Withings Year In Health: How Our Community Moved, Slept, and Lived in 2025

Beyond the numbers, the 2025 Withings Year In Health data reveals a story of a global community navigating the ebb and flow of modern life. It’s a narrative of collective recovery, seasonal vitality, and the cultural nuances that define how we move and rest.

Key highlights

Activity: Our community collectively walked an astonishing 4,072,490,274,205 (4.1 trillion) steps (3.4% more than in 2024). This distance is the equivalent of circling the globe 77,442 times, making 8,074 one-way trips to the Moon, or taking over 13 one-way trips to Mars.

Sleep: Women consistently out-slept men by nearly 4 points throughout the year, with an average Sleep Score of 69.35 vs 65.72.

Seasonality: The first week of January remains the most dramatic week for health metrics, swinging from the year's worst sleep to the year's best in under 100 hours.

The Great Reset: From the hangover to the healed

The year began with a universal sigh. On January 1st, the global Sleep Score hit its lowest point at 63.74. Whether due to New Year’s Eve celebrations, travel fatigue, or the stress of the holiday season’s end, the world woke up in a "sleep debt."

Yet, the community’s resilience was immediate. Just four days later, on January 5th, we witnessed "The Great Reset." The global Sleep Score surged to its yearly peak of 75.15. It was as if millions of people collectively decided that the first Sunday of the year was the time to reclaim their health, hitting the pillow early and starting the year with a clean slate.

However, the United States experienced more of a "Slow Burn" resolution. While the global community jumped back into health by the first weekend of the year, it took the average American user an extra week to find their optimal rhythm. The US didn’t hit its peak sleep quality until January 12th, (Sleep Score: 71.1), taking longer to settle into their 2025 sleep goals.

Spring fever: The day the world didn't stop

As the Northern Hemisphere thawed, our activity levels heated up. The story of our movement peaked on May 11th, the most active day for the worldwide community. On this day, the average user took nearly 8,000 steps.

While Germany led the charge in consistency—with 28% of German Withings users hitting activity goals for 100 days straight—France showed a unique trend: their peak activity day landed slightly earlier on May 9th. In contrast, Australia saw its personal best on October 26th. This proves that while the Northern Hemisphere was settling into autumn, our friends Down Under were enjoying their spring momentum.

The geography of rest: Nordic dreams vs. the American hustle

In the global quest for the perfect night's sleep, Finland remains the undisputed champion. With a national average score of 72.12, the Finnish community seems to have mastered the art of the "cool, dark room." They are followed closely by France, where rest is treated with the same respect as a fine meal.

Crossing the Atlantic, the story changes. The United States (ranking 38th globally) struggles more than its European counterparts to find a consistent rhythm. However, even within the US, there are "islands of rest." Vermont (67.22) and South Dakota (66.18) are the nation's sleep sanctuaries, perhaps benefiting from quieter, more rural landscapes compared to the bustling hubs of Texas and Mississippi, which found themselves at the bottom of the domestic sleep rankings.

The quiet holiday: A final rest

This year of movement ends not with a sprint, but with a slowdown. December 25th was the quietest day of the year for the community. With an average of only 5,347 steps, it was the day the world chose connection over calories, and rest over reaching goals. It marks the closing chapter of the 2025 journey—a reminder that in the cycle of health, the days we don't move are just as important as the days we do.

Health stops being a fleeting goal and becomes a steady rhythm when you choose insight over instinct and progress over perfection.

Resolutions may fade, but data doesn’t. This year, start a conversation with your own health. Measure life, not January, and build the habits that will carry you through every month to come.

Disclaimer

This study was conducted by Withings based on anonymous aggregated data from a pool of Withings users. Withings guarantees the confidentiality of personal data and protects the privacy of all its users. Therefore, all data used for this study were rigorously anonymized and aggregated in order to avoid any re-identification.