|	37	vercel-dns.com	0.32
18	awsdns.org	0.51	\|	38	reykjavik.is	0.28
19	awsdns.com	0.48	\|	39	okhysing.is	0.28
20	awsdns.net	0.47	\|	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: