This article reports on the peroxidase-like catalytic activity of polyoxometalates (POMs) and their potential use as natural peroxidases for developing a simple and efficient colorimetric glucose sensor. Two Keggin-type vanadium-substituted tungstosulfates, [SVW 11 O 40 ] 3À (SVW 11) and [SV 2 W 10 O 40 ] 4À (SV 2 W 10), were tested for their potential as natural enzyme mimetics and exhibited strong peroxidase-like catalytic activity. The catalysis reaction was found to be in accordance with Michaelis-Menten and Lineweaver-Burk kinetics models. Michaelis-Menten constant (K m) and maximum velocity (V max) parameters were calculated to be 0.0759 mM and 0.329 × 10 À 8 Ms À 1 for SVW 11 , and 0.0543 mM and 2.67 × 10 À 8 Ms À 1 for SV 2 W 10 , respectively, indicating a high catalytic activity and a strong affinity of POMs towards 3,3,5,5-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB). In the case of H 2 O 2 , these values were found to be 57.1 mM and 0.325 × 10 À 8 mMs À 1 for SVW 11 , and 47.7 mM and 2.72 × 10 À 8 mMs À 1 for SV 2 W 10. The peroxidase-like catalytic activity of these POMs was used to develop colorimetric glucose sensors as a proof-of-concept model for the POM-based naked-eye detection of biomolecules. The limit of detcetion (LOD) of glucose for SVW 11 and SV 2 W 10 was 1.14 μM and 1.24 μM, respectively. Our findings propose broad-ranging potential applications of these novel POMs in biosensing and bioanalytical chemistry.