Ice Cream Eating Habits in the US
Reposted from Yahoo Lifestyle (link at bottom of excerpts)
The Yahoo Insights team conducted a survey with more than 1,000 people around the country to learn a few things about their ice cream consumption. What did we discover? Well, the ice cream obsession is stronger than we thought. America’s favorite flavor might surprise you too. Here are the results:
The Yahoo Insights team conducted a survey with more than 1,000 people around the country to learn a few things about their ice cream consumption. What did we discover? Well, the ice cream obsession is stronger than we thought. America’s favorite flavor might surprise you too. Here are the results:

Some more interesting stats:
Soft-serve...gets the cold shoulder compared to good old-fashioned scoops.
Here’s how America likes its ice cream.
It’s the age-old question. Cup or cone?
When visiting an ice cream shop, most Americans prefer to get their ice cream in a cup.
Soft-serve...gets the cold shoulder compared to good old-fashioned scoops.
Here’s how America likes its ice cream.
- Plain Scoop: 40%
- Soft Serve: 22%
- Ice Cream Sundae: 21%
- Accompanying another dessert, like ice cream with pie or cake: 9%
- Ice cream cake: 8%
- Scoop: 70%
- Soft Serve: 30%
It’s the age-old question. Cup or cone?
When visiting an ice cream shop, most Americans prefer to get their ice cream in a cup.
- Cup: 57%
- Cone: 43%
- Waffle cone: 67%
- Sugar cone: 16%
- Cake cone: 8%
- Cookie cone: 6%
- Pretzel cone: 2%