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	10490	81730
2022	7967	71240
2021	7726	63273
2020	6924	55547
2019	5466	48623
2018	4301	43157
2017	4037	38856
2016	3592	34819
2015	3478	31227
2014	3241	27749
2013	3051	24508
2012	2648	21457
2011	2311	18809
2010	2340	16498
2009	2177	14158
2008	1824	11981
2007	1576	10157
2006	1281	8581
2005	1304	7300
2004	998	5996
2003	914	4998
2002	903	4084
2001	869	3181
2000	902	2312
1999	566	1410

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	727	4652
2022	391	3925
2021	376	3534
2020	428	3158
2019	292	2730
2018	239	2438
2017	209	2199
2016	181	1990
2015	151	1809
2014	236	1658
2013	163	1422
2012	150	1259
2011	97	1109
2010	149	1012
2009	159	863
2008	167	704
2007	165	537
2006	91	372
2005	239	281
2004	42	42

Number of active domains by registration month in regard to kennitalas

	domestic			foreign
	reg.	total	%	reg.	total	%
October	700	65453	70.23	499	27742	29.77
September	679	64753	70.39	493	27243	29.61
August	588	64074	70.55	418	26750	29.45
July	588	63486	70.68	426	26332	29.32
June	625	62898	70.83	397	25906	29.17
May	637	62273	70.94	426	25509	29.06
April	878	61636	71.08	454	25083	28.92
March	740	60758	71.16	460	24629	28.84
February	757	60018	71.29	452	24169	28.71
2024 January	761	59261	71.42	487	23717	28.58
December	609	58500	71.58	398	23230	28.42
November	747	57891	71.72	429	22832	28.28
October	692	57144	71.84	424	22403	28.16
September	664	56452	71.98	312	21979	28.02
August	496	55788	72.03	275	21667	27.97
July	440	55292	72.10	240	21392	27.90
June	503	54852	72.17	241	21152	27.83
May	515	54349	72.21	289	20911	27.79
April	472	53834	72.30	250	20622	27.70
March	596	53362	72.37	311	20372	27.63
February	477	52766	72.45	272	20061	27.55
2023 January	559	52289	72.55	279	19789	27.45
December	366	51730	72.61	250	19510	27.39
November	494	51364	72.73	280	19260	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
October	457	29946
September	461	29489
August	415	29028
July	383	28613
June	410	28230
May	416	27820
April	604	27404
March	489	26800
February	513	26311
2024 January	480	25798
December	398	25318
November	493	24920
October	436	24427
September	403	23991
August	310	23588
July	267	23278
June	296	23011
May	325	22715
April	284	22390
March	358	22106
February	290	21748
2023 January	326	21458
December	212	21132
November	282	20920

Age-distribution of registrants, Icelandic individuals

age (years)	number
90-100	105
80-90	127
70-80	1101
60-70	3837
50-60	7038
40-50	8302
30-40	6758
20-30	2499
10-20	179
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	1248	838	6504
02	1209	749	6089
03	1200	907	6669
04	1332	722	6004
05	1063	804	5897
06	1022	744	5046
07	1014	680	4616
08	1006	771	5350
09	1172	976	6093
10	1199	1116	6866
11	0	1176	6591
12	0	1007	5521

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	45
28-29	72
27-28	224
26-27	402
25-26	526
24-25	880
23-24	888
22-23	912
21-22	876
20-21	973
19-20	1294
18-19	1258
17-18	1543
16-17	1665
15-16	2227
14-15	2291
13-14	2294
12-13	2642
11-12	3031
10-11	3203
9-10	3425
8-9	3543
7-8	3940
6-7	4318
5-6	5184
4-5	6594
3-4	7712
2-3	7879
1-2	9711
0-1	13609
Mean age	7.4

Net number of new domains per month

	new	[dom/for]	%	deleted	[dom/for]	%	net change	[dom/for]	%
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
Mars.	1300	[767 / 533]	1.49	1001	[437 / 564]	1.15	299	[330 / -31]	0.34

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]
20. Nov	76	[29/47]	22	[8/14 ]	54	[21/33]
19. Nov	49	[24/25]	29	[18/11 ]	20	[6/14]
18. Nov	59	[26/33]	24	[12/12 ]	35	[14/21]
17. Nov	33	[20/13]	34	[21/13 ]	-1	[-1/0]
16. Nov	42	[10/32]	23	[11/12 ]	19	[-1/20]
15. Nov	33	[22/11]	19	[11/8 ]	14	[11/3]
14. Nov	40	[18/22]	24	[12/12 ]	16	[6/10]
13. Nov	41	[25/16]	24	[16/8 ]	17	[9/8]
12. Nov	48	[33/15]	29	[18/11 ]	19	[15/4]
11. Nov	59	[34/25]	28	[12/16 ]	31	[22/9]
10. Nov	39	[23/16]	26	[16/10 ]	13	[7/6]
09. Nov	33	[20/13]	22	[15/7 ]	11	[5/6]
08. Nov	35	[23/12]	28	[13/15 ]	7	[10/-3]
07. Nov	40	[22/18]	42	[32/10 ]	-2	[-10/8]
06. Nov	53	[35/18]	44	[30/14 ]	9	[5/4]
05. Nov	32	[20/12]	42	[24/18 ]	-10	[-4/-6]
04. Nov	52	[31/21]	24	[15/9 ]	28	[16/12]
03. Nov	35	[23/12]	27	[16/11 ]	8	[7/1]
02. Nov	24	[16/8]	25	[8/17 ]	-1	[8/-9]
01. Nov	45	[33/12]	35	[25/10 ]	10	[8/2]
31. Oct	49	[28/21]	33	[11/22 ]	16	[17/-1]
30. Oct	51	[34/17]	23	[9/14 ]	28	[25/3]
29. Oct	42	[24/18]	28	[17/11 ]	14	[7/7]
28. Oct	41	[25/16]	34	[16/18 ]	7	[9/-2]
27. Oct	25	[15/10]	22	[13/9 ]	3	[2/1]
26. Oct	15	[5/10]	21	[11/10 ]	-6	[-6/0]
25. Oct	33	[23/10]	27	[16/11 ]	6	[7/-1]
24. Oct	43	[25/18]	36	[22/14 ]	7	[3/4]
23. Oct	34	[22/12]	37	[19/18 ]	-3	[3/-6]
22. Oct	52	[32/20]	28	[14/14 ]	24	[18/6]
21. Oct	35	[20/15]	22	[15/7 ]	13	[5/8]
Total	1288	[740/548]	882	[496/386]	406	[244/162]

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

New Registrations per year

	registered	deleted	net change
2024	12512	9157	3355
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
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
November	1197	73

Deleted domains

When domain has been purged and is available for registration.

	deleted
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
November	845

Registration changes

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

	changed
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
November	1688

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
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
November	1239

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

	reactivated
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
November	481

Transferred domains

Number of domains transferred from one registrant to another.

	transferred
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
November	258

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

Number of domains signed using DNSSEC.

	signed
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
November	3101

Domains using ISNIC's nameservers

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

	parked	ISNIC DNS Hosting
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
Desember	18081	10404

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
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
November	5880	32	9	8	7

Number of nameserver registrations

	registered nameservers
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
November	156

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	1176	3	5876	4	6670
5	8177	6	9284	7	9039	8	9299
9	8931	10	7878	11	6592	12	5107
13	3842	14	3062	15	2346	16	1767
17	1246	18	866	19	668	20	458
21	277	22	195	23	126	24	94
25	60	26	35	27	28	28	16
29	13	30	8	31	7	32	4
33	1	34	3	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	387	2	198	3	168
4	101	5	74	6	54	7	69
8	74	9	50	a	5724	á	89
b	6093	c	3177	d	2957	ð	1
e	3367	é	6	f	4765	g	4325
h	6120	i	3960	í	121	j	1599
k	3758	l	4385	m	5249	n	3132
o	2018	ó	43	p	3570	q	235
r	3813	s	10393	t	4851	u	1161
ú	45	v	4093	w	1325	x	337
y	487	ý	4	z	427	þ	214
æ	34	ö	89

Following is information about recidency of registrants

Country

registrant country of residence	numer of domains
IS	65608
US	8772
GB	2165
DE	2157
NO	1830
SE	1272
CA	958
DK	747
NL	709
HK	615
CH	609
FR	605
AU	472
IN	381
IT	368
ES	366
FI	311
CN	292
BG	237
AT	233

Domestic registrants in more detail

Postal code

postal code	number of domains
105 Reykjavík	6011
101 Reykjavík	5555
108 Reykjavík	4280
110 Reykjavík	4239
210 Garðabæ	3567
200 Kópavogi	3262
104 Reykjavík	3162
220 Hafnarfirði	2679
201 Kópavogi	2558
112 Reykjavík	2201
270 Mosfellsbæ	2070
221 Hafnarfirði	1798
600 Akureyri	1662
203 Kópavogi	1552
800 Selfossi	1333
113 Reykjavík	1258
109 Reykjavík	1255
107 Reykjavík	1242
230 Reykjanesbæ	1103
170 Seltjarnarnesi	928

Towns

town/county	number of domains
Reykjavík	31712
Kópavogi	7381
Hafnarfirði	4504
Garðabæ	4066
Akureyri	2481
Mosfellsbæ	2178
Reykjanesbæ	2081
Selfossi	1912
Seltjarnarnesi	932
Akranesi	755
Borgarnesi	452
Hveragerði	401
Egilsstöðum	392
Grindavík	379
Vestmannaeyjum	364
Ísafirði	346
Húsavík	312
Sauðárkróki	307
Höfn í Hornafirði	294
Hellu	282

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	12.47	\|	21	awsdns.net	0.48
2	cloudflare.com	9.78	\|	22	midja.is	0.47
3	registrar-servers.com	4.74	\|	23	digitalocean.com	0.44
4	wixdns.net	1.89	\|	24	wordpress.com	0.44
5	hysingar.is	1.58	\|	25	thekking.is	0.43
6	hyp.net	1.55	\|	26	101domain.com	0.43
7	vist.is	1.43	\|	27	awsdns.co.uk	0.43
8	netvistun.is	1.01	\|	28	eurodns.com	0.42
9	hysing.is	0.87	\|	29	googledomains.com	0.41
10	c.is	0.81	\|	30	microsoftonline.com	0.39
11	azure-dns.com	0.80	\|	31	t.is	0.38
12	xnet.is	0.76	\|	32	dns-parking.com	0.36
13	cscdns.net	0.64	\|	33	dreamhost.com	0.35
14	siteground.net	0.60	\|	34	snerpa.is	0.33
15	simnet.is	0.56	\|	35	nsone.net	0.32
16	stefna.is	0.55	\|	36	vortex.is	0.32
17	markmonitor.com	0.53	\|	37	vercel-dns.com	0.29
18	awsdns.org	0.52	\|	38	reykjavik.is	0.29
19	x.is	0.50	\|	39	okhysing.is	0.28
20	awsdns.com	0.48	\|	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: