McDonald's hamburgers stacked up.

How Many McDonalds' Hamburgers Are Sold Every Second?

NEWS

By BUFFY NAILLON

The exterior of a McDonald's.
McDonald's sold about 75 burgers a second globally in 2021 (per Investing.com). With 86,400 seconds in a day, this comes to about 6.48 million burgers each day.
The Mcdonald's app on a phone.
This equals nearly 2.4 billion burgers in just one year. However, this stat is over two years old as of August 2024, so getting exact numbers proves a bit elusive.
Someone holding a McDonald's cheeseburger.
Given the factors that influence McDonald's daily sales, the number is likely to fluctuate regardless of the year, making it challenging to calculate the actual per-second sales.