Here’s where we’re going with this — there’s no comprehensive list anywhere (that we’ve found or that we can imagine) that includes an estimation of who makes the most wheels in the world, let alone the exact number of wheels in the world.
We just tried just tallying up how many wheels there are on a few toys, cars, trucks and tuk-tuks, and that number was well into the billions.
And just think about all the other vehicles and items that have even more wheels:
- hand trucks
- golf carts
- office chairs
- razor scooters
- shopping carts
- baby strollers
- skateboards
- dumpsters
- airplanes
So many other objects in the world use at least two wheels. We haven’t even touched on the more than 1 billion bicycles and added their two wheels in the mix.
Regardless of how you want to break them down (for example, are all toy cars one category or are we separating LEGO, Hot Wheels, Power Wheels and every other type of toy car?) estimating how many wheels are in the world is just too tough.
So how many wheels are in the world? No one knows. If you’re the first to figure it out, well, we can’t wait to hear from you.
