It’s not just you—we are all sleep deprived. At least, according to some data gathered by the makers of the fitness device UP. The company pulled together the steps taken and the hours
slept by their users in major cities around the globe.
Tokyo, Japan residents get the least amount of sleep, with just 5 hours and 44 minutes of zzz’s on average. But it doesn't get much better: Melbourne-dwelling Aussies slumber for only 6 hours and 58 minutes on average. That’s still not the 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep we need.
Jawbone, the maker of the device, notes how all this data was collected in a blog post by data scientists Brian Wilt:
Take some time to explore the graphics for different cities and you can
learn neat tidbits. For example, “In Beijing, it's culturally acceptable
to take a nap in the afternoon at work, and you can see that roughly 5%
of UP wearers do so. Also of note are major changes to their sleep
schedule for Chinese New Year after January 31 and Chinese National Day
in early October,” Jawbone explains.
New York shows tightly regimented differences between weekend and weekdays—the stripe effect is more boldly etched.
Dubai’s patterns look very different. There, approximately 10 percent of the
tracker wearers are up at any time, even in the wee hours of the night, a
pattern that reflects a high proportion of night shift workers. Also,
the effects of Ramadan are visible as a month-long disruption in sleep
patterns as people stay up later to break their daytime fast.
So, does the early to bed early to rise (yet comparatively longer sleeping
time) of Melbourne appeal to you? Or do you prefer the siestas of Madrid
and Beijing? Seems like data like this could help you choose the
culture that matches your own daily rhythms. Or you can revel in your
contrariness.
H/T io9.com | Photo by Georgie Pauwels/Flickr.com (CC BY 2.0)
slept by their users in major cities around the globe.
Tokyo, Japan residents get the least amount of sleep, with just 5 hours and 44 minutes of zzz’s on average. But it doesn't get much better: Melbourne-dwelling Aussies slumber for only 6 hours and 58 minutes on average. That’s still not the 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep we need.
Jawbone, the maker of the device, notes how all this data was collected in a blog post by data scientists Brian Wilt:
“UP by Jawbone sleep tracking records not only bedtime and waketime, butThe post also includes some great interactive data visualization.
also time to fall asleep, awakenings, and sleep quality. The average
hours of sleep cited above do not include time awake in bed. Thus, even
though Moscow average bedtime and waketime are 12:46am and 8:08am
respectively, a difference of 7hr 22min, they only average 6hr 42min of
sleep a night.”
learn neat tidbits. For example, “In Beijing, it's culturally acceptable
to take a nap in the afternoon at work, and you can see that roughly 5%
of UP wearers do so. Also of note are major changes to their sleep
schedule for Chinese New Year after January 31 and Chinese National Day
in early October,” Jawbone explains.
tracker wearers are up at any time, even in the wee hours of the night, a
pattern that reflects a high proportion of night shift workers. Also,
the effects of Ramadan are visible as a month-long disruption in sleep
patterns as people stay up later to break their daytime fast.
time) of Melbourne appeal to you? Or do you prefer the siestas of Madrid
and Beijing? Seems like data like this could help you choose the
culture that matches your own daily rhythms. Or you can revel in your
contrariness.
H/T io9.com | Photo by Georgie Pauwels/Flickr.com (CC BY 2.0)
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