Fun Facts about Pizza

We all love pizza, but you might not have known about these 13 cool facts about pizza.

Americans eat roughly 350 slices per second.

It’s believed that pizza was invented in Naples in the early 1500s.

Lombardi’s in New York City was the first pizzeria in America.

Roughly 13% of Americans eat pizza on any given day.

Pizzas in Italy were originally shaped like squares.

There are over 5 billion pizzas sold worldwide each year.

October is National Pizza month.

More pizza is eaten on a Saturday night than any other day of the week.

About $38 billion worth of pizzas are sold annually in the United States.

About 3 billion pizzas are sold in the U.S. every year.

61% of Americans prefer thin crust pizza to thick crust.

April 5th is National Deep Dish Pizza Day

October 11th is National Sausage Pizza Day

Check out the National Food Days!

Check out Food Network’s Best Pizza Recipes.