Americans don’t know how much they sleep


The Atlantic: Two surveys report different average sleep times for Americans and the number of U.S. insomnia diagnoses is more than five million.

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The Atlantic: Two surveys report different average sleep times for Americans and the number of U.S. insomnia diagnoses is more than five million.

Six hours and 48 minutes. That’s how much the typical American sleeps, according to the most recent Gallup Survey.

Eight hours and 42 minutes. That’s how much the typical American sleeps, according to the most recent U.S Department of Labor’s American Time Use Survey.

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