While Dribbble is a geographically distributed company with all employees being remote workers, its headquarters is located at Walnut Creek, California.

[2] In 2009, Dan Cederholm and Rich Thornett beta-launched Dribbble as an invite-only site where designers shared what they were working on: “The name Dribbble came about from the dual metaphors of bouncing ideas and leaking your work.”[3] The first "Shot" (a small screenshot of a designer's work in progress) was posted by the user "Cederholm" on July 9, 2009.

Over the years, features were added such as API integration, Attachments, Player Stats, and Pro (an elevated, paid profile).

[7] 2017 saw its first in-person designer conference: Hang Time,[7] since hosted in Boston (2017), Seattle (2018), Los Angeles (2018), and New York.

[citation needed] In April 2017, Dribbble acquired the freelancer platform Crew.