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So believe it or not, survey data show that Americans are getting more sleep now

than at any time in the past 20 years.

Washington Post Data reporter Caitlin Gilbert, who by the way has a PhD in

neuroscience and genomics from Rockefeller, did a deep dive into the survey results and she

joins us now.

Hi, welcome to WNYC, Kate, and thanks for coming on.

Thanks so much for having me.

And listeners, we want to hear from you right away.

We'll call this our end of the show call in segment for today.

Tell us your story are you paying more attention to how much sleep you're getting.

Are you tracking it on your phones or your smart watches? Are you more mindful of your sleep habits or or are

screens interfering or is there just not enough time in the day with your busy life

if you're working from home more now have you been able to trade commuting time for more time of sleep or whatever?

212 433 WNYC 212 433-9692. tell us if you're getting more sleep than you were say five years ago

before the pandemic or however you want to measure it or are you getting less. So Caitlin I'm sure it differs by category but

broadly how much more sleep are Americans getting?

Yeah so in comparing the data from 2019 to 2022 on an average night Americans are

getting roughly about 10 minutes more sleep and so this seems like a small

number but this is actually pretty meaningful when you think about people who maybe don't get as

much sleep on a regular basis, but accrued across the population that's a sizable and meaningful

amount. They can even measure that 10 minutes.

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