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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.
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
| Country | Most Popular Fast Food |
|---|---|
| Spain | Burger King |
| Iceland | Dominoes |
| New Zealand | Dominoes |
| Mexico | Little Caesars |
| Australia | McDonald's |
| Austria | McDonald's |
| Belgium | McDonald's |
| Chile | McDonald's |
| Colombia | McDonald's |
| Costa Rica | McDonald's |
| Czech Republic | McDonald's |
| Denmark | McDonald's |
| Estonia | McDonald's |
| Finland | McDonald's |
| France | McDonald's |
| Germany | McDonald's |
| Greece | McDonald's |
| Hungary | McDonald's |
| Ireland | McDonald's |
| Israel | McDonald's |
| Italy | McDonald's |
| Latvia | McDonald's |
| Lithuania | McDonald's |
| Luxembourg | McDonald's |
| Netherlands | McDonald's |
| Norway | McDonald's |
| Poland | McDonald's |
| Portugal | McDonald's |
| Slovakia | McDonald's |
| Slovenia | McDonald's |
| Sweden | McDonald's |
| Switzerland | McDonald's |
| United Kingdom | McDonald's |
| Japan | Starbucks |
| Korea | Starbucks |
| Turkey | Starbucks |
| United States | Starbucks |
| Canada | Tim 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.