How Many Calories in a Pizza Slice?

A typical slice of regular-crust cheese pizza from a 14-inch pie contains about 285 calories. That number climbs fast with toppings: pepperoni adds 30 to 40 calories per slice, extra cheese another 40, and meat lovers can push past 400 calories a slice.

🍕 Calories by Pizza Type

🏪 Chain Restaurant Comparison

Costco pizza deserves its own category. A single Costco slice is cut from an 18-inch pizza and weighs nearly twice as much as a standard slice. At 700 calories, one Costco slice has more calories than an entire personal pan pizza from most chains.

🍕 How Many Calories in 2 Slices of Pizza?

Two slices of regular cheese pizza come to about 570 calories. With pepperoni thats 626, and meat lovers hits 820. Two slices is what most adults consider a normal serving, so knowing the double is more useful than the single-slice number for most people planning a meal.

📉 How to Make Pizza Lower Calorie

Thin crust over regular saves 50 to 80 calories per slice. Loading up on veggie toppings adds volume without many calories. Two slices of thin-crust veggie pizza with a side salad is a 500-calorie meal that most people find satisfying. The real calorie trap is the extras: garlic bread at 150 calories per piece, wings at 80 each, and sugary drinks. A pizza night that starts at 570 calories can easily become 1,500 once sides are added.

🥊 Pizza vs Burger: Which Has More Calories?

Two slices of cheese pizza (570 cal) and a standard fast-food cheeseburger (530 cal) are surprisingly close. The burger has more protein and fat, while the pizza has more carbs. Neither is health food, but per-calorie, pizza actually delivers more calcium from the cheese and more lycopene from the tomato sauce than most burger options.

🍕 Americans Eat 3 Billion Pizzas Per Year

That works out to roughly 23 pounds of pizza per person annually, or about 46 slices. The US pizza industry is worth over $46 billion. About 17% of all restaurants in the US are pizzerias. And according to a YouGov survey, pizza consistently ranks as Americas favorite food, beating burgers, steak and ice cream. Saturday night is the most popular time to eat pizza, with orders peaking between 6 and 8 PM.