--- title: Government Pizza Study: 13 Percent of Americans Eat Pizza Any Given Day description: On any given day, 13 percent of Americans are eating it. canonical: https://time.com/6641/us-government-pizza-consumption-report/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-02-10T21:29:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:07:09.121Z og:title: Government Pizza Study: 13 Percent of Americans Eat Pizza Any Given Day og:description: On any given day, 13 percent of Americans are eating it. og:url: https://time.com/6641/us-government-pizza-consumption-report/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf7eea09392c22e6/6986828f3617601ac590a9b4/460748689.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: heart shaped pizza og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Government Pizza Study: 13 Percent of Americans Eat Pizza Any Given Day twitter:description: On any given day, 13 percent of Americans are eating it. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf7eea09392c22e6/6986828f3617601ac590a9b4/460748689.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Government Took the Time to Prove that Americans Really Love Pizza by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Feb 10, 2014 9:29 PM CUT  heart shaped pizza heart shaped pizzaGetty Images by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Feb 10, 2014 9:29 PM CUT There are few things as universally adored and decidedly non-divisive as pizza. But even though we all know how much everyone loves to eat pizza, the United States government still went ahead and put together [a report ](http://www.ars.usda.gov/SP2UserFiles/Place/12355000/pdf/DBrief/11%5Fconsumption%5Fof%5Fpizza%5F0710.pdf "undefined")detailing just _how_ much we love it and just _how_ much we’re eating it. Here are some of the key findings: * 13 percent of Americans eat pizza on any given day * A quarter of males ages 6-18 eat pizza on any given day * For those who eat pizza on any given day, it accounts for 25 percent (among kids) and 29 percent (among adults) of daily energy intake * The people who eat the least amount of pizza are women ages 60 and over * Overall, men are eating pizza much more frequently than women The most important finding, though? Pizza was, is and always will be delicious. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6641/us-government-pizza-consumption-report/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6641/us-government-pizza-consumption-report/"},"headline":"The Government Took the Time to Prove that Americans Really Love Pizza","datePublished":"2014-02-10T21:29:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:07:09.121Z","description":"On any given day, 13 percent of Americans are eating it.","url":"https://time.com/6641/us-government-pizza-consumption-report/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink","Pizza","Government","Studies","Americans","food industry"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf7eea09392c22e6/6986828f3617601ac590a9b4/460748689.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf7eea09392c22e6/6986828f3617601ac590a9b4/460748689.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"heart shaped pizza","caption":"heart shaped pizza","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6641/us-government-pizza-consumption-report/","name":"The Government Took the Time to Prove that Americans Really Love Pizza"}}]}] ```