3,999,995...3,999,996...3,999,997...3,999,998...3,999,999...Happy 4,000,000 digital checkouts!

We're a little over a week away from the New Year's Eve countdown to 2026 but on the evening of December 22, 2025, Fairfax County Public Library staff were waiting at their computers, watching and counting down to a different major milestone - over 4 million digital checkouts in a single calendar year! That’s a lot of eBooks, eAudiobooks and eMagazines! 

This is the first time our library system has exceeded the threshold since introducing Libby by OverDrive, the library's online digital catalog provider, in 2006. 

• In 2024, only 29 libraries who use OverDrive surpassed the 4 million digital checkout mark.
• FCPL currently ranks #22 in digital circulation nationwide among standalone systems and is ranked #1 in Virginia.
• The busiest day in 2025 was December 2 with 15,268 digital loans.
• The 4-millionth digital loan was the eAudiobook Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class by Rob Henderson.
• Since introducing Overdrive in 2006, FCPL cardholders have borrowed nearly 30 million items.

Stay tuned for FCPL's list of top books for 2025 and we look forward to a well-read and entertaining 2026!