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Report Examines What Americans Say About Their Sleep and What Smart Bed Data Reveals
WASHINGTON, June 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The National Sleep Foundation® (NSF) today released “Two Views of the Night: Consumer Reported Sleep Insights Paired with Smart Bed Data”, a first-of-its-kind report presenting data from NSF’s nationally representative survey of U.S. adults and complementary data from more than 190 million nights of in-home sleep of people who sleep on Tempur-Pedic® beds equipped with Sleeptracker-AI® technology.
The report shows that most people can still do better on recommended sleep duration – seven to nine hours is the per-night recommendation from NSF. Additionally, the quality and continuity of that sleep are undermined by racing minds, physical discomfort, noise, temperature, and the hidden rhythms of everyday life. Tempur-Pedic’s SleepTracker-AI data confirm what most people already feel: they are not sleeping well, and the effect of poor sleep health can reach every corner of daily life.
Key Findings:
70% of adults report some difficulty staying asleep and over one in four (28%) say this happens a good amount to a great deal in their life
Among Tempur‑Pedic smart bed users, on average, users woke up one to two times per night
41% of people say there is no meaningful difference in their sleep between seasons. The tracker view from Tempur-Pedic smart bed users reinforces trends in NSF data. Average sleep duration remained nearly identical across seasons, ranging from 6.78 hours in summer and spring to 6.86 hours in winter
53% of adults report that the Daylight Saving Time clock change negatively affects their sleep, a finding backed by Sleeptracker-AI data showing users slept measurably less on the night clocks moved forward in 2025
Sunday is both the best and worst night for sleep: 29.5% of Americans rank it #1 and 27% rank it #7, making it uniquely polarizing across the week. Among Tempur‑Pedic smart bed users, Sunday had the highest average total sleep time, at just over 7 hours. Across the rest of the week, average sleep duration dropped below 6.75 hours
Most sleep research relies on either self-reported data or device data in isolation. “Two Views of the Night” is distinctive because it presents both views. The NSF survey captured how people feel about and experience their sleep. The Tempur-Pedic Sleeptracker-AI data describe sensor-measured sleep across multiple nights
“In NSF’s day-to-day work to advance sleep health, we’re digging into the range of insights people give and also get that inform modern approaches to improving their sleep. It’s critical for more organizations who are supporting the public’s needs through tools and technologies to share and talk about their contribution to the bigger picture. Any alignment between lived experiences and tracker data can give us a far more complete and credible picture of the nation’s sleep health and beyond,” said John Lopos, NSF CEO.
