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Red Bull has about 80mg of caffeine per 8.4 oz can. This page lines it up against every drink we have compared it to, sorted strongest first, so you can see exactly where it lands. Every number is the standard published value, sourced on each comparison page.
How Red Bull compares
Every Red Bull comparison
- Red Bull vs Starbucks Pike Place (grande) (310mg per 16 oz grande)
- Red Bull vs Bang (300mg per 16 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Reign Total Body Fuel (300mg per 16 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Dunkin iced coffee (medium) (297mg per 24 oz medium)
- Red Bull vs Celsius Essentials (270mg per 16 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Baskin Robbins Cappuccino Blast (medium) (234mg per 24 oz medium)
- Red Bull vs 5-hour Energy Extra Strength (230mg per 1.93 oz shot)
- Red Bull vs Dunkin hot coffee (medium) (210mg per 14 oz medium)
- Red Bull vs Starbucks cold brew (grande) (205mg per 16 oz grande)
- Red Bull vs Celsius (200mg per 12 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Prime Energy (200mg per 12 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Alani Nu (200mg per 12 oz can)
- Red Bull vs 5-hour Energy (regular) (200mg per 1.93 oz shot)
- Red Bull vs Super Coffee (200mg per 12 oz bottle)
- Red Bull vs C4 Performance Energy (200mg per 16 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Ghost Energy (200mg per 16 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Reign Storm (200mg per 12 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Java Monster (200mg per 15 oz can)
- Red Bull vs RISE Nitro Cold Brew (Original Black) (180mg per 7 oz can)
- Red Bull vs SToK Extra Bold cold brew (170mg per 12 oz serving)
- Red Bull vs Monster (160mg per 16 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Rockstar Original (160mg per 16 oz can)
- Red Bull vs ZOA (160mg per 12 oz can)
- Red Bull vs NOS Energy (160mg per 16 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Full Throttle (160mg per 16 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Starbucks canned Nitro (Black) (155mg per 9.6 oz can)
- Red Bull vs La Colombe Draft Latte (155mg per 9 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Dunkin Sparkd Energy (medium) (144mg per 24 oz medium)
- Red Bull vs UPTIME Energy (142mg per 12 oz can)
- Red Bull vs GURU Original (140mg per 12 oz can)
- Red Bull vs High Brew Double Espresso (140mg per 8 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Starbucks Doubleshot Espresso & Cream (120mg per 6.5 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Starbucks bottled Frappuccino (Mocha) (105mg per 13.7 oz bottle)
- Red Bull vs Dunkin Refresher (medium) (99mg per 24 oz medium)
- Red Bull vs brewed coffee (95mg per 8 oz cup)
- Red Bull vs Starbucks Chai Latte (95mg per 16 oz grande)
- Red Bull vs Mtn Dew Kickstart (Orange Citrus) (92mg per 16 oz can)
- Red Bull vs International Delight iced coffee (88mg per 12 oz serving)
- Red Bull vs yerba mate (85mg per 8 oz cup)
- Red Bull vs Mountain Dew Zero Sugar (68mg per 12 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Sun Drop (64mg per 12 oz can)
- Red Bull vs espresso (63mg per 1 oz shot)
- Red Bull vs matcha (60mg per 8 oz cup (1 tsp, ~2g))
- Red Bull vs Mountain Dew Baja Blast (59mg per 12 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Mountain Dew (54mg per 12 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Pure Leaf black iced tea (54mg per 18.5 oz bottle)
- Red Bull vs Mello Yello (51mg per 12 oz can)
- Red Bull vs OLIPOP Vintage Cola (50mg per 12 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Gold Peak Sweet Tea (48mg per 18.5 oz bottle)
- Red Bull vs brewed black tea (47mg per 8 oz cup)
- Red Bull vs English breakfast tea (47mg per 8 oz cup)
- Red Bull vs Diet Coke (46mg per 12 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Dr Pepper (41mg per 12 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Starbucks London Fog (40mg per 16 oz grande (40mg at every size))
- Red Bull vs Poppi Classic Cola (40mg per 12 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Pepsi (38mg per 12 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Snapple iced tea (37mg per 16 oz bottle)
- Red Bull vs brewed oolong tea (37mg per 8 oz cup)
- Red Bull vs Diet Pepsi (35mg per 12 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Coca-Cola Classic (34mg per 12 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Big Red (34mg per 12 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Cherry Coke (34mg per 12 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Vanilla Coke (34mg per 12 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Twisted Tea (30mg per 12 oz bottle)
- Red Bull vs brewed green tea (28mg per 8 oz cup)
- Red Bull vs brewed white tea (28mg per 8 oz cup)
- Red Bull vs Peace Tea (23mg per 23 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Barq's root beer (22mg per 12 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Lipton Iced Tea (Lemon) (21mg per 16.9 oz bottle)
- Red Bull vs Sunkist Orange (19mg per 12 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Sunkist Zero Sugar (19mg per 12 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Brisk Iced Tea (Lemon) (11mg per 12 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Arizona Green Tea (7.5mg per 8 oz serving (23 oz can holds ~21.5mg))
- Red Bull vs A&W Root Beer (0mg per 12 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Fanta Orange (0mg per 12 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Squirt (original) (0mg per 12 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Sprite (0mg per 12 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Mug Root Beer (0mg per 12 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Crush Orange (0mg per 12 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Diet Barq's root beer (0mg per 12 oz can)
- Red Bull vs Culture Pop (0mg per 12 oz can)
For context, the FDA cites 400mg of caffeine a day as an amount generally not associated with negative effects in healthy adults. Tolerance and health vary, so treat these numbers as information, not advice.
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FAQ
How much caffeine is in Red Bull? About 80mg per 8.4 oz can, the standard published figure.
What has more caffeine than Red Bull? Among the drinks compared here, Starbucks Pike Place (grande) is at the strong end with 310mg per 16 oz grande.
What has less caffeine than Red Bull? On the lighter end, A&W Root Beer has 0mg per 12 oz can.
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