Since its inception in September 2009, the popularity of the bike scheme has continued to rise. dublinbikes reached the 1 million journey milestone in August 2010, less than one year after it had been introduced. The bikes are used for business, pleasure and a myriad of purposes in all weather and users span a wide range of age groups, making them a welcome addition to the City.

The people of Dublin were surprisingly active on Christmas day when the amount of bike rentals reached 339. However, the busiest day of the month was 5,591 rentals on 22 December 2011.

The dublinbikes scheme has received numerous awards including the Green Communications Award and the Excellence in Local Government award for Sustainable Development.

There are now 44 stations and 550 bikes in the network and each db has an average rotation of 8.8 journeys p/day. A record 7,052 journeys were taken on Thursday 13th October 2011; the busiest day so far in the history of the scheme.

dublinbikes has over 37,500 long term subscribers to date and is one of the most successful bike share rental schemes in the world.