The crazy number of burgers McDonalds sells every day revealed

Talk about fast food.A new report has revealed just how many patties fly off the grill at McDonald’s every day.The Takeout did the “McMath” looking at reports that the fast-food chain sold nearly 6.5 billion burgers in 2021.More specifically, they looked at the often-cited statistic that about 75 hamburgers are sold per second at Golden Arches worldwide — and there’s even a website dedicated to watching every second of McDonald’s sales in real time.With 86,400 seconds in a day, that would mean that McDonald’s sells about 6.48 million burgers in a single day.And over the course of a year, that comes out to 2.36 billion patties being served around the globe.For over 40 years, McDonald’s was tracking and advertising how many burgers they sold on store signs, until they stopped keeping track in 1994.Now, many signs just appear to say “billions and billions served.”This crazy high number might be why the fast-food chain stopped tallying, but the Wall Street Journal reported on their 300 billionth burger in 2013 — over a decade ago.With these numbers, it’s safe to assume that McDonald’s is coming up on its 400 billionth burger any moment now.

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