Revealed: Most Popular Fast Food in the World

Fast Food Capitals

We looked at search data to find out what fast food restaurants different countries around the world are searching for the most, and revealed every country’s most popular fast food restaurant.

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1. McDonald’s – (most popular in 29 different countries)

McDonald’s takes first place this time as the most popular fast-food restaurant around the world. McDonald’s was the most searched for in 29 of the 38 countries we looked into. Out of the 29 countries, 26 of them were European, and the final three were part of the Americas.

2. Starbucks – (most popular in 4 different countries)

Starbucks takes second place with just four countries searching for the coffee chain the most. Those countries were Japan, South Korea, Turkey, and the US.

3. Dominoes – (most popular in 2 different countries)

Completing our top three is Dominoes. Just two countries were searching for the pizza chain the most, and they were New Zealand and Iceland. Spain, Mexico, and Canada were searching for Burger King, Little Caesars, and Tim Hortons the most, respectively.

Most Popular Fast Food Restaurant per Country

CountryMost Popular Fast Food
SpainBurger King
IcelandDominoes
New ZealandDominoes
MexicoLittle Caesars
AustraliaMcDonald's
AustriaMcDonald's
BelgiumMcDonald's
ChileMcDonald's
ColombiaMcDonald's
Costa RicaMcDonald's
Czech RepublicMcDonald's
DenmarkMcDonald's
EstoniaMcDonald's
FinlandMcDonald's
FranceMcDonald's
GermanyMcDonald's
GreeceMcDonald's
HungaryMcDonald's
IrelandMcDonald's
IsraelMcDonald's
ItalyMcDonald's
LatviaMcDonald's
LithuaniaMcDonald's
LuxembourgMcDonald's
NetherlandsMcDonald's
NorwayMcDonald's
PolandMcDonald's
PortugalMcDonald's
SlovakiaMcDonald's
SloveniaMcDonald's
SwedenMcDonald's
SwitzerlandMcDonald's
United KingdomMcDonald's
JapanStarbucks
KoreaStarbucks
TurkeyStarbucks
United StatesStarbucks
CanadaTim Hortons

Methodology

We took the top 30 from Wikipedia’s list of the largest fast-food restaurant chains.

We then used the list of OECD members to get our list of countries, before using Google Keyword Planner once again to find out the most popular in each country.

WRITTEN BY

Dan Weiner

Hailing from Atlanta and attending college at the University of Texas, Dan is passionate about sports, particularly college football and soccer. He's a diehard Atlanta pro sports and Texas Longhorns fan. He likes every sport and will watch anything and everything the weirder the better. He joined Betsperts after an 11 year career in television production at ESPN.

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