Most loved food delivery

DoorDash▲ Rising

Born in a Palo Alto dorm room as a simple website for local restaurants, DoorDash rode the suburban delivery gap and the pandemic's shut-in economy to become America's undisputed delivery king, cornering nearly 60% of the market. It turned red-and-white insulated bags into a fixture on every porch in the country, and its DashPass subscription rewired how millions think about the true cost of dinner — earning its spot at the top through sheer, relentless ubiquity.

Avg fees: $8Overall: 8/10

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Uber Eats▲ Rising

Spun out of Uber's ride-hailing empire as a side hustle called UberFRESH, it leveraged an army of drivers already crisscrossing cities to become a global powerhouse spanning dozens of countries. Its genius move was cross-pollination — folding grocery, convenience, and even alcohol delivery into the same app that gets you a ride home, making it the Swiss Army knife of the delivery wars and a permanent fixture on this list.

Avg fees: $8Overall: 8/10

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Instacart▲ Rising

While everyone else fought over burritos and pad thai, Instacart quietly built an empire on milk, eggs, and toilet paper, turning gig shoppers with cell phones into the invisible backbone of grocery in America. The pandemic vaulted it from niche convenience to essential infrastructure overnight, proving that 'food delivery' could mean the whole fridge, not just the takeout menu — a category-defining pivot that earns it a permanent seat here.

Avg fees: $10Overall: 8/10

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Gopuff▼ Falling

Gopuff ditched the restaurant middleman entirely, building its own dark stores stocked with snacks, ice cream, and Advil so it could promise stuff at your door in under 30 minutes, no tip required in the early days. It became the panic-button app for 2 a.m. cravings and forgotten party supplies, carving out a distinct lane as delivery's convenience-store alter ego rather than another dinner-order clone.

Avg fees: $5Overall: 7/10

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Grubhub▼ Falling

The original mover, Grubhub basically invented the online takeout order back in 2004 when 'delivery app' wasn't even a phrase yet, turning grease-stained paper menus into searchable databases for an entire generation of college kids and city dwellers. It once ruled the category outright before rivals ate its lunch, but its pioneering DNA — and stubborn survival through a brutal price war — still earns it a place of honor.

Avg fees: $7Overall: 7/10

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Seamless▼ Falling

Seamless was the East Coast's original obsession, a New York institution so ingrained in office culture that it practically became a verb for ordering lunch at your desk before Grubhub swallowed it whole in a 2013 merger. Even folded into a corporate sibling, its name still carries nostalgic weight for anyone who remembers the golden age of expense-account Chinese food and midtown delivery bikes weaving through traffic.

Avg fees: $7Overall: 6/10

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