2018 was a banner year in digital reading as 43,000+ OverDrive library and school partners around the world circulated over 274 million ebook and audiobook checkouts. We’ve seen consistent record breaking circulation numbers every year for some time, but this number represents a 22% increase over 2017, the largest growth since 2015. Leading the growth of the digital library lending movement were 65 libraries who joined the Million Checkout Club in the calendar year.

The list, which you’ll find below, surpasses 2017’s record of 58 members with seven new members. A few other highlights include both Toronto Public Library and the Wisconsin Public Library Consortium surpassing five million (!!) checkouts. Another notable number comes from the National Library Board of Singapore who saw a growth of 113% over the previous year. Additionally, five libraries surpassed four million checkouts, and another four surpassing three million.

The popularity of these library systems and all OverDrive partners is reflected in more than four million new digital library users that used OverDrive apps for the first time in 2018, joining millions of readers that have done so for years.

For more information about these record setting numbers, see our full press release.

OverDrive Million Checkout club 2018

5 million+

Toronto Public Library

Wisconsin Public Library Consortium

4 million+

King County Library System

The Ohio Digital Library

Los Angeles Public Library

New York Public Library

Greater Phoenix Digital Library

3 million+

Tennessee READS

Maryland’s Digital Library

Digital Downloads Collaboration

National Library Board Singapore

2 million+

Seattle Public Library

Hennepin County Library

Ontario Library Service Consortium

Multnomah County Library

CLEVNET

Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County

Mid-Continent Public Library

Utah’s Online Library

North Carolina Digital Library

Cuyahoga County Public Library

San Francisco Public Library

1 million+

LA County Library

Harris County Public Library

Kentucky Libraries Unbound

Calgary Public Library

Auckland Libraries

Sacramento Public Library

Fairfax County Public Library

Sno-Isle Libraries

Livebrary

Metropolitan Library System

Midwest Collaborative for Library Services

Pikes Peak Library District

Las Vegas-Clark County Library District

Denver Public Library

Indianapolis Public Library

Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

Boston Public Library

Oregon Digital Library Consortium

San Antonio Public Library

San Diego County Library

Houston Area Digital Media Catalog

St. Louis County Library

Minuteman Library Network

My Media Mall

Brooklyn Public Library

Nashville Public Library

Broward County Library

Bridges

Edmonton Public Library

Orange County Library System

The Free Library of Philadelphia

Ottawa Public Library

Salt Lake County Library Services

Austin Public Library

Pierce County Library System

Washington Anytime Library

Chicago Public Library

Washington County Cooperative Library Services

Lee County Library System

New Hampshire State Library

C/W MARS

Wake County Public Libraries