The 50 Most Popular Fast Food Chains in America

In America, Millions of people consume food at fast food restaurants each day. Due to this, they now have more options at their disposal than ever before.

From burgers to Pad thai, there’s a quick service restaurant that’ll satisfy almost any appetite.

Using data collected from QSR Magazine, today’s infographics ranks the top 50 largest fast food chains in the U.S by sales in 2021, providing insight into the types of foods people of America have been craving.

Top Selling Fast Food Categories. 

Based on the ranking, it’s clear that people in America still love their McDonald’s. But are burgers, in general, the most popular fast food item?

The answer to this is definetly "YES", Burgers are king. 

Burger joints remain the most popular fast food option among most of consumers 14 of the 50 chains on the list are classified as burger restaurants, with $80 billion in collective sales. 

Snacks come in at second place, with a total of $36 billion in revenue. Boosting a broad variety of foods from iced coffee to donuts and ice cream, six of the restaurants on the list are included in this category. 

Starbucks is the most popular, followed by Dunkin’ and Dairy Queen respectively. 

While the chicken and sandwich categories both have nine restaurants included in the ranking, chicken restaurants outsold sandwiches by almost $1 billion. This is largely due to "Chick fil A", which makes up more than a third of all chicken restaurant sales included in the ranking.  

Fast Food Chains Ranked by Revenue