With one of the earlier bedtimes, people in Hungary go to bed at 11:59 pm. This early bedtime contributes to a high quality of sleep. In a recent study, scientists determined that people who went to bed earlier usually got better sleep, regardless of how long they slept.
The average Aussie goes to bed just after 10:45pm, which is more than an hour earlier than the late night Spaniards, the University of Michigan's global sleep pattern research found. As well as the early nights, Australians are the first to rise along with Americans who both get up just after 6:45am.
School-age children should go to bed between 8:00 and 9:00 p.m. Teens should try to go to bed between 9:00 and 10:00 p.m. Adults should try to go to sleep between 10:00 and 11:00 p.m.
Australians may see themselves as a hard-partying bunch but new research has shown they go to bed earlier than any other country. The University of Michigan study found a typical Australian adult goes to bed around 10.45pm – a full hour earlier than the Spanish, who have the world's latest bedtime.
According to the Chinese Sleep Research Report 2022, the average sleep time of Chinese decreased from 8.5 hours in 2012 to 7.06 hours in 2021, a reduction of 1.5 hours. Only 35 percent Chinese can get eight hours of sleep.
Elon Musk says he is "fairly nocturnal" and only sleeps about six hours a day. The world's richest man made the comments during an August 5 episode of The Full Send podcast. He said he usually goes to sleep at about 3 a.m. and wakes up after about six hours at 9 a.m. or 9:30 a.m.
But the majority manage to get at least 6 hours, as you can see in the list below detailing the sleep habits of 10 highly successful people: Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX: 6 hours (1am — 7am) Tim Cook, CEO of Apple: 7 hours (9:30pm — 4:30am) Bill Gates, Co-Founder of Microsoft: 7 hours (12am — 7am)
Sleeping early or late, the study said, adversely affects the body's internal clock or what is known as 'circadian rhythm' — a natural process that regulates sleep-wake circle — and certain metabolic processes.
The LSA 2019 report also concluded that 6 to 11 year olds in Australia go to bed on average between 8 and 8.30pm, 12-15 year olds go to bed between 9 and 9.30pm and 16-17 year olds go to bed between 10 and 10.30pm.
How Much Does The Average Australian Sleep? Well, 57% of Aussies claim they get between 6-8 hours of sleep each night. But this seems to be dependent on a number of factors - age, relationship status, whether you have children, your children's age, and so on.
A study by the University of Queensland asked 500 couples to time how long their love-making lasted – starting the timer at penetration and hitting stop at ejaculation. The result? The study found sheet time lasts anywhere from 33 seconds to 44 minutes, with a median of 5.4 minutes.
Coming in as the city that gets the least amount of sleep a night is Berlin, Germany, with an average of six hours a night, or one hour under the daily recommended. Manila, Philippines comes in second place, with just 6.3 hours of sleep a night. This is followed by Seoul, Korea at 6.4.
Albert Einstein is said to have slept 10 hours per night, plus regular daytime naps. Other great achievers, inventors, and thinkers – such as Nikola Tesla, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Edison, Winston Churchill, Leonardo da Vinci, and Sir Isaac Newton – are said to have slept between two and four hours per day.
On average, he gets between four and five hours of sleep per night. Want to know how he manages? Keep reading to find out more about Donald Trump's sleep schedule.
10 HOURS OF SLEEP AND ONE-SECOND NAPS
It's common knowledge that sleep is good for your brain – and Einstein took this advice more seriously than most. He reportedly slept for at least 10 hours per day – nearly one and a half times as much as the average American today (6.8 hours).
He strives for an average of 6-6.5 hours a night. Sleeping less than 8 hours each night didn't quite work for Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington, who collapsed from sleep deprivation due to 18-hour work days.
The benefits of getting enough sleep are widely known, but do successful (and busy) people like Elon Musk, Richard Branson and Barack Obama actually squeeze in the recommended eight hours? Some successful people swear by a strict sleep regimen and get to bed early. Others tend to stay up until well past midnight.
Bill Gates
Now, the billionaire Microsoft co-founder gets at least seven hours of shut-eye, and wrote that all people need that much, “even if you've convinced yourself otherwise.”
Proponents of the Japanese sleep system claim many benefits--both health and otherwise--to sleeping on the floor. Among them: Cooler temperatures, since cool air settles to the floor. Better circulation, and reduced back and muscle pain.
According to a survey conducted in 2021, people in Japan slept on average 471 minutes per night, equaling about seven hours and 51 minutes. The average sleeping time on weekdays was slightly lower.
They found that French people spend close to nine hours sleeping each night, which was slightly higher than the hours Americans were found to sleep. The question is whether you really need nine hours of sleep every night.