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	12304	89414
2023	9083	77110
2022	7227	68027
2021	7106	60800
2020	6499	53694
2019	5180	47195
2018	4113	42015
2017	3896	37902
2016	3449	34006
2015	3358	30557
2014	3144	27199
2013	2984	24055
2012	2577	21071
2011	2253	18494
2010	2304	16241
2009	2129	13937
2008	1783	11808
2007	1543	10025
2006	1269	8482
2005	1279	7213
2004	984	5934
2003	906	4950
2002	893	4044
2001	857	3151
2000	894	2294

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	954	5382
2023	651	4428
2022	359	3777
2021	348	3418
2020	401	3070
2019	282	2669
2018	231	2387
2017	206	2156
2016	177	1950
2015	146	1773
2014	227	1627
2013	161	1400
2012	149	1239
2011	95	1090
2010	149	995
2009	154	846
2008	161	692
2007	164	531
2006	91	367
2005	235	276
2004	41	41

Number of active domains by registration month in regard to kennitalas

	domestic			foreign
	reg.	total	%	reg.	total	%
May	650	67038	69.99	507	28739	30.01
April	707	66388	70.16	542	28232	29.84
March	805	65681	70.34	541	27690	29.66
February	758	64876	70.50	479	27149	29.50
2025 January	788	64118	70.62	586	26670	29.38
December	525	63330	70.83	540	26084	29.17
November	680	62805	71.09	582	25544	28.91
October	698	62125	71.34	486	24962	28.66
September	671	61427	71.51	483	24476	28.49
August	584	60756	71.69	409	23993	28.31
July	579	60172	71.84	423	23584	28.16
June	601	59593	72.01	393	23161	27.99
May	608	58992	72.15	426	22768	27.85
April	703	58384	72.32	254	22342	27.68
March	579	57681	72.31	250	22088	27.69
February	625	57102	72.34	268	21838	27.66
2024 January	622	56477	72.36	315	21570	27.64
December	482	55855	72.44	266	21255	27.56
November	627	55373	72.51	277	20989	27.49
October	585	54746	72.55	244	20712	27.45
September	656	54161	72.57	304	20468	27.43
August	493	53505	72.63	275	20164	27.37
July	440	53012	72.72	239	19889	27.28
June	495	52572	72.79	242	19650	27.21

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
May	470	30941
April	491	30471
March	534	29980
February	511	29446
2025 January	528	28935
December	361	28407
November	462	28046
October	447	27584
September	451	27137
August	408	26686
July	364	26278
June	383	25914
May	385	25531
April	437	25146
March	360	24709
February	393	24349
2024 January	369	23956
December	299	23587
November	397	23288
October	359	22891
September	396	22532
August	307	22136
July	265	21829
June	290	21564

Age-distribution of registrants, Icelandic individuals

age (years)	number
90-100	107
80-90	180
70-80	1196
60-70	4097
50-60	7354
40-50	8641
30-40	6719
20-30	2468
10-20	179
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	1374	937	6779
02	1237	893	6281
03	1346	829	6984
04	1249	957	6161
05	1157	1034	6641
06	0	994	5746
07	0	1002	5287
08	0	993	6106
09	0	1154	7027
10	0	1184	7236
11	0	1262	7040
12	0	1065	5828

Domain Age Distribution

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

age (years)	number
30-31	23
29-30	54
28-29	144
27-28	326
26-27	482
25-26	741
24-25	940
23-24	830
22-23	916
21-22	906
20-21	1197
19-20	1159
18-19	1388
17-18	1603
16-17	2043
15-16	2094
14-15	2332
13-14	2439
12-13	2806
11-12	3146
10-11	3104
9-10	3442
8-9	3686
7-8	3928
6-7	4438
5-6	5619
4-5	6932
3-4	7044
2-3	7713
1-2	10256
0-1	14015
Mean age	7.5

Net number of new domains per month

	new	[dom/for]	%	deleted	[dom/for]	%	net change	[dom/for]	%
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
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

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]
11. Jun	50	[24/26]	25	[14/11 ]	25	[10/15]
10. Jun	44	[25/19]	49	[33/16 ]	-5	[-8/3]
09. Jun	41	[14/27]	31	[14/17 ]	10	[0/10]
08. Jun	30	[13/17]	30	[21/9 ]	0	[-8/8]
07. Jun	29	[17/12]	33	[18/15 ]	-4	[-1/-3]
06. Jun	46	[32/14]	27	[12/15 ]	19	[20/-1]
05. Jun	46	[29/17]	32	[15/17 ]	14	[14/0]
04. Jun	48	[32/16]	33	[21/12 ]	15	[11/4]
03. Jun	51	[32/19]	25	[18/7 ]	26	[14/12]
02. Jun	64	[32/32]	29	[23/6 ]	35	[9/26]
01. Jun	26	[12/14]	39	[18/21 ]	-13	[-6/-7]
31. May	28	[17/11]	33	[17/16 ]	-5	[0/-5]
30. May	35	[18/17]	37	[10/27 ]	-2	[8/-10]
29. May	50	[25/25]	23	[13/10 ]	27	[12/15]
28. May	28	[13/15]	19	[10/9 ]	9	[3/6]
27. May	53	[34/19]	31	[17/14 ]	22	[17/5]
26. May	45	[26/19]	34	[19/15 ]	11	[7/4]
25. May	28	[18/10]	20	[11/9 ]	8	[7/1]
24. May	30	[13/17]	34	[22/12 ]	-4	[-9/5]
23. May	37	[23/14]	34	[26/8 ]	3	[-3/6]
22. May	48	[26/22]	30	[17/13 ]	18	[9/9]
21. May	60	[42/18]	33	[19/14 ]	27	[23/4]
20. May	39	[21/18]	38	[24/14 ]	1	[-3/4]
19. May	23	[11/12]	39	[26/13 ]	-16	[-15/-1]
18. May	21	[14/7]	32	[22/10 ]	-11	[-8/-3]
17. May	22	[12/10]	43	[35/8 ]	-21	[-23/2]
16. May	33	[23/10]	21	[12/9 ]	12	[11/1]
15. May	39	[27/12]	39	[23/16 ]	0	[4/-4]
14. May	48	[26/22]	37	[21/16 ]	11	[5/6]
13. May	50	[32/18]	45	[23/22 ]	5	[9/-4]
12. May	38	[24/14]	38	[17/21 ]	0	[7/-7]
Total	1230	[707/523]	1013	[591/422]	217	[116/101]

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

New Registrations per year

	registered	deleted	net change
2025	6944	4972	1972
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
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
October	1180	96
September	1297	106
August	1151	96
July	1085	59
June	1060	77

Deleted domains

When domain has been purged and is available for registration.

	deleted
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
October	780
September	770
August	782
July	797
June	830

Registration changes

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

	changed
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
October	1609
September	1625
August	1450
July	1219
June	1470

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
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
October	1169
September	1092
August	1069
July	1034
June	1030

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

	reactivated
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
October	456
September	443
August	409
July	376
June	450

Transferred domains

Number of domains transferred from one registrant to another.

	transferred
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
October	438
September	396
August	184
July	204
June	290

Signed domains (DNSSEC)

Number of domains signed using DNSSEC.

	signed
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
October	2943
September	2919
August	2908
July	2926
June	2863

Domains using ISNIC's nameservers

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

	parked	ISNIC DNS Hosting
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
Nóvember	18865	11467
Október	18764	11382
September	18638	11256
Ágúst	18565	11147
Júlí	18502	11083

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
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
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

Number of nameserver registrations

	registered nameservers
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
October	100
September	88
August	59
July	76
June	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	1241	3	5979	4	6833
5	8402	6	9514	7	9302	8	9565
9	9196	10	8131	11	6819	12	5239
13	3914	14	3178	15	2410	16	1815
17	1288	18	887	19	670	20	461
21	289	22	197	23	125	24	100
25	62	26	35	27	27	28	13
29	14	30	8	31	8	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	60	1	372	2	201	3	159
4	104	5	79	6	50	7	69
8	85	9	57	a	5925	á	92
b	6267	c	3270	d	3024	ð	1
e	3452	é	4	f	4904	g	4500
h	6276	i	4015	í	126	j	1640
k	3929	l	4529	m	5440	n	3222
o	2091	ó	46	p	3638	q	246
r	3926	s	10601	t	4977	u	1207
ú	54	v	4164	w	1362	x	336
y	493	ý	3	z	433	þ	221
æ	40	ö	93

Following is information about recidency of registrants

Country

registrant country of residence	numer of domains
IS	67238
US	9379
GB	2178
DE	2143
NO	1764
SE	1264
CA	930
HK	802
NL	731
DK	729
CH	633
FR	612
AU	470
IT	380
IN	357
ES	349
CN	308
RO	265
AT	238
PL	222

Domestic registrants in more detail

Postal code

postal code	number of domains
105 Reykjavík	5960
101 Reykjavík	5653
110 Reykjavík	4302
108 Reykjavík	4249
210 Garðabæ	3709
200 Kópavogi	3422
104 Reykjavík	3243
220 Hafnarfirði	2735
201 Kópavogi	2651
112 Reykjavík	2276
270 Mosfellsbæ	2180
221 Hafnarfirði	1929
600 Akureyri	1705
203 Kópavogi	1674
800 Selfossi	1392
107 Reykjavík	1319
109 Reykjavík	1292
113 Reykjavík	1279
230 Reykjanesbæ	1188
170 Seltjarnarnesi	920

Towns

town/county	number of domains
Reykjavík	32110
Kópavogi	7756
Hafnarfirði	4692
Garðabæ	4234
Akureyri	2573
Mosfellsbæ	2283
Reykjanesbæ	2160
Selfossi	1987
Seltjarnarnesi	924
Akranesi	733
Borgarnesi	465
Egilsstöðum	417
Hveragerði	410
Vestmannaeyjum	372
Grindavík	352
Ísafirði	331
Húsavík	314
Sauðárkróki	304
Höfn í Hornafirði	278
Hellu	278

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	12.18	\|	21	awsdns.net	0.45
2	cloudflare.com	10.78	\|	22	midja.is	0.44
3	registrar-servers.com	5.20	\|	23	wordpress.com	0.43
4	wixdns.net	1.91	\|	24	thekking.is	0.42
5	hyp.net	1.44	\|	25	googledomains.com	0.42
6	hysingar.is	1.41	\|	26	awsdns.co.uk	0.41
7	vist.is	1.34	\|	27	101domain.com	0.40
8	netvistun.is	1.19	\|	28	digitalocean.com	0.39
9	hysing.is	0.83	\|	29	x.is	0.39
10	azure-dns.com	0.80	\|	30	microsoftonline.com	0.39
11	xnet.is	0.74	\|	31	eurodns.com	0.39
12	c.is	0.72	\|	32	t.is	0.37
13	cscdns.net	0.62	\|	33	vercel-dns.com	0.35
14	siteground.net	0.59	\|	34	dreamhost.com	0.35
15	markmonitor.com	0.52	\|	35	nsone.net	0.34
16	stefna.is	0.52	\|	36	vortex.is	0.31
17	simnet.is	0.51	\|	37	snerpa.is	0.31
18	awsdns.org	0.51	\|	38	reykjavik.is	0.28
19	dns-parking.com	0.45	\|	39	netim.net	0.28
20	awsdns.com	0.45	\|	40	okhysing.is	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: