If you want to eat and drink well when traveling, it's helpful to consult best-of lists ranking the world's top bars and restaurants.
But if you want to get more granular, and partake in a globetrotting expedition to uncover the world's finest pizzas, then you turn to 50 Top Pizza, an Italian organization that evaluates pizzerias and then selflessly ranks them for our benefit.
Its 2024 list was just released, and it's highlighting the 100 best pizzerias in the world. Now, it's unclear why 50 Top Pizza ranks 100 pizza joints, but we're not here to investigate such matters, only to relay the vital intelligence sourced from within.
In big news that won't surprise anyone—in New York, at least—the number one ranking goes to Una Pizza Napoletana on the Lower East Side, which finished second last year. It's followed by 10 Diego Vitagliano Pizzeria in Naples and I Masanielli Francesco Martucci in Caserta, which tied for second. The top five is rounded out by The Pizza Bar on 38th in Tokyo, Confine in Milan, and Napoli on the Road in London. (Fun fact, because of that second place tie, there are actually 101 pizzerias on this list.)
Tony's Pizza in San Francisco ranked sixth. Other top-20 stateside winners include Pizzeria Beddia in Philadelphia (13th) and Ribalta in New York (19th), with plenty more across New York, Chicago, Miami, Dallas and elsewhere hitting the top 100.
All in, there are 15 stateside pizzerias in the mix, so you can eat well close to home. But if you want to set your sights further afield, you'll find top-ranked pizzas in Barcelona, Copenhagen, Auckland, Melbourne and Hong Kong. You'll even find one in North Macedonia.
Which drastically increases your chances of ever visiting North Macedonia.
100 Best Pizzerias in the World 2024
1. Una Pizza Napoletana – New York, USA
2. Diego Vitagliano Pizzeria – Naples, Italy
2. I Masanielli - Francesco Martucci – Caserta, Italy
3. The Pizza Bar on 38th – Tokyo, Japan
4. Confine – Milan, Italy
5. Napoli on the Road – London, England
6. Tony's Pizza Napoletana – San Francisco, USA
7. I Tigli – San Bonifacio, Italy
8. Sartoria Panatieri – Barcelona, Spain
9. 50 Kalò – Naples, Italy
10. Seu Pizza Illuminati – Rome, Italy
11. Leggera Pizza Napoletana – São Paulo, Brazil
12. Crosta Pizzeria – Makati, Philippines
13. Pizzeria Beddia – Philadelphia, USA
14. Via Toledo Enopizzeria – Vienna, Austria
15. RistoPizza – Tokyo, Japan
16. I Masanielli - Sasà Martucci – Caserta, Italy
17. Dry Milano – Milan, Italy
18. La Notizia – Naples, Italy
19. Ribalta – New York, USA
20. Salvo – Naples, Italy
21. Pizzeria Da Lioniello – Succivo, Italy
22. Fiata by Salvatore Fiata – Hong Kong, China
23. 50 Kalò – London, England
24. Cambia-Menti di Ciccio Vitiello – Caserta, Italy
25. Pepe in Grani – Caiazzo, Italy
26. Baldoria – Madrid, Spain
27. Ken’s Artisan Pizza – Portland, USA
28. Jay's – Kenmore, USA
29. 180 Grammi Pizzeria Romana – Rome, Italy
30. Don Antonio – New York, USA
31. Le Grotticelle – Caggiano, Italy
32. La Cascina dei Sapori – Rezzato, Italy
33. Pizzeria Sei – Los Angeles, USA
34. Pizza Zulu – Fürth, Germany
35. Clementina – Fiumicino, Italy
36. Sestogusto – Turin, Italy
37. La Bolla – Caserta, Italy
38. QT Pizza Bar – São Paulo, Brazil
39. BOB Alchimia a Spicchi – Montepaone Lido, Italy
40. Ti Amo – Adrogué, Argentina
41. Apogeo – Pietrasanta, Italy
42. I Vesuviani – Pomigliano d'Arco, Italy
43. IMperfetto – Puteaux, France
44. 48h Pizza e Gnocchi Bar – Melbourne, Australia
44. Al Taglio – Sydney, Australia
45. La Leggenda – Miami, USA
46. Dante's Pizzeria Napoletana – Auckland, New Zealand
47. nNea – Amsterdam, The Netherlands
48. Raf Bonetta – Pozzuoli, Italy
49. Massilia – Bangkok, Thailand
50. Robert's – Chicago, USA
51. La Balmesina – Barcelona, Spain
52. Denis – Milan, Italy
53. A Pizza da Mooca – São Paulo, Brazil
54. Pizzeria Braceria CESARI!! – Nagoya, Japan
55. 'O Munaciello – Miami, USA
56. Palazzo Petrucci Pizzeria – Naples, Italy
57. Bottega – Beijing, China
58. Allería – Providencia, Chile
59. Pizzeria Mazzie – Bangkok, Thailand
60. Fratelli Figurato – Madrid, Spain
61. Sbanco – Rome, Italy
62. Carlo Sammarco Pizzeria – Aversa, Italy
63. Le Parùle – Herculaneum, Italy
64. 400 Gradi – Lecce, Italy
65. Modus – Milan, Italy
66. Spacca Napoli – Seoul, South Korea
67. Ardente – Mexico City, Mexico
68. La Pizza è Bella – Antwerp, Belgium
69. La Fenice – Pistoia, Italy
70. a mano – Makati - Metro Manila, Philippines
71. Re | Mi – Sassari, Italy
72. 'O Scugnizzo – Arezzo, Italy
73. Forno d'Oro – Lisbon, Portugal
74. Partenope Ristorante – Dallas, USA
75. Pupillo Pura Pizza – Frosinone, Italy
76. Surt – Copenhagen, Denmark
77. 'O Fiore Mio – Faenza, Italy
78. Franko’s Pizza & Bar – Zagreb, Croatia
79. Little Pyg – Dublin, Ireland
80. L'industrie Pizzeria – New York, USA
81. Matto Napoletano – Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
82. Giangi – Arielli, Italy
83. Giovanni Santarpia – Florence, Italy
84. Meunier – Corciano, Italy
85. Saccharum – Altavilla Milicia, Italy
86. Da Susy – Gurugram, India
87. Unica Pizzeria – São Paulo, Brazil
88. Imilla Alzada – La Paz, Bolivia
89. Ferro e Farinha - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
90. Atte. Pizzeria Napoletana – Buenos Aires, Argentina
91. San Martino - Pizza & Bolle – Rome, Italy
92. I Borboni – Pontecagnano Faiano, Italy
93. Demaio – Bilbao, Spain
94. Stile Napoletano – Chester, England
95. La Piola Pizza – Brussels, Belgium
96. Pizza Culture – Calgary, Canada
97. Zielona Górka – Pabianice, Poland
98. Slice Pie – Washington, USA
99. Taglio – Mineola, USA
100. Pizzeria Prima Strada – Victoria, Canada
