Bedtimes
What Time Do People Go to Bed?
On weeknights, people worldwide fall asleep at 10:22pm on average and get up at 8:04am. At weekends that shifts to 10:33pm and 8:29am.
Average bedtimes and wake times from the last 90 days, how they shift at the weekend, and how they compare between countries.
Updated daily · data to Nov 1, 2026 · How we measure
Weeknight bedtime
10:22pm
Up at 8:04am
Weekend bedtime
10:33pm
Up at 8:29am
Social jet lag
18 min
Weekend shift in the middle of the night
Asleep after midnight
24%
Weekends, vs 19% weeknights
What the data shows
- South Africa goes to bed earliest, at 10:00pm on average. Ireland is the latest, at 10:45pm.
- Weekend lie-ins are real: wake times move 25 minutes later on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
When people fall asleep
Worldwide · share of nights by bedtime, last 90 days
- Weeknights (Sun–Thu)
- Weekends (Fri–Sat)
Source: Sleepiest sleep data · to Nov 1, 2026
| Bedtime from | Weeknights | Weekends |
|---|---|---|
| 7:00pm or earlier | 9.0% | 9.5% |
| 7:30pm | 4.2% | 4.4% |
| 8:00pm | 5.4% | 5.5% |
| 8:30pm | 6.5% | 6.4% |
| 9:00pm | 7.9% | 7.1% |
| 9:30pm | 9.5% | 8.0% |
| 10:00pm | 11.0% | 9.3% |
| 10:30pm | 10.8% | 9.3% |
| 11:00pm | 9.7% | 9.0% |
| 11:30pm | 7.7% | 7.8% |
| 12:00am | 5.4% | 6.1% |
| 12:30am | 3.7% | 4.6% |
| 1:00am | 2.5% | 3.4% |
| 1:30am | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| 2:00am | 1.2% | 1.7% |
| 2:30am | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| 3:00am | 0.6% | 0.9% |
| 3:30am | 0.5% | 0.7% |
| 4:00am or later | 2.1% | 2.7% |
When each country sleeps
Average bedtime to wake time, last 90 days, earliest first
Source: Sleepiest sleep data · to Nov 1, 2026
| Country | Bedtime | Wake time | Asleep after midnight |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 10:00pm | 7:41am | 14% |
| Australia | 10:13pm | 7:44am | 14% |
| Brazil | 10:17pm | 8:13am | 19% |
| Spain | 10:17pm | 8:55am | 27% |
| Philippines | 10:17pm | 9:06am | 26% |
| Germany | 10:19pm | 8:27am | 21% |
| Switzerland | 10:19pm | 8:14am | 19% |
| New Zealand | 10:23pm | 7:50am | 17% |
| United States | 10:23pm | 8:06am | 19% |
| Mexico | 10:30pm | 8:24am | 27% |
| France | 10:32pm | 8:55am | 27% |
| Canada | 10:32pm | 8:18am | 22% |
| United Kingdom | 10:35pm | 8:19am | 23% |
| India | 10:44pm | 10:04am | 28% |
| Ireland | 10:45pm | 8:42am | 26% |
Social jet lag: how much later we sleep at weekends
Minutes the middle of the night moves later on Friday and Saturday nights
Source: Sleepiest sleep data · to Nov 1, 2026
| Region | Weeknight bedtime | Weekend bedtime | Weeknight wake | Weekend wake | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worldwide | 10:22pm | 10:33pm | 8:04am | 8:29am | 18 min |
| United States | 10:19pm | 10:31pm | 7:59am | 8:24am | 18 min |
| United Kingdom | 10:32pm | 10:43pm | 8:13am | 8:35am | 16 min |
| Canada | 10:30pm | 10:39pm | 8:09am | 8:40am | 20 min |
| Australia | 10:10pm | 10:19pm | 7:37am | 8:03am | 17 min |
Frequently asked questions
What time does the average person go to bed?
See the figures above: we report the average time people actually fell asleep, not the time they meant to, for weeknights and weekends.
What is social jet lag?
Social jet lag is the gap between when your body sleeps on workdays and on free days. If the middle of your night moves an hour later at weekends, it's like flying one time zone west every Friday and back every Monday.
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