Percentiles
Sleep: how do you compare?
Median 7 US adults · approximate
Usual hours of sleep per night. Rounded from CDC and Gallup self-reports.
US adults · approximate
| Percentile | Sleep |
|---|---|
| 5th percentile | 5 hours |
| 10th percentile | 5.5 hours |
| 25th percentile | 6 hours |
| 50th percentile | 7 hours |
| 75th percentile | 7.5 hours |
| 90th percentile | 8 hours |
| 95th percentile | 9 hours |
Rough percentile anchors assembled from surveys and reports; treat them as ballpark figures. The slider on the main page runs past this table up to the record: a koala, Koalas sleep up to 22 hours a day.