How much does the average person spend on fast food?

It varies widely, but many people who order fast food a few times a week spend between $200 and $500 per month once you count meals, delivery fees and tips. Over a year that adds up to thousands of dollars, which is exactly what this calculator shows you.

How many calories are in a typical fast food meal?

Averaged across the major US chains, a signature burger with medium fries and a medium soda lands around 1,350 calories. This calculator uses that figure to estimate your yearly total.

How can I stop spending so much on fast food?

The hardest part is the craving in the moment, not the intention. Apps like NOPE are built to catch you right before you order, warn you near your usual spots, and help you get through the urge, which is where most attempts actually succeed or fail.

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How much are you really spending on fast food?

Enter what you spend and how often you order. See the real cost per year, in money and calories. Most people are surprised.

How much do you spend per order?

Average meal, including delivery and tips

How many times per week?

Drive-thru, delivery, takeout, all of it

4× / week

Adding up your orders…

You're spending about

on fast food every year

per month

over 5 years

0 calories

a year from fast food alone

How the calorie figure is worked out. It assumes about 1,350 calories per order, which is the average of a signature burger with medium fries and a medium soda across the major US chains. Go large on the sides and it climbs past 1,600. You can break down your own order item by item with the calorie calculator. Nothing is stored and nothing leaves your browser.

That number can drop to zero

NOPE catches you right before you order, warns you near your usual spots, and gets you through the craving. Available now on iPhone.

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Why fast food costs more than you think

The meal price is only part of it. Add delivery fees, service charges, tips and the "might as well add a drink" upsells, and a single order quietly becomes fifteen or twenty dollars. Do that a few times a week and you're spending more on fast food than most people spend on their utilities. The calculator above uses your own numbers, so the total you're seeing is real, not an average.

It's not just money

The calorie number matters just as much. Averaged across the big chains, a burger with fries and a drink lands around 1,350 calories, most of a day's worth in one sitting. Multiplied across a year that's a serious amount of energy, which is why cutting fast food is one of the fastest ways people notice a change in how they feel. If you're curious what actually happens, here's the day 1 to 90 timeline of quitting fast food, and you can break down your usual order with the calorie calculator.

The number almost nobody checks

Money and calories are the obvious two, but sodium is where fast food is genuinely extreme. A single fried chicken sandwich can carry two thirds of what the World Health Organization suggests for an entire day, before you've touched the fries. The nutrition calculator shows your order's sodium, added sugar and saturated fat against those daily limits.

Knowing the number is the easy part

Seeing the total is motivating for about a day. The hard part is the craving that hits at 6 PM on a tired Tuesday, when the drive-thru is right there and one order feels harmless. That single moment is where quitting actually succeeds or fails, not in your good intentions. If you want to understand why those cravings feel so automatic, read the science of the craving loop.

How do I actually stop?

Willpower alone rarely lasts, because the craving always shows up when your willpower is lowest. That's the exact problem NOPE was built to solve: it runs quietly on your iPhone, warns you when you're near a spot that tempts you, and gives you a way through the two minutes that matter. Every clean day it tracks is money back in your pocket, counted in real time.