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Amazon Sets New Prime Delivery Speed Record in 2025 With Over 13 Billion Items Arriving the Same or Next Day Around the World
Amazon Sets New Prime Delivery Speed Record in 2025 With Over 13 Billion Items Arriving the Same or Next Day Around the World
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nU.S. Prime members saved an average of $550 on fast, free delivery last year\n\n\nThe value of Prime delivery continues to grow with expansion of Same-Day Delivery’s geographic reach, selection, and savings\n\n\nHalf of all items delivered to U.S. Prime members the same or next day in 2025 were groceries and everyday essentials\n\n\n SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nAmazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced it delivered to Prime members around the world at its fastest speeds ever in 2025 for a third consecutive year, with over 13 billion items arriving the same or next day globally. In the U.S., Prime members received over 8 billion items the same or next day, an over 30% increase compared to the prior year, with groceries and everyday essentials making up half of the total items. Fast, free delivery across a broad selection remains a top benefit for Prime members, saving them more time and money year after year. Members saved $105 billion on fast, free delivery worldwide and $550 on average in the U.S. last year–nearly four times the cost of an annual membership.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260203913728/en/\nPrime first launched in 2005, offering free two-day delivery on a selection of one million items, primarily made up of DVDs, CDs, and books. Today, members have access to free delivery on over 300 million items across 35 categories, all backed by Amazon’s A-to-z Guarantee, with tens of millions available for free Same-Day or Next-Day Delivery. The massive increase in selection and significant gains in delivery speed since Prime launched mean members rely on fast, free delivery for staples, repeat needs, specialty purchases, and everything in between. As a result, members are using the convenience of fast, free delivery to order meaningfully more often, saving U.S. Prime members an average of 64 trips to a physical store in 2025, equating to over 55 hours saved.\n\n\n\"One of the big reasons customers join Prime is to save time and money, and our record-breaking delivery speeds are helping members save more of both,\" said Doug Herrington, CEO of Worldwide Amazon Stores. \"By expanding our fast, free delivery options to rural communities and adding fresh groceries and prescription medications to our offering, we're proving that members don...