# The most popular soft drinks in the world

The best-selling soft drink brands worldwide by market share and sales (FoodBev's top 15 of 2025 and market data), from cola giants to regional icons.

- 64 votes · 13 items
- Aug 11, 2026 · knitter.slow
- https://even.best/en/l/487/the-most-popular-soft-drinks-in-the-world

## Top 12

1. **Pepsi** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Global number two, strong in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.
2. **Coca-Cola** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — The world leader with about 22% share and some 1.9 billion servings a day in 200 countries.
3. **Sprite** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — Lemon-lime soda from Coca-Cola, launched in 1961.
4. **Mountain Dew** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Citrus soda with a cult following among gamers.
5. **Inca Kola** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Peru's golden lemon verbena soda that outsells Coke at home.
6. **Dr Pepper** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — The oldest major US soda (1885), now ahead of Pepsi in US share.
7. **Fanta** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Fruit sodas born in Germany in 1940, with dozens of local flavours.
8. **Irn-Bru** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Scotland's orange soda, the national rival of Coca-Cola.
9. **7 Up** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Lemon-lime soda from 1929.
10. **Schweppes** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Tonic and mixers brand dating back to 1783 in Geneva.
11. **Diet Coke / Coca-Cola Light** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — The best-selling diet soda, created in 1982.
12. **Coca-Cola Zero Sugar** (0 · ▲3 ▼3) — The zero-calorie Coke that keeps growing every year.
13. **Guaraná Antarctica** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Brazil's guaraná soda since 1921.

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