Top food delivery apps: global

Food delivery apps have come a long way, baby. Just 7 years ago in 2018 they took in $90 billion in revenue. But by last year, that exploded to $289 billion, and it’s still growing. In fact, the food delivery sector is estimated to hit over $500 billion by 2030. 

A third of this market is currently North America, but APAC is the fastest growing, while LATAM and EMEA continue to see annual double-digit growth.

That’s … impressive.

So who’s going to win? 

Which apps and companies are best-positioned to grab the most share of this massive and quickly growing market? Covid set the stage for the current battle, when food delivery downloads increased by 20% year-over-year. Now, as the competition continues to heat up, the emphasis is shifting to q-commerce: quick commerce, with promised delivery times as low as 10 minutes.

In this post I’m going to look at the top food delivery apps in 4 key global markets:

• APAC
• EMEA
• LATAM
• NA (North America)

I’m looking at both app downloads and time spent in app, and I’m weighing time spent in app about twice as much as downloads, just because I think usage and engagement — and the revenue which is much harder to directly measure — is more important than simple installs.

Key takeaways

• Food delivery is growing fast: global revenue hit $289B in 2024 and is projected to surpass $500B by 2030

• APAC is the fastest-growing region; North America still leads in overall revenue

• The most-used apps globally include Grab, Zomato, Swiggy, DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Just Eat

• Rankings are based on both app downloads and user engagement, with heavier weighting on time spent in-app

• Regional leaders vary widely across APAC, EMEA, LATAM, and North America

• Restaurant brands like McDonald’s, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell show strong app engagement, especially in North America and LATAM

• The next wave is q-commerce: ultra-fast delivery is setting the pace for competition

• Drone delivery is emerging as a critical innovation for speed, cost savings, and scalability

First off: global top 10

Below, I’ll look at each of the individual markets. But if we look at the global top 10 food delivery apps, here’s what the model shows:

1. Grab
   Dominates Southeast Asia
2. Zomato
   Leads in India
3. Swiggy
   Leads in India
4. Foodpanda
   Strong is Southeast Asia and parts of Europe
5. iFood
   Leads in Brazil
6. DoorDash
   Strongest in the USA
7. Deliveroo
   Strong in the UK, Ireland, and parts of mainland Europe
8. Just Eat/Takeaway.com
   Leads in Western Europe
9. Uber Eats
   Strongest in the USA
10. PedidosYa
    Leads in Latin America

Grab has huge engagement and usage in Southeast Asia across multiple verticals, including but not limited to food delivery and groceries, while India-focused apps like Zomato and Swiggy rank high thanks to their own deep engagement and frequent usage. In the United States, we see more DoorDash and Uber Eats, while Deliveroo and Just Eat dominate in the EU.

PedidosYa is strong in Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile to lead in LATAM, along with iFood, which dominates in the huge economy of Brazil. And while Rappi doesn’t make this list, it’s also a significant player here.

OK: now let’s look at each region …

Top food delivery apps: APAC

Here are the top 20 food delivery apps for APAC right now. 

What we see is that regional leaders like Swiggy, Zomato, and Foodpanda stand out with very high engagement in specific markets.

1. Grab
2. Zomato
3. Swiggy
4. Zepto
5. foodpanda
6. Pizza Hut India
7. EatSure QuickiES Food Delivery
8. LINE MAN: Food Delivery & more
9. DoorDash
10. magicpin
11. Coupang Eats 
12. SNACC: 10-Min Food Delivery
13. Yango
14. EatClub
15. Wolt Delivery
16. PedidosYa
17. McDonald’s India Food Delivery
18. ShopeeFood 
19. Milkbasket
20. Deliveroo

Swiggy and Zomato are big in India, a large and fast-growing market. Foodpanda and Grab are stronger in Southeast Asia. We see high engagement levels, lots of repeat usage, and strong loyalty in these markets.

Only 2 restaurant brand apps, Pizza Hut and McDonald’s, make the list. All the others are pure-play delivery apps, and most of them deliver food plus other goods and services.

Interestingly, some of these brands are so big and so popular that their delivery personnel or service apps also rank in the top 20, and had to be filtered out by hand.

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Top food delivery apps: EMEA

Here are the top 20 food delivery apps in EMEA right now. 

Again, we see strength in specific markets, with Deliveroo leading in the UK and Ireland, Just Eat stronger in Spain, Italy, Denmark, and the UK, and Wolt focused on the Nordic and eastern European countries.

1. Yandex Go
2. Zomato
3. Wolt Delivery
4. Swiggy
5. foodpanda
6. PedidosYa 
7. Glovo
8. DoorDash
9. Grab
10. Deliveroo
11. Yango
12. Zepto: 10 Min Grocery Delivery
13. HelloFresh:
14. Keeta
15. Just Eat 
16. EatSure QuickiES
17. DiDi Food
18. Domino’s Pizza Delivery
19. Coupang Eats
20. Rappi

Yandex Go is surprisingly strong in EMEA, with Zomato and Swiggy showing up here as well as APAC. Glovo is strong as well, and HelloFresh makes an appearance as a meal prep (and delivery) app.

For restaurant brands, we see Domino’s … and that’s it.

Top food delivery apps: LATAM

Here are the top 20 food delivery apps in LATAM right now.

1. iFood
2. PedidosYa 
3. McDonald’s Offers and Delivery
4. Zomato
5. Swiggy
6. Yango
7. foodpanda
8. Zé Delivery de Bebidas
9. Rappi 
10. DiDi Food
11. DoorDash
12. Zepto: 10 Min Grocery Delivery
13. Wolt Delivery
14. EatSure QuickiES 
15. Coupang Eats 
16. SNACC: 10-Min Food Delivery
17. Deliveroo
18. HelloFresh
19. LINE MAN
20. aiqfome: delivery de tudo

iFood is a clear leader with high engagement scores, but PedidosYa is doing very well also. McDonald’s makes a surprisingly strong showing in LATAM: the highest any individual restaurant brand shows up anywhere, globally.

Top food delivery apps: North America

Dominated by the United States, the North American market is about 27% of global food delivery revenues right now. Here, DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Instacart dominate both downloads and engagement.

Top 20 food delivery apps in North America:

1. DoorDash 
2. Instacart
3. Pizza Hut 
4. Grubhuby
5. Taco Bell 
6. Papa Johns Pizza 
7. Postmates 
8. Skip 
9. Gopuff
10. Grab
11. Factor
12. HelloFresh
13. 7NOW
14. Slice
15. Shipt
16. foodpanda
17. Zomatog
18. McDonald’s
19. Sheetz Food
20. PedidosYa

Factor joins HelloFresh here as food prep delivery services, but there’s an even more significant difference between North America — and particularly the United States — and the rest of the world.

And that’s the number of individual restaurant brands showing up:

• Pizza Hut
• Taco Bell
• Papa Johns
• McDonalds

Another difference: a food-specific delivery app in Slice (for pizza).

Next step in the delivery business: drones

Food delivery apps are growing fast.

“Takeout used to be a convenience, now it’s a culture,” says Food and Wine magazine. 

In the US, consumers average 4.6 food app orders per month, with younger users even more hard-core users, at about 5.1 orders per month. A staggering 75% of restaurant traffic now involves takeout or delivery, and speed is one of the most important factors. 

“94% of all consumers say speed is critical,” says the National Restaurant Association.

That means 10 minute delivery might soon be too slow, if you can believe it. 

The only solution here will be drones. That’s super-fast, becoming more and more available as regulations and laws change all over the world, and costs 90% less than driving big steel and glass cars or trucks out to customers’ homes.

It’s coming soon: Uber Eats has been testing it for years. 

At that point, the 75% of restaurant traffic stat might get a lot closer to 100%.

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