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Has 'sleepmaxxing' gone too far?
A 2026 AASM survey found 51% of sleep-tracker users felt anxious or stressed about their scores, highlighting the limits of consumer sleep data.
- Driven by social media and wearable technology, "sleepmaxxing" encourages users to optimize rest using smart devices; a 2026 AASM survey found 48% of adults now use sleep-tracking devices, up from 35% in 2023.
- Pandemic-Era changes intensified focus on sleep routines, fueling consumer reliance on trackers to make unconscious processes visible; consequently, 55% of tracker users report changing their behavior based on device insights.
- Data tracking can create stress, as 51% of sleep-tracker users report feeling anxious about achieving a good sleep score; these metrics frequently compress complex physiological information into a single, potentially misleading number.
- According to the AASM, consumer technology cannot diagnose or treat sleep disorders; experts recommend treating data as information rather than a performance grade, seeking professional evaluation when problems persist.
- Researchers identified "orthosomnia," an extreme preoccupation with sleep perfection, among obsessive tracker users; healthy sleep requires sustainable practices rather than trying to win against an algorithm every morning.
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