Melina Khan, USA TODAY

Sat, May 24, 2025, 5:02 AM1 min read

When it comes to soda, some brands pop off year after year.

Beverage Digest, a trade publication covering the beverage industry, released its annual data measuring America's best-selling soda brands.

The list ranked sodas based on each company's sales performance in 2024. It also compared popular sodas with other beverage types, like bottled water and sports drinks.

While many Americans have longstanding opinions on the superior choice between Coca-Cola or Pepsi products, a few other popular soda brands have inched their way to the top of the ranking. This year, Sprite knocked Pepsi out of the top three spots on the list.

Here's a look at the full data.

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Regular Coke remained in the top spot on the annual list of bestselling soda brands. Meanwhile, Dr. Pepper entered the second spot and Sprite edged out Pepsi for No. 3.

Coke and Pepsi were the respective No. 1 and 2 bestselling sodas in America for many years.

However, in 2023, Dr. Pepper overtook Pepsi as the No. 2 bestselling soda on the list.

This year, Pepsi fell another spot to Coke's Sprite brand, making it the fourth bestselling soda in 2024, according to Beverage Digest's data.

Aside from soda brands, Beverage Digest also ranked other categories of non-alcoholic liquid refreshments based on volume and dollar performance in 2024.

Here are the top beverages in America based on the list:

1. Bottled water

2. Carbonated soda

3. Juices and juice drinks

4. Ready-to-drink tea

5. Sports drinks

6. Energy drinks

7. Ready-to-drink coffee

Melina Khan is a national trending reporter for USA TODAY. She can be reached at melina.khan@usatoday.com. 

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Coke or Pepsi? Best-selling sodas in America in 2024 revealed