Speed record: Amazon ships 13 billion items globally within two days

Thanh Nha

4th Feb 2026

Amazon has set a delivery speed record for the third consecutive year, with over 13 billion items arriving at Prime members’ doors within two days.

Prime customers in the US alone received over 8 billion items in the same or the next day, soaring 30 per cent compared to the prior year. Half of the total items delivered were largely groceries and everyday essentials.

First launched in 2005, Amazon Prime offers an unlimited two-day delivery service, which currently spans over 300 million items across 35 categories. With fast and free remaining top benefits, its members worldwide and in the US had saved about US$105 and $550 billion respectively, nearly four times the annual membership fee.

“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.

The company’s speed improvements are also part of its dedication to unlocking further value of Prime, particularly through innovations and upgrades, including:

• Expanding geographic reach of same-day and next-day delivery to over 4000 rural areas. The continued expansion of its same-day delivery capabilities last year drove a 70 per cent year-on-year increase in items delivered in under a day.
• Increasing perishable grocery selection in thousands of US cities and towns.
• Expanding same-day prescription delivery through Amazon Pharmacy to enable medication arrival within hours, setting new speed benchmarks in remote locations.
• Enabling ultra-fast delivery globally by bringing Amazon Now to India, Mexico, and the UAE. The retailer has also expanded its low-cost e-commerce service Amazon Bazaar – known as Haul in the US – to 14 additional markets.
• Applying AI models to store products closer to customers, pushing forward faster deliveries and shorter shipping distances.

“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’t have to choose between speed, selection, and saving – Prime membership delivers all three,” said Herrington.