Two Views of the Night: Consumer Reported Sleep Insights Paired with Smart Bed Data

A report from the National Sleep Foundation with Support from Tempur-Pedic

Two Views of the Night: Consumer Reported Sleep Insights Paired with Smart Bed Data is 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. The smart bed tracker data confirms what most people already feel: they could use more sleep to reach their full potential.

Key findings from the research revealed:

• 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 lives.
• 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 generally consistent 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.
  

For more information, read the full Two Views of the Night report.

This report and source research was produced independently by National Sleep Foundation and does not endorse specific products or provide medical advice.