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Survey reveals most popular New Year’s Resolution, and it’s not ‘cutting down on alcohol’ Credits: Social Media
By Paul Fogarty

Survey reveals most popular New Year’s Resolution, and it’s not ‘cutting down on alcohol’

By Paul Fogarty

The beginning of a new year is a great time to kickstart some new habits in our lives through New Years Resolutions, whether thats to cut down on unhealthy food or to spend less time scrolling through Instagram and TikTok.

But have you ever wondered what the most popular New Years Resolutions are? Well, a recent survey conducted by Statista has provided the answer.

Conducted in October 2023, Statista questioned 417 US adults from varying backgrounds about what their New Years Resolutions for 2024 were.

While the first month of the year may feature events such as Dry January or Veganuary for those wanting to cut back on alcohol or to try their hand at going vegan, neither appeared in the top 10 results of the most popular resolutions.

Instead, the most popular answer was to save more money as 59% of respondents had selected this as a resolution while exercising more came in at second with 50%.

Spending time more with family and friends as well as losing weight had scores of 40% and 35% while reducing stress at work and quitting smoking featured in 19% and 18% of answers.

Surprisingly, the lowest-scoring answers of all were to cut down on alcohol (13%) and to become vegetarian or vegan (3%) which came in at 12th and 13th places on the list respectively.

People holding beer bottles up to the setting sun
Photo by Wil Stewart on Unsplash

Survey results in full

The full results of the Statista survey can be found below and include other answers including to eat healthier and to do more to care for the environment.

  1. To save more money | 59%
  2. To exercise more | 50%
  3. To eat healthier | 47%
  4. To spend more time with family / friends | 40%
  5. To lose weight | 35%
  6. To reduce spending on living expenses (eg food & energy) | 26%
  7. To spend less time on social media | 19%
  8. To reduce stress on the job | 19%
  9. To improve performance on the job | 18%
  10. To quit smoking | 18%
  11. To do more for the environment | 14%
  12. To cut down on alcohol | 13%
  13. To become vegetarian / vegan | 3%
  14. Other | 5%
  15. Dont know | 3%
Statistic: Most popular New Year's resolutions in the United States for 2024 | Statista
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