Some interesting information for you: Fitbit analyzed data of sleep – with fascinating results

Getting a good night’s sleep is vital for health. But until recently, the only way you could actually monitor the quality of your sleep was to visit a sleep clinic.

Wearable technology has changed all that. Smartwatches and fitness trackers now tell us how many steps we’re taking each day, how many calories we’re burning and how well we’re sleeping.

Wearables company Fitbit has released data on 6 billion nights of its American users’ sleep.

For starters, nobody’s getting enough of it.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, the average adult should sleep at least seven hours a night. But men and women in the US are falling short. Women average six hours and 50 minutes a night, while for men it’s six hours and 26 minutes.

Women sleep longer, but men sleep better

The results show that men and women get around the same mix of light and deep sleep on any given night. However, women sleep for 25 minutes longer than men.

The authors of the report suggest that this is because other studies have shown that women are 40% more likely to suffer from insomnia than men. So it could be that women stay in bed longer for the simple reason that their sleep is less efficient.

As we get older, we sleep less

So, what do you think about it ? How long do you sleep?=)