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How Much Sleep Do People in the United States Get?

People in the United States sleep 6h 30m a night on average, ranking 11th of the 15 countries in our data. They fall asleep at 10:23pm and get up at 8:06am.

Averages over the last 90 days from Sleepiest users in the United States, updated daily.

Updated daily · data to Nov 1, 2026 · How we measure

Average sleep per night

6h 30m

4 min less than worldwide

Rank

11 of 15

Most sleep first

Average bedtime

10:23pm

Up at 8:06am

Nights under 6 hours

33%

Worldwide: 31%

What the data shows

  • The United States sleeps less than the worldwide average of 6h 34m.
  • The best month for sleep was January 2025 (7h 07m) and the worst October 2026 (6h 29m).

United States vs the world

Average sleep per night, last 90 days

Source: Sleepiest sleep data · to Nov 1, 2026

United States vs the world
SleepBedtimeWake time
United States6h 30m10:23pm8:06am
Worldwide6h 34m10:25pm8:11am

United States and its neighbours in the ranking

Average sleep per night, last 90 days

Source: Sleepiest sleep data · to Nov 1, 2026

United States and its neighbours in the ranking
SleepBedtimeWake time
Canada6h 35m10:32pm8:18am
Ireland6h 30m10:45pm8:42am
United States6h 30m10:23pm8:06am
Spain6h 27m10:17pm8:55am
Mexico6h 03m10:30pm8:24am

Sleep in the United States, month by month

Average sleep per night

Source: Sleepiest sleep data · to Nov 1, 2026

Sleep in the United States, month by month
MonthSleepWake-upsBedtimeWake time
Jan 20257h 07m3.3210:20pm8:14am
Feb 20257h 00m3.5510:20pm8:08am
Mar 20256h 55m3.7510:22pm8:15am
Apr 20256h 50m3.8110:25pm8:10am
May 20256h 43m3.8810:26pm8:13am
Jun 20256h 40m4.0610:30pm8:30am
Jul 20256h 40m4.0010:32pm8:34am
Aug 20256h 41m3.9910:28pm8:20am
Sep 20256h 35m3.9710:23pm8:10am
Oct 20256h 33m4.1010:23pm8:15am
Nov 20256h 31m4.1910:22pm8:17am
Dec 20256h 29m4.1810:22pm8:29am
Jan 20266h 31m4.1810:18pm8:23am
Feb 20266h 31m4.1510:16pm8:09am
Mar 20266h 31m4.1410:17pm8:14am
Apr 20266h 29m4.1310:19pm8:12am
May 20266h 33m4.0310:19pm8:08am
Jun 20266h 31m3.9610:21pm8:15am
Jul 20266h 32m3.8910:22pm8:20am
Aug 20266h 31m3.8510:19pm8:11am
Sep 20266h 30m3.4510:23pm8:04am
Oct 20266h 29m3.2210:25pm8:06am

Holidays and big nights in the United States

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