Rhinoviruses (RVs) and coronaviruses (CoVs) upregulate host cell metabolic pathways including glycolysis to meet their bioenergetic demands for rapid multiplication.Using the glycolysis inhibitor 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG), we confirm the dose-dependent inhibition of minor- and major-receptor group RV replication.We demonstrate that 2-DG suppresses viral pos.- as well as neg.-strand RNA synthesis, resulting in lower amounts of progeny virus and RV-mediated cell death.In tissue culture with physiol. glucose levels, 2-DG has a pronounced antiviral effect.Further, assessment of 2-DG's intracellular kinetics revealed that the active intermediate, 2-DG6P, is stored intracellularly for several hours.Our concurrent study of 2-DG's impact on pandemic SARS-CoV-2 and endemic HCoVs demonstrated a significant reduction in viral load.Collectively, these results suggest 2-DG to be a broad-spectrum antiviral.