Which one are you?

Homemade

I have never seen so few fries from Five Guys before.

You guys have too many fast food options

As a non-american it blows my mind that you have so many fast food companies.

I'm a human not a french fry

Top two picks from each row:

McDonalds is a standard, but I prefer Arby's seasoned curly fries
Wendy's recently changed their fries and they're good enough, but prefer Smash fries.
(Special mention goes to Canadian KCF, which offers fries and gravy instead of mashed potatoes and gravy. I don't know if their US fries are different because I don't mess with that if mashed 'taters are an option.)
Five guys and Checkers
Steak 'n Shake and Popeyes

Overall, if I were choosing a place based solely on the fries: Smash > Five Guys > Popeyes > Arby's

The top two spots were tricky. I like the 5 guys fresh cut style, but Smash mixes a traditional thin cut fast food fry with rosemary. And they don't make things weird by giving you more than you can or should eat.

The only one I actively dislike is Chick-fil-A, but some of the other offerings are 'meh' enough that they need ketchup.

Missing entries: Penn Station and Skyline. They're both regional, but I like both of them over most of the other offerings. Penn Station has fresh-cut style and Skyline's fries are thin and crispy.

I've heard of eight of these and I've tried four. Are any of them better than Belgian frites?

Arby's curly fries are peak fast food fries.

Checkers/rally's fries are my #1, plus I think they're the only ones on this list that backup their fries with a guarantee.

OP is looking to start some fights.

Im more of a this kind of guy

This is Taco John's potato olé erasure, and I will not stand for it.

If you could get McD's fries but animal style, we'd have a clear winner. Source: username contains the word obesity

None of these, I really don’t get why people like fries so much. Those baked potato wedges on the other hand are great

Checkers. And I don't even normally like that type of fry.

I genuinely love McDonald's fries. I don't love anything else there and I go maybe once or twice a year, but they really are my favourite fries.

Wendys old fries were the best, but currently culvers.

Screw fries, tots are where it's at.

McDonald's and burger king, in that order

Jbox curly fries are on point. Def S-tier.

Then BK, McDonalds.

I’ll lump all the rest in the middle scribe I don’t think I’ve had them.

And F- for In-n-out good lord do they make terrible fries, (B- if you make them animal style)

I'm all about Jack in the Box/Arby's curly fries.

I don't know why they are always separate things on these tho. They are literally the same fries.

Those Taco Bell fries are also pretty damn good. I didn't expect much (because it's Taco Bell) but God damn! They're like the best potatoes you can get at TB.

Didn't like the Popeye's sweet potato fries at all. I love sweet potato, but... That's not the flavor I seek with french fries. Too sweet for something that my brain associates with salty only.

Every other fry is just kinda... There. They don't suck, they're just not amazing.