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How the Super Bowl Affects Sleep
On Super Bowl Sunday 2026, Americans got 6 minutes less sleep, woke up 5% less often and got up 12 minutes earlier than on a typical Sunday night.
The Super Bowl kicks off at 6:30pm Eastern, which puts the final whistle close to 10pm on the East Coast, on a Sunday night with work the next morning. We compared Super Bowl Sunday with the Sundays around it.
Updated daily · data to Nov 1, 2026 · How we measure
Sleep vs normal
−6 min
6h 23m vs 6h 30m
Wake-ups vs normal
−5%
4.0 vs 4.2 per night
Bedtime
10:17pm
+2 min vs usual 10:15pm
Under 6 hours of sleep
35%
+1 pts vs usual 34%
What the data shows
- Americans slept an average of 6h 23m, compared with 6h 30m on a typical Sunday night.
- The next morning, people got up at 8:02am on average, 12 minutes earlier than usual.
- 35% of sleepers got less than six hours, against 34% on a normal Sunday.
- The effect was bigger than in 2025, when the change in sleep was −5 min.
Sleep in the nights around Super Bowl Sunday 2026
United States · dashed line is a typical Sunday
- Sleep
- Typical Sunday
Source: Sleepiest sleep data · to Nov 1, 2026
| Night | Sleep | Wake-ups | Bedtime |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2026 | 6h 26m | 4.16 | 10:15pm |
| Feb 2, 2026 | 6h 29m | 4.16 | 10:09pm |
| Feb 3, 2026 | 6h 25m | 4.18 | 10:14pm |
| Feb 4, 2026 | 6h 20m | 4.10 | 10:12pm |
| Feb 5, 2026 | 6h 30m | 4.12 | 10:10pm |
| Feb 6, 2026 | 6h 35m | 4.05 | 10:30pm |
| Feb 7, 2026 | 6h 40m | 4.17 | 10:23pm |
| Feb 8, 2026 | 6h 23m | 3.98 | 10:17pm |
| Feb 9, 2026 | 6h 31m | 3.97 | 10:10pm |
| Feb 10, 2026 | 6h 31m | 3.98 | 10:15pm |
| Feb 11, 2026 | 6h 28m | 4.04 | 10:13pm |
| Feb 12, 2026 | 6h 29m | 4.11 | 10:14pm |
| Feb 13, 2026 | 6h 38m | 4.16 | 10:24pm |
| Feb 14, 2026 | 6h 46m | 4.34 | 10:19pm |
| Feb 15, 2026 | 6h 36m | 4.23 | 10:15pm |
Wake-ups in the nights around Super Bowl Sunday 2026
United States · average times sleep was broken per night
- Wake-ups
- Typical Sunday
Source: Sleepiest sleep data · to Nov 1, 2026
| Night | Wake-ups |
|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2026 | 4.16 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | 4.16 |
| Feb 3, 2026 | 4.18 |
| Feb 4, 2026 | 4.10 |
| Feb 5, 2026 | 4.12 |
| Feb 6, 2026 | 4.05 |
| Feb 7, 2026 | 4.17 |
| Feb 8, 2026 | 3.98 |
| Feb 9, 2026 | 3.97 |
| Feb 10, 2026 | 3.98 |
| Feb 11, 2026 | 4.04 |
| Feb 12, 2026 | 4.11 |
| Feb 13, 2026 | 4.16 |
| Feb 14, 2026 | 4.34 |
| Feb 15, 2026 | 4.23 |
Super Bowl Sunday, year on year
United States · 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 | Feb 9, 2025 | −5 min | −4% | +4 min |
| 2026 | Feb 8, 2026 | −6 min | −5% | +2 min |
Upcoming dates
- Super Bowl Sunday 2027Sunday, February 14, 2027
Frequently asked questions
Do people sleep less after the Super Bowl?
The figures above compare Super Bowl Sunday with a typical Sunday night for Sleepiest sleepers in the US, including total sleep, bedtime and wake-ups.
Is the Monday after the Super Bowl a bad day for sleep?
Monday mornings already follow the shortest nights of the week. A later Sunday night on top makes it harder, so the chart shows the nights either side of the game too.
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