Holidays
How Halloween Affects Sleep
On Halloween 2026, people worldwide got 5 minutes more sleep, went to bed 21 minutes later and got up 22 minutes earlier than on a typical Saturday night.
Parties, trick-or-treating and a sugar rush: Halloween is a late night for many households. We compared October 31st with the same weekday in the weeks around it.
Updated daily · data to Nov 1, 2026 · How we measure
Sleep vs normal
+5 min
6h 47m vs 6h 42m
Wake-ups vs normal
−2%
3.2 vs 3.3 per night
Bedtime
10:52pm
+21 min vs usual 10:31pm
Under 6 hours of sleep
30%
−2 pts vs usual 32%
In 2026 this night was also Daylight saving time ends (US & Canada), so the figures reflect both.
What the data shows
- People worldwide slept an average of 6h 47m, compared with 6h 42m on a typical Saturday night.
- 31% fell asleep after midnight, compared with 23% normally.
- The next morning, people got up at 8:13am on average, 22 minutes earlier than usual.
- 30% of sleepers got less than six hours, against 32% on a normal Saturday.
- The effect was smaller than in 2025, when the change in sleep was −7 min.
- Brits were hit hardest, losing 10 minutes of sleep.
Sleep in the nights around Halloween 2026
Worldwide · dashed line is a typical Saturday
- Sleep
- Typical Saturday
Source: Sleepiest sleep data · to Nov 1, 2026
| Night | Sleep | Wake-ups | Bedtime |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2026 | 6h 50m | 3.27 | 10:41pm |
| Oct 25, 2026 | 6h 33m | 3.10 | 10:26pm |
| Oct 26, 2026 | 6h 33m | 3.19 | 10:27pm |
| Oct 27, 2026 | 6h 30m | 3.13 | 10:27pm |
| Oct 28, 2026 | 6h 29m | 3.13 | 10:28pm |
| Oct 29, 2026 | 6h 31m | 3.10 | 10:30pm |
| Oct 30, 2026 | 6h 39m | 3.21 | 10:38pm |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 6h 47m | 3.20 | 10:52pm |
| Nov 1, 2026 | 6h 30m | 3.08 | 10:22pm |
Wake-ups in the nights around Halloween 2026
Worldwide · average times sleep was broken per night
- Wake-ups
- Typical Saturday
Source: Sleepiest sleep data · to Nov 1, 2026
| Night | Wake-ups |
|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2026 | 3.27 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | 3.10 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | 3.19 |
| Oct 27, 2026 | 3.13 |
| Oct 28, 2026 | 3.13 |
| Oct 29, 2026 | 3.10 |
| Oct 30, 2026 | 3.21 |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 3.20 |
| Nov 1, 2026 | 3.08 |
Sleep vs normal on Halloween 2026, by country
Minutes of sleep compared with a typical night
Source: Sleepiest sleep data · to Nov 1, 2026
| Region | Sleep | vs normal | Wake-ups vs normal | Bedtime | Bedtime vs normal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worldwide | 6h 47m | +5 min | −2% | 10:52pm | +21 min |
| United States | 6h 47m | +8 min | −3% | 10:53pm | +22 min |
| United Kingdom | 6h 45m | −10 min | +1% | 10:52pm | +13 min |
| Canada | 6h 53m | +14 min | +6% | 11:01pm | +19 min |
| Australia | 6h 51m | −5 min | −3% | 10:33pm | +11 min |
Halloween, year on year
Worldwide · minutes of sleep vs a typical night
Source: Sleepiest sleep data · to Nov 1, 2026
| Year | Night | Sleep vs normal | Wake-ups vs normal | Bedtime vs normal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Oct 31, 2025 | −7 min | −1% | +11 min |
| 2026 | Oct 31, 2026 | +5 min | −2% | +21 min |
Upcoming dates
- Halloween 2027Sunday, October 31, 2027
Frequently asked questions
Do people sleep less on Halloween?
The figures above compare Halloween night with a typical night on the same weekday, including total sleep, bedtime and wake-ups.
Can scary films affect sleep?
For some people, yes. Anything that raises your heart rate and alertness close to bedtime can make it harder to fall asleep, so leave a calm buffer before bed.
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Figures are anonymised averages from Sleepiest app users who track their sleep, not a representative sample of the population. Nights are compared with the same weekday in the surrounding weeks. Groups with too few sleepers are never shown. Methodology