But according to the Coca-Cola Company, its famous logo dates back to the very beginning of the brand itself. Over 130 years ago, Coca-Cola was sold in barrels at American drug stores and pharmacies.

Just four years after its inception in 1890, Coca-Cola’s logo got a dash of extra drama, as more swirls were added to punch it up. This is when it became closer in style to the Coke logo we know ...

Coca-Cola has played with its vintage-style script logo in new and surprising ways recently, like in a 2024 campaign from VML and WPP Open X that used authentic but unauthorized hand-drawn ...

'Share a Coke' saw the Coca-Cola logo replaced by first names – which, as you might expect, drove countless people to search for their own or that of their friends – because not even the best ...

The brand's ingenious new 'Classics' ad sees the brand highlighting instances of its name appearing in classic books, by replacing the words 'Coke' or 'Coca-Cola' with the logo itself.

It still has a long way to go, though. A study published in Science Advances found Coca-Cola is the top branded plastic polluter, and made up 11% of branded plastic pollution over a five-year audit.

1. Coca-Cola's history Coca-Cola has its origins in the 19th century, when a pharmacist named John Stith Pemberton crafted a unique syrup in a brass kettle with three legs in Atlanta, Georgia.

Coca-Cola has played with its vintage-style script logo in new and surprising ways recently, like in a 2024 campaign from VML and WPP Open X that used authentic but unauthorized hand-drawn ...