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	12590	87434
2022	8822	74844
2021	8436	66022
2020	7432	57586
2019	5832	50154
2018	4482	44322
2017	4181	39840
2016	3713	35659
2015	3596	31946
2014	3336	28350
2013	3132	25014
2012	2748	21882
2011	2369	19134
2010	2391	16765
2009	2217	14374
2008	1864	12157
2007	1608	10293
2006	1304	8685
2005	1329	7381
2004	1005	6052
2003	925	5047
2002	911	4122
2001	877	3211
2000	913	2334
1999	568	1421

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	838	4923
2022	429	4085
2021	397	3656
2020	450	3259
2019	302	2809
2018	246	2507
2017	223	2261
2016	187	2038
2015	154	1851
2014	242	1697
2013	166	1455
2012	154	1289
2011	100	1135
2010	150	1035
2009	159	885
2008	173	726
2007	169	553
2006	92	384
2005	250	292
2004	42	42

Number of active domains by registration month in regard to kennitalas

	domestic			foreign
	reg.	total	%	reg.	total	%
March	743	63716	69.90	497	27431	30.10
February	759	62973	70.04	457	26934	29.96
2024 January	767	62214	70.15	490	26477	29.85
December	616	61447	70.28	399	25987	29.72
November	774	60831	70.39	429	25588	29.61
October	726	60057	70.48	430	25159	29.52
September	797	59331	70.58	476	24729	29.42
August	602	58534	70.70	451	24253	29.30
July	543	57932	70.88	437	23802	29.12
June	604	57389	71.07	398	23365	28.93
May	671	56785	71.20	468	22967	28.80
April	556	56114	71.38	411	22499	28.62
March	711	55558	71.55	499	22088	28.45
February	478	54847	71.76	273	21589	28.24
2023 January	562	54369	71.84	279	21316	28.16
December	367	53807	71.89	250	21037	28.11
November	506	53440	72.00	279	20787	28.00
October	487	52934	72.08	305	20508	27.92
September	513	52447	72.19	285	20203	27.81
August	529	51934	72.28	287	19918	27.72
July	364	51405	72.36	231	19631	27.64
June	394	51041	72.46	253	19400	27.54
May	410	50647	72.57	271	19147	27.43
April	409	50237	72.69	249	18876	27.31

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
March	500	28825
February	521	28325
2024 January	488	27804
December	405	27316
November	519	26911
October	472	26392
September	514	25920
August	400	25406
July	360	25006
June	381	24646
May	435	24265
April	351	23830
March	458	23479
February	293	23021
2023 January	329	22728
December	215	22399
November	291	22184
October	270	21893
September	314	21623
August	282	21309
July	212	21027
June	238	20815
May	239	20577
April	245	20338

Age-distribution of registrants, Icelandic individuals

age (years)	number
90-100	110
80-90	136
70-80	1102
60-70	3793
50-60	6960
40-50	8006
30-40	6436
20-30	2166
10-20	116
0-10	0
Mean age	48.0

Registration month

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

month	this year	last year	older
01	1257	841	6523
02	1216	751	6108
03	1240	1210	7170
04	0	967	6501
05	0	1139	6483
06	0	1002	5508
07	0	980	5026
08	0	1053	5843
09	0	1273	6569
10	0	1156	6934
11	0	1203	6643
12	0	1015	5542

Domain Age Distribution

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

age (years)	number
30-31	8
29-30	16
28-29	59
27-28	114
26-27	321
25-26	461
24-25	688
23-24	943
22-23	859
21-22	911
20-21	933
19-20	1064
18-19	1359
17-18	1384
16-17	1609
15-16	2036
14-15	2186
13-14	2445
12-13	2489
11-12	2866
10-11	3303
9-10	3290
8-9	3665
7-8	3835
6-7	4206
5-6	4602
4-5	6186
3-4	7916
2-3	8699
1-2	9205
0-1	13466
Mean age	7.2

Net number of new domains per month

	new	[dom/for]	%	deleted	[dom/for]	%	net change	[dom/for]	%
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
Febrúar.	1047	[609 / 438]	1.20	828	[414 / 414]	0.95	219	[195 / 24]	0.25
2023 Janúar.	1227	[725 / 502]	1.41	885	[425 / 460]	1.02	342	[300 / 42]	0.39
Desember.	918	[457 / 461]	1.06	882	[425 / 457]	1.02	36	[32 / 4]	0.04
Nóvember.	1197	[635 / 562]	1.39	845	[359 / 486]	0.98	352	[276 / 76]	0.41
Október.	1119	[606 / 513]	1.30	894	[433 / 461]	1.04	225	[173 / 52]	0.26
September.	1123	[650 / 473]	1.31	807	[359 / 448]	0.94	316	[291 / 25]	0.37
Ágúst.	1311	[659 / 652]	1.53	808	[362 / 446]	0.95	503	[297 / 206]	0.59

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. Apr	50	[28/22]	39	[20/19 ]	11	[8/3]
23. Apr	40	[30/10]	39	[22/17 ]	1	[8/-7]
22. Apr	50	[35/15]	23	[17/6 ]	27	[18/9]
21. Apr	20	[10/10]	30	[13/17 ]	-10	[-3/-7]
20. Apr	39	[30/9]	14	[6/8 ]	25	[24/1]
19. Apr	42	[23/19]	23	[11/12 ]	19	[12/7]
18. Apr	66	[51/15]	39	[12/27 ]	27	[39/-12]
17. Apr	54	[39/15]	54	[27/27 ]	0	[12/-12]
16. Apr	48	[28/20]	33	[22/11 ]	15	[6/9]
15. Apr	83	[62/21]	30	[16/14 ]	53	[46/7]
14. Apr	23	[16/7]	24	[10/14 ]	-1	[6/-7]
13. Apr	33	[16/17]	21	[10/11 ]	12	[6/6]
12. Apr	43	[24/19]	38	[14/24 ]	5	[10/-5]
11. Apr	50	[38/12]	37	[21/16 ]	13	[17/-4]
10. Apr	59	[30/29]	36	[19/17 ]	23	[11/12]
09. Apr	47	[36/11]	37	[17/20 ]	10	[19/-9]
08. Apr	37	[24/13]	36	[23/13 ]	1	[1/0]
07. Apr	30	[16/14]	23	[12/11 ]	7	[4/3]
06. Apr	37	[25/12]	30	[11/19 ]	7	[14/-7]
05. Apr	57	[47/10]	32	[21/11 ]	25	[26/-1]
04. Apr	71	[48/23]	50	[32/18 ]	21	[16/5]
03. Apr	67	[48/19]	22	[13/9 ]	45	[35/10]
02. Apr	45	[30/15]	34	[17/17 ]	11	[13/-2]
01. Apr	56	[42/14]	6	[6/0 ]	50	[36/14]
31. Mar	18	[7/11]	23	[12/11 ]	-5	[-5/0]
30. Mar	30	[16/14]	33	[9/24 ]	-3	[7/-10]
29. Mar	28	[13/15]	15	[10/5 ]	13	[3/10]
28. Mar	36	[21/15]	31	[17/14 ]	5	[4/1]
27. Mar	47	[28/19]	43	[29/14 ]	4	[-1/5]
26. Mar	42	[25/17]	68	[44/24 ]	-26	[-19/-7]
25. Mar	50	[31/19]	35	[24/11 ]	15	[7/8]
Total	1398	[917/481]	998	[537/461]	400	[380/20]

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

New Registrations per year

	registered	deleted	net change
2024	4891	3483	1408
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
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
October	1119	61
September	1123	49
August	1311	48
July	884	29
June	978	56
May	1302	33
April	965	27

Deleted domains

When domain has been purged and is available for registration.

	deleted
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
October	894
September	807
August	808
July	755
June	1082
May	824
April	725

Registration changes

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

	changed
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
October	1963
September	1907
August	1469
July	1246
June	1451
May	1704
April	1500

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
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
October	1292
September	1258
August	1125
July	1058
June	1088
May	1532
April	1186

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

	reactivated
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
October	495
September	509
August	416
July	381
June	463
May	511
April	479

Transferred domains

Number of domains transferred from one registrant to another.

	transferred
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
October	272
September	388
August	248
July	214
June	217
May	254
April	176

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

Number of domains signed using DNSSEC.

	signed
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
October	3061
September	3026
August	2977
July	2944
June	2900
May	2867
April	2848

Domains using ISNIC's nameservers

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

	parked	ISNIC DNS Hosting
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
Nóvember	18172	10300
Október	18206	10243
September	18195	10149
Ágúst	18115	10060
Júlí	18210	9999
Júní	18231	9978
Maí	18359	9937

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
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
October	6412	36	9	7	17
September	6536	31	7	3	6
August	5904	34	10	5	4
July	4981	31	7	6	10
June	5051	32	13	4	3
May	5724	40	6	6	7
April	5777	19	14	4	15

Number of nameserver registrations

	registered nameservers
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
October	99
September	95
August	104
July	77
June	206
May	98
April	146

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	1166	3	5817	4	6516
5	8027	6	9048	7	8894	8	9102
9	8733	10	7673	11	6432	12	4987
13	3748	14	2984	15	2288	16	1730
17	1201	18	841	19	646	20	439
21	271	22	184	23	117	24	88
25	54	26	33	27	27	28	14
29	14	30	8	31	5	32	3
33	1	34	5	36	2	37	4
38	1	39	1	40	1	55	1
63	1

First character of a domain name

letter	number	letter	number	letter	number	letter	number
0	58	1	379	2	180	3	167
4	104	5	70	6	55	7	72
8	73	9	47	a	5569	á	85
b	5919	c	3198	d	2887	ð	3
e	3290	é	7	f	4739	g	4232
h	6028	i	3878	í	121	j	1556
k	3651	l	4322	m	5165	n	3066
o	1961	ó	35	p	3511	q	237
r	3741	s	10076	t	4662	u	1163
ú	42	v	3987	w	1281	x	335
y	458	ý	4	z	423	þ	205
æ	28	ö	83

Following is information about recidency of registrants

Country

registrant country of residence	numer of domains
IS	63854
US	8688
DE	2193
GB	2108
NO	1896
SE	1237
CA	1015
DK	744
NL	710
CH	614
FR	597
HK	541
AU	445
IN	378
IT	376
ES	355
FI	326
CN	321
BG	269
AT	240

Domestic registrants in more detail

Postal code

postal code	number of domains
105 Reykjavík	5929
101 Reykjavík	5531
110 Reykjavík	4175
108 Reykjavík	4073
210 Garðabæ	3455
200 Kópavogi	3154
104 Reykjavík	3098
220 Hafnarfirði	2566
201 Kópavogi	2475
112 Reykjavík	2175
270 Mosfellsbæ	1993
221 Hafnarfirði	1733
600 Akureyri	1571
203 Kópavogi	1518
800 Selfossi	1277
107 Reykjavík	1259
109 Reykjavík	1231
113 Reykjavík	1183
230 Reykjanesbæ	1051
170 Seltjarnarnesi	884

Towns

town/county	number of domains
Reykjavík	31115
Kópavogi	7156
Hafnarfirði	4326
Garðabæ	3936
Akureyri	2338
Mosfellsbæ	2131
Reykjanesbæ	2041
Selfossi	1861
Seltjarnarnesi	890
Akranesi	667
Grindavík	481
Borgarnesi	445
Hveragerði	397
Egilsstöðum	363
Ísafirði	338
Vestmannaeyjum	338
Húsavík	314
Höfn í Hornafirði	297
Sauðárkróki	291
Hellu	266

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	12.85	\|	21	awsdns.net	0.48
2	cloudflare.com	8.78	\|	22	awsdns.com	0.48
3	registrar-servers.com	4.47	\|	23	101domain.com	0.46
4	wixdns.net	1.85	\|	24	digitalocean.com	0.45
5	hysingar.is	1.66	\|	25	thekking.is	0.45
6	hyp.net	1.64	\|	26	eurodns.com	0.42
7	vist.is	1.49	\|	27	wordpress.com	0.42
8	netvistun.is	0.99	\|	28	googledomains.com	0.41
9	hysing.is	0.94	\|	29	awsdns.co.uk	0.41
10	c.is	0.88	\|	30	t.is	0.41
11	azure-dns.com	0.82	\|	31	microsoftonline.com	0.39
12	xnet.is	0.78	\|	32	dreamhost.com	0.35
13	x.is	0.71	\|	33	vortex.is	0.34
14	cscdns.net	0.67	\|	34	snerpa.is	0.33
15	simnet.is	0.60	\|	35	nsone.net	0.32
16	siteground.net	0.58	\|	36	iwantmyname.net	0.30
17	markmonitor.com	0.55	\|	37	reykjavik.is	0.30
18	stefna.is	0.54	\|	38	trademarkarea.com	0.29
19	midja.is	0.51	\|	39	okhysing.is	0.29
20	awsdns.org	0.50	\|	40	netim.net	0.29

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: