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How New Year's Eve Affects Sleep
On New Year's Eve 2025, people worldwide got 10 minutes less sleep, woke up 8% more often, went to bed 23 minutes later and got up 63 minutes later than on a typical Wednesday night.
New Year's Eve is the one night a year when staying up past midnight is the plan. We compared the night of December 31st with the same weekday in the weeks around it to see how much sleep the celebrations really cost.
Because the night of the 31st runs into New Year's Day, the effect shows up as later bedtimes, more broken sleep and later mornings.
Updated daily · data to Nov 1, 2026 · How we measure
Sleep vs normal
−10 min
6h 20m vs 6h 31m
Wake-ups vs normal
+8%
4.4 vs 4.1 per night
Bedtime
10:41pm
+23 min vs usual 10:18pm
Under 6 hours of sleep
39%
+6 pts vs usual 33%
What the data shows
- People worldwide slept an average of 6h 20m, compared with 6h 31m on a typical Wednesday night.
- 33% fell asleep after midnight, compared with 19% normally.
- The next morning, people got up at 9:22am on average, 63 minutes later than usual.
- 39% of sleepers got less than six hours, against 33% on a normal Wednesday.
- Americans were hit hardest, losing 10 minutes of sleep.
Sleep in the nights around New Year's Eve 2025
Worldwide · dashed line is a typical Wednesday
- Sleep
- Typical Wednesday
Source: Sleepiest sleep data · to Nov 1, 2026
| Night | Sleep | Wake-ups | Bedtime |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 2025 | 6h 30m | 4.25 | 10:27pm |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 6h 47m | 4.21 | 10:23pm |
| Dec 26, 2025 | 6h 43m | 4.16 | 10:29pm |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 6h 43m | 4.09 | 10:32pm |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 6h 33m | 4.11 | 10:27pm |
| Dec 29, 2025 | 6h 35m | 4.01 | 10:29pm |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 6h 35m | 4.04 | 10:27pm |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 6h 20m | 4.38 | 10:41pm |
| Jan 1, 2026 | 6h 36m | 4.18 | 10:25pm |
| Jan 2, 2026 | 6h 37m | 4.19 | 10:29pm |
| Jan 3, 2026 | 6h 40m | 4.41 | 10:29pm |
| Jan 4, 2026 | 6h 23m | 4.02 | 10:23pm |
| Jan 5, 2026 | 6h 26m | 3.99 | 10:18pm |
| Jan 6, 2026 | 6h 25m | 3.96 | 10:13pm |
| Jan 7, 2026 | 6h 30m | 4.03 | 10:14pm |
Wake-ups in the nights around New Year's Eve 2025
Worldwide · average times sleep was broken per night
- Wake-ups
- Typical Wednesday
Source: Sleepiest sleep data · to Nov 1, 2026
| Night | Wake-ups |
|---|---|
| Dec 24, 2025 | 4.25 |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 4.21 |
| Dec 26, 2025 | 4.16 |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 4.09 |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 4.11 |
| Dec 29, 2025 | 4.01 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 4.04 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 4.38 |
| Jan 1, 2026 | 4.18 |
| Jan 2, 2026 | 4.19 |
| Jan 3, 2026 | 4.41 |
| Jan 4, 2026 | 4.02 |
| Jan 5, 2026 | 3.99 |
| Jan 6, 2026 | 3.96 |
| Jan 7, 2026 | 4.03 |
Sleep vs normal on New Year's Eve 2025, 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 20m | −10 min | +8% | 10:41pm | +23 min |
| United States | 6h 17m | −10 min | +5% | 10:41pm | +27 min |
| United Kingdom | 6h 34m | −7 min | +19% | 10:33pm | +10 min |
Upcoming dates
- New Year's Eve 2026Thursday, December 31, 2026
- New Year's Eve 2027Friday, December 31, 2027
Frequently asked questions
How much sleep do people lose on New Year's Eve?
See the headline figures above: we compare the night of December 31st with the same weekday over the surrounding weeks and report the difference in total sleep, wake-ups and bedtime.
Is New Year's Eve the worst night of sleep of the year?
In 2025 it was the night with the biggest drop in sleep compared to normal across all Sleepiest sleepers. Our worst nights of the year ranking is updated as each year goes on.
How can I recover after a late New Year's Eve?
Keep your wake-up time within an hour of normal on New Year's Day, get daylight early, and avoid a long late-afternoon nap so you can fall asleep at your usual time that night.
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