US Black Friday online sales top $11.8B; Cyber Week hits $336.6B globally
ThePeterMick · x · 2026-11-02
Black Friday 2025 set e-commerce records across the board:
- $11.8B spent online in the US on Black Friday, up 9.1% — first time the day cleared $11B.
- Cyber Monday hit $14.25B, up 7.1%, the largest single day of US e-commerce ever; shoppers spent $16M per minute between 8-10pm.
- $44.2B across the five days from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday, up 7.7%.
- $336.6B globally during Cyber Week (Nov 25-Dec 1), up 7%, with the US at $79.6B.
- 203M Americans shopped over the weekend (vs NRF's 186.9M forecast); online shoppers +9% to 134.9M, in-store +3% to 129.5M.
- UK online spend hit £3.8B over four days, up 4.6%.
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