How Hitting Snooze Steals a Night’s Sleep Each Month - AI Podcast

Dr. Joseph Mercola - Take Control of Your Health

Briana Mercola

Health & Fitness, Health, Alternative Health

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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More than half of global sleep sessions now end with a snooze alarm, and heavy users lose the equivalent of an entire night of sleep each month
People who snooze frequently tend to have irregular bedtimes, disrupted circadian rhythms and inconsistent wake times, all of which drain energy and impair focus
Late bedtimes, poor light exposure and winter months trigger more snooze behavior, making it harder for your body to wake up feeling alert and restored
Women are more likely to hit snooze than men and stay in fragmented sleep longer, likely due to higher insomnia rates and greater caregiving demands
To reset your sleep cycle and ditch the snooze trap, sync your wake time with natural light, go to bed earlier and choose a single, gentle alarm

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0:00.0	Welcome to Dr. Mercola's cellular wisdom. Stay informed with quick, easy-to-listen
0:06.1	summaries of our latest articles, perfect for when you're on the go. No reading required. Subscribe
0:11.2	for free at Mercola.com for the latest health insights.
0:14.1	Did you realize that more than half of all track sleep sessions worldwide now conclude
0:20.2	with at least one snooze, costing heavy
0:22.9	snoozers the equivalent of an entire night of restorative rest every month? Welcome to Dr. Mercola's
0:29.0	cellular wisdom. I'm Ethan Foster, joined by Alara Sky. Today you'll learn why that short-lived comfort
0:35.9	from tapping snooze is quietly sapping your energy and focus.
0:40.3	We'll unpack fresh data from a scientific report's analysis of over 3 million sleep sessions
0:45.4	that reveals how often people hit snooze, which groups do it most, and how those extra alarms fragment your sleep cycles.
0:53.6	Those numbers show 55.6% of sessions ended with at least one snooze, and the average
0:59.4	user pressed snooze 2.4 times, spending nearly 11 minutes in fragmented shallow sleep
1:05.8	that never reaches the restorative phases you need.
1:08.8	Researchers classified participants into light, moderate, and heavy categories.
1:13.8	Almost half were heavy users, hitting snooze after 80% or more of their sessions,
1:19.2	averaging four presses and 20 minutes of broken sleep each morning.
1:23.0	Fragmented endings like that leave you in sleep inertia, the foggy state where hormones misfire,
1:28.9	reaction time slows, and your metabolism struggles to ramp up, effects that linger well into
1:34.6	your morning routine.
1:36.1	The study uncovered gender differences, too. Women averaged 2.5 presses and 11.5 minutes
1:42.3	of snooze, while men averaged 2.3 presses and 10.2 minutes.
1:47.1	A small but statistically significant gap linked to higher insomnia rates and caregiving demands.
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