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.

See also historical statistics on the number of registered hosts in Iceland.
yearregisteredtotal
2024 10748 85176
2023 8431 74428
2022 6822 65997
2021 6746 59175
2020 6208 52429
2019 4996 46221
2018 3976 41225
2017 3792 37249
2016 3387 33457
2015 3261 30070
2014 3065 26809
2013 2934 23744
2012 2532 20810
2011 2226 18278
2010 2268 16052
2009 2093 13784
2008 1765 11691
2007 1510 9926
2006 1260 8416
2005 1265 7156
2004 975 5891
2003 893 4916
2002 884 4023
2001 851 3139
2000 892 2288
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.
yearregisteredtotal
2024 883 5163
2023 615 4280
2022 341 3665
2021 334 3324
2020 386 2990
2019 269 2604
2018 224 2335
2017 200 2111
2016 171 1911
2015 142 1740
2014 226 1598
2013 157 1372
2012 147 1215
2011 94 1068
2010 145 974
2009 149 829
2008 160 680
2007 153 520
2006 91 367
2005 235 276
2004 41 41
Number of active domains by registration month in regard to kennitalas
domesticforeign
reg.total%reg.total%
October 827 68117 69.68 599 29634 30.32
September 761 67290 69.86 545 29035 30.14
August 670 66529 70.02 588 28490 29.98
July 574 65859 70.24 618 27902 29.76
June 609 65285 70.53 525 27284 29.47
May 645 64676 70.73 462 26759 29.27
April 704 64031 70.89 519 26297 29.11
March 802 63327 71.07 536 25778 28.93
February 751 62525 71.24 475 25242 28.76
2025 January 782 61774 71.38 583 24767 28.62
December 515 60992 71.61 536 24184 28.39
November 659 60477 71.89 578 23648 28.11
October 664 59818 72.17 484 23070 27.83
September 547 59154 72.37 289 22586 27.63
August 471 58607 72.44 229 22297 27.56
July 466 58136 72.49 238 22068 27.51
June 524 57670 72.54 226 21830 27.46
May 500 57146 72.57 233 21604 27.43
April 699 56646 72.61 244 21371 27.39
March 578 55947 72.59 250 21127 27.41
February 620 55369 72.62 267 20877 27.38
2024 January 617 54749 72.65 314 20610 27.35
December 482 54132 72.73 265 20296 27.27
November 612 53650 72.81 274 20031 27.19
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.

registeredtotal
October 581 31809
September 527 31228
August 449 30701
July 429 30252
June 430 29823
May 464 29393
April 488 28929
March 530 28441
February 507 27911
2025 January 521 27404
December 352 26883
November 445 26531
October 417 26086
September 351 25669
August 312 25318
July 283 25006
June 317 24723
May 315 24406
April 433 24091
March 357 23658
February 390 23301
2024 January 361 22911
December 302 22550
November 382 22248
Age-distribution of registrants, Icelandic individuals
age (years)number
90-100 104
80-90 175
70-80 1176
60-70 4058
50-60 7530
40-50 8842
30-40 6983
20-30 2712
10-20 229
0-10 0
Mean age 47.6
Registration month

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

monththis yearlast yearolder
01 1365 931 6760
02 1226 887 6270
03 1338 828 6961
04 1223 943 6124
05 1107 733 6173
06 1134 750 5324
07 1192 704 4881
08 1258 700 5560
09 1306 836 6472
10 1426 1148 7127
11 0 1237 6967
12 0 1051 5815
Domain Age Distribution

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

age (years)number
30-31 45
29-30 71
28-29 221
27-28 399
26-27 519
25-26 871
24-25 872
23-24 892
22-23 856
21-22 950
20-21 1260
19-20 1231
18-19 1483
17-18 1614
16-17 2142
15-16 2217
14-15 2207
13-14 2536
12-13 2906
11-12 3044
10-11 3205
9-10 3352
8-9 3686
7-8 4012
6-7 4736
5-6 5938
4-5 6774
3-4 6810
2-3 7935
1-2 10071
0-1 14862
Mean age 7.6
Net number of new domains per month
new [dom/for] % deleted [dom/for] % net change [dom/for] %
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
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
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]
24. Nov 49 [27/22] 56 [42/14 ] -7 [-15/8]
23. Nov 24 [7/17] 30 [21/9 ] -6 [-14/8]
22. Nov 25 [11/14] 32 [15/17 ] -7 [-4/-3]
21. Nov 39 [24/15] 38 [20/18 ] 1 [4/-3]
20. Nov 55 [36/19] 21 [15/6 ] 34 [21/13]
19. Nov 59 [34/25] 30 [14/16 ] 29 [20/9]
18. Nov 63 [35/28] 35 [23/12 ] 28 [12/16]
17. Nov 74 [40/34] 40 [22/18 ] 34 [18/16]
16. Nov 36 [17/19] 19 [9/10 ] 17 [8/9]
15. Nov 28 [13/15] 32 [11/21 ] -4 [2/-6]
14. Nov 52 [33/19] 26 [11/15 ] 26 [22/4]
13. Nov 46 [28/18] 43 [26/17 ] 3 [2/1]
12. Nov 58 [28/30] 28 [17/11 ] 30 [11/19]
11. Nov 48 [27/21] 20 [13/7 ] 28 [14/14]
10. Nov 49 [24/25] 30 [22/8 ] 19 [2/17]
09. Nov 33 [19/14] 33 [18/15 ] 0 [1/-1]
08. Nov 21 [10/11] 22 [7/15 ] -1 [3/-4]
07. Nov 28 [19/9] 54 [16/38 ] -26 [3/-29]
06. Nov 40 [19/21] 27 [18/9 ] 13 [1/12]
05. Nov 48 [32/16] 38 [19/19 ] 10 [13/-3]
04. Nov 63 [50/13] 43 [28/15 ] 20 [22/-2]
03. Nov 67 [43/24] 42 [24/18 ] 25 [19/6]
02. Nov 36 [23/13] 29 [24/5 ] 7 [-1/8]
01. Nov 33 [20/13] 20 [13/7 ] 13 [7/6]
31. Oct 33 [25/8] 30 [15/15 ] 3 [10/-7]
30. Oct 44 [25/19] 25 [13/12 ] 19 [12/7]
29. Oct 48 [29/19] 33 [18/15 ] 15 [11/4]
28. Oct 56 [21/35] 35 [13/22 ] 21 [8/13]
27. Oct 43 [26/17] 33 [16/17 ] 10 [10/0]
26. Oct 18 [12/6] 30 [19/11 ] -12 [-7/-5]
25. Oct 29 [18/11] 18 [12/6 ] 11 [6/5]
Total 1345 [775/570] 992 [554/438] 353 [221/132]

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

New Registrations per year
registered deleted net change
2025 13916 9806 4110
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
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
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
Deleted domains

When domain has been purged and is available for registration.

deleted
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
September 825
August 761
July 739
June 889
May 914
April 915
March 963
February 855
2024 January 915
December 999
November 801
Registration changes

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

changed
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
September 1704
August 1407
July 1242
June 1332
May 1535
April 1482
March 1499
February 1560
2024 January 1590
December 1299
November 1873
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 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
September 1142
August 1158
July 1009
June 1008
May 1267
April 1168
March 1268
February 1261
2024 January 1238
December 1088
November 1195
Reactivated domains (i.e. after being on hold)

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

reactivated
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
September 478
August 394
July 364
June 419
May 475
April 462
March 491
February 476
2024 January 424
December 376
November 400
Transferred domains

Number of domains transferred from one registrant to another.

transferred
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
September 285
August 205
July 203
June 197
May 242
April 314
March 476
February 316
2024 January 308
December 283
November 564
Signed domains (DNSSEC)

Number of domains signed using DNSSEC.

signed
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
September 3196
August 3179
July 3167
June 3167
May 3125
April 3123
March 3101
February 3105
2024 January 2991
December 2965
November 2955
Domains using ISNIC's nameservers

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

parkedISNIC DNS Hosting
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
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
Renewals for two or more years

Number of domains renewed for two, three, four or five years in a given month.

1 year2 years3 years4 years5 years
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
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
Number of nameserver registrations
registered nameservers
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
September 86
August 50
July 66
June 72
May 60
April 64
March 70
February 77
2024 January 98
December 68
November 79
Domain names

Number of characters in a domain. It can between 1 up to 63 characters.

lengthnumberlengthnumberlengthnumberlengthnumber
1 46 2 1258 3 6092 4 6970
5 8582 6 9694 7 9514 8 9786
9 9418 10 8320 11 6978 12 5313
13 3979 14 3242 15 2451 16 1860
17 1296 18 892 19 684 20 471
21 294 22 198 23 128 24 104
25 65 26 37 27 27 28 11
29 15 30 8 31 9 32 6
33 1 34 3 35 1 36 1
37 1 38 1 40 1
First character of a domain name

Following is information about recidency of registrants

Country
registrant country of residencenumer of domains
IS 68323
US 9807
GB 2257
DE 2194
NO 1744
SE 1278
CA 912
HK 911
NL 750
DK 714
CH 640
FR 611
AU 468
IT 393
ES 346
IN 332
CN 317
RO 257
AT 253
UA 239
Domestic registrants in more detail

Postal code

postal codenumber of domains
105 Reykjavík 5917
101 Reykjavík 5772
110 Reykjavík 4370
108 Reykjavík 4286
210 Garðabæ 3779
200 Kópavogi 3506
104 Reykjavík 3380
220 Hafnarfirði 2755
201 Kópavogi 2697
112 Reykjavík 2334
270 Mosfellsbæ 2173
221 Hafnarfirði 2007
600 Akureyri 1720
203 Kópavogi 1702
800 Selfossi 1451
107 Reykjavík 1345
113 Reykjavík 1317
109 Reykjavík 1314
230 Reykjanesbæ 1214
170 Seltjarnarnesi 942

Towns

town/countynumber of domains
Reykjavík 32525
Kópavogi 7914
Hafnarfirði 4789
Garðabæ 4300
Akureyri 2623
Mosfellsbæ 2275
Reykjanesbæ 2251
Selfossi 2045
Seltjarnarnesi 943
Akranesi 774
Egilsstöðum 442
Borgarnesi 442
Hveragerði 434
Vestmannaeyjum 369
Grindavík 358
Ísafirði 344
Sauðárkróki 314
Húsavík 313
Hellu 301
Höfn í Hornafirði 268
Companies hosting .IS domains

Percentage of .IS domains with primary nameserver in domain of the largest hosting companies.

RankHosting Company share (%) | RankHosting Company share (%)
1 1984.is 11.94  |  21 awsdns.net 0.43
2 cloudflare.com 11.64  |  22 wordpress.com 0.43
3 registrar-servers.com 5.61  |  23 thekking.is 0.41
4 wixdns.net 1.93  |  24 midja.is 0.41
5 hyp.net 1.40  |  25 vercel-dns.com 0.41
6 hysingar.is 1.34  |  26 googledomains.com 0.41
7 vist.is 1.29  |  27 awsdns.co.uk 0.39
8 netvistun.is 1.17  |  28 digitalocean.com 0.39
9 hysing.is 0.80  |  29 eurodns.com 0.38
10 azure-dns.com 0.80  |  30 microsoftonline.com 0.38
11 xnet.is 0.72  |  31 101domain.com 0.38
12 c.is 0.68  |  32 nsone.net 0.37
13 cscdns.net 0.60  |  33 x.is 0.35
14 siteground.net 0.58  |  34 t.is 0.34
15 markmonitor.com 0.53  |  35 dreamhost.com 0.33
16 dns-parking.com 0.51  |  36 vortex.is 0.31
17 stefna.is 0.51  |  37 okhysing.is 0.29
18 awsdns.org 0.50  |  38 snerpa.is 0.28
19 simnet.is 0.49  |  39 reykjavik.is 0.27
20 awsdns.com 0.44  |  40 trademarkarea.com 0.25

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: