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Libraries loaned out 739 million audiobooks and e-books in 2024
Public libraries have increasingly loaned digital content in the past ten years. Worldwide, libraries that do business with Overdrive loaned 739 million audiobooks, e-books, and digital magazines in 2024, a 17% increase over 2023. A record 192 library systems, consortia, and school libraries reached over one million digital checkouts, and over 30 library systems and consortia surpassed one million digital checkouts for the first time in 2024.
2024 digital lending records from the OverDrive global network:
- Total digital checkouts from libraries and schools: 739.5 million (+17% YoY)
- Ebooks borrowed: 366.2 million (+7%)
- Audiobooks borrowed: 278.3 million (+19%)
- Magazines borrowed: 95.1 million (+70%)
- Comics borrowed: 44.8 million (+20%)
- Children and Young Adult titles borrowed: 157.8 million (+14%)
- Public library checkouts: 706.3 million (+17%)
- School checkouts: 56.2 million (+15%)
- Libby installs: 9.2 million (+1%)
- New library users: 118.9 million (+16%)
You can view the full report HERE. It breaks down top 10 most popular authors, books and libraries that have had over 1 million digital checkouts or more in 2024. The report also discloses the top library in each country where Overdrive operates.
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