In the quest for a good night’s sleep, have you turned to TikTok? A lot of people pick up hacks and tips there and according to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), all these TikTok sleep trends are having an impact on how Americans sleep.
The AASM’s new survey of 2-thousand Americans reveals that 37% of respondents admit to experimenting with at least one viral sleep trend.
- Younger generations were more likely to have tried one, as 55% of the 18- to 27-year-olds polled have used a TikTok sleep hack. Millennials aren’t far behind, 50% of those ages 28 to 43 have tried a sleep trend from TikTok.
- Men are also more likely than women to give sleep hacks a try, as 43% of men surveyed say they’ve tried one, compared to 31% of women.
- The most common trend people have experimented with is “bed rotting” - or staying in bed for an extended amount of time, like a day or longer, doing things other than sleep, like scrolling on social media, to rest and recuperate.
- Almost a quarter (24%) of Gen Z respondents have tried bed rotting and 14% of all respondents have.
- About 10% of those polled have tried the Scandinavian sleep method - where a couple sharing a bed uses separate blankets instead of sharing.
- Another sleep microtrend people have tried from TikTok is the “sleepy girl mocktail” - a drink made with magnesium that’s supposed to improve sleep - which 9% of respondents have sipped before bed.
- Sleeping in 90-minute increments is another TikTok hack 9% of those polled have tried.
- Mouth taping is a viral sleep trend that involves putting tape over the lips to force the sleeper to breathe through their nose, something 5% have attempted.
Source: Newsweek