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How an online order reaches you, and comes back

You tap Buy, and a few days later a box is at your door. In between, the order passes through marketing, the warehouse, a carrier and support, and if it doesn't fit, it makes the whole trip backwards. Follow one hoodie both ways.

Ticket 01 · The guess

How many packages a day?

UPS, one of the big delivery companies, carries a lot of online orders. On an average day in 2025, how many packages did it deliver?

5 million packages a day
0100 million

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  • United Parcel Service, Inc. Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 · United Parcel Service, Inc. (filed with the U.S. SEC), 2025

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  • 20.8 million packages a daysec.gov ·2025 · The average number of packages UPS delivered each day in 2025, worldwide (its 10-K).
  • 5.2 billion packagessec.gov ·2025 · Packages UPS delivered in all of 2025, worldwide (its 10-K).
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At an online storeLesson 2 of 2

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14 min

How an online order reaches you, and comes back

You tap Buy, and a few days later a box is at your door. In between, the order passes through marketing, the warehouse, a carrier and support, and if it doesn't fit, it makes the whole trip backwards. Follow one hoodie both ways.

Ticket 01 · The guess

How many packages a day?

UPS, one of the big delivery companies, carries a lot of online orders. On an average day in 2025, how many packages did it deliver?

5 million packages a day
0100 million

Spot something wrong?

Tell us what looks off. No name or email needed.

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  • United Parcel Service, Inc. Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 · United Parcel Service, Inc. (filed with the U.S. SEC), 2025

Every number

  • 20.8 million packages a daysec.gov ·2025 · The average number of packages UPS delivered each day in 2025, worldwide (its 10-K).
  • 5.2 billion packagessec.gov ·2025 · Packages UPS delivered in all of 2025, worldwide (its 10-K).
  1. Lessons›
  2. Inside a business›
  3. At an online store
  • ·Before this: Who works at an online store