Fitbit 2017 Year in Review
DATA ANALYSIS
Fitbit has released its 2017 Year in Review, revealing the top fitness facts of the year based on
aggregated and anonymous data from Fitbit users across the globe. Fitbit analyzed the data and ranked
countries and U.S. cities based on the following metrics:
• Average daily steps
• Average number of daily active minutes
• Average hours slept per night
The data also presented the top 20 U.S. cities that were the most active in 2017, based on average step
count, active minutes, lowest resting heart rate, and longest sleep duration:
Rank
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2
3
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5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

City
Boston, MA-Manchester, NH
Madison, WI
Portland-Auburn, ME
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
Denver, CO
Rochester, NY
Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City & Dubuque, IA
Hartford & New Haven, CT
Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick, WA
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
Syracuse, NY
Green Bay-Appleton, WI
Seattle-Tacoma, WA
Portland, OR
Providence, RI-New Bedford, MA
Philadelphia, PA
Wilkes Barre-Scranton, PA
San Diego, CA
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA
Lincoln & Hastings-Kearney, NE

Additionally, Fitbit identified the top 20 U.S. cities with the lowest average resting heart rate:
Rank
1
2

City
San Diego, CA
Boston, MA-Manchester, NH

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4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

Madison, WI
Portland-Auburn, ME
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
Denver, CO
Rochester, NY
Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City &
Dubuque, IA
Hartford & New Haven, CT
Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick, WA
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
Syracuse, NY
Seattle-Tacoma, WA
Portland, OR
Providence, RI-New Bedford, MA
Philadelphia, PA
Wilkes Barre-Scranton, PA
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA
Lincoln & Hastings-Kearney, NE
Washington, DC (Hagerstown, MD)

Fitbit also identified the most popular days of the year to run and bike around the world, and
determined the most active days of the year in the U.S. and other countries by averaging and ranking
the following data metrics:
• Daily steps
• Daily active minutes
• Duration of sleep per night
STEPS: Countries Ranked by Average Daily Steps
Fitbit users around the world took over 45 trillion steps in 2017, enough steps to walk to Pluto and back
almost 2.5 times. Hong Kong led the pack, its users taking an average 9.6K steps per day. Spain fell close
behind at the number two spot, taking an average 9.5K steps per day. The following 20 countries took
the most average daily steps this year:
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Country
Hong Kong
Spain
Switzerland
Sweden
Ireland
Germany
United Kingdom
Italy

Average Daily Steps
9.6K
9.5K
9.4K
9.3K
9.2K
9.1K
9K
8.9K

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10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

Netherlands
Norway
Japan
New Zealand
Australia
Belgium
Singapore
China
South Korea
France
Canada
United States

8.8K
8.7K
8.7K
8.6K
8.6K
8.5K
8.5K
8.4K
8.3K
8.2K
8.1K
7.5K

ACTIVE MINUTES: Countries Ranked by Average Active Minutes
Fitbit users around the world generated over 159.7 billion total active minutes, the equivalent of living
over 4K lifetimes, as one lifetime consists of about 38 million minutes on average. Spain made its way to
number one with an average 17 active minutes per day, followed by Hong Kong, Sweden and Japan with
16 minutes. The following 10 countries generated the most average active minutes this year:
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Country
Spain
Hong Kong
Sweden
Japan
China
Ireland
Netherlands
United Kingdom
South Korea
Switzerland

Average Active Minutes
17
16
16
16
15
14
13
12
12
11

SLEEP DURATION: Countries Ranked by Average Hours Slept per Night
Fitbit users around the world slept over 16.9 billion hours, logging over 2.4 billion nights of sleep in
2017. New Zealand got the most sleep with an average 7.1 hours per night, the United Kingdom holding
second place with 7.03 hours.The following 20 countries had the most average number of hours slept
per night this year:
Rank

Country

1
2
3

New Zealand
United Kingdom
Ireland

Average Hours Slept per
Night
7.1 hours
7.03 hours
7 hours

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5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

Netherlands
Australia
Belgium
France
Sweden
Canada
Germany
Switzerland
Norway
United States
Italy
Spain
Mexico
China
Hong Kong
Singapore
South Korea

7 hours
6.98 hours
6.97 hours
6.95 hours
6.9 hours
6.87 hours
6.83 hours
6.8 hours
6.75 hours
6.73 hours
6.7 hours
6.6 hours
6.4 hours
6.3 hours
6.25 hours
6.2 hours
6.05 hours

Most Popular Active Days of the Year
Most Active Day
• December 31, 2016 (New Year’s Eve) was an active day for users around the world. It was the
day with the most steps taken, active minutes, and sleep duration in the United States, Canada,
France, Germany, Mexico, Singapore and the United Kingdom.
Top Running Days around the World
Fitbit found the most popular days to run in major countries around the world, based on the highest
number of users who ran that day:
• Australia: January 9, 2017 (females and males)
• Canada: May 16, 2017 (females); June 19, 2017 (males)
• France: March 26, 2017 (males); September 10, 2017
• Germany: May 21, 2017 (females); August 13, 2017 (males)
• Mexico: August 1, 2017 (males); August 22, 2017 (females)
• Singapore: April 2, 2017 (females); August 20, 2017 (males)
• United Kingdom: May 9, 2017 (females); January 17, 2017 (males)
• United States: May 16, 2017 (females and males)
Top Biking Days around the World
Fitbit found the most popular days to bike in major countries around the world, based on the highest
number of users that biked that day:
• Australia: January 10, 2017 (females and males)
• Canada: July 4, 2017 (females); July 5, 2017 (males)
• France: April 9, 2017 (males); June 5, 2017 (females)
• Germany: April 9, 2017 (males); May 25, 2017 (females)
• Mexico: June 11, 2017 (males); August 22, 2017 (females)

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Singapore: January 7, 2017 (males); May 1, 2017 (females)
United Kingdom: July 5, 2017 (males); June 13, 2017 (females)
United States: July 4, 2017 (males); May 16, 2017 (females)

Source: The 2017 Fitbit Year in Review is based on a representative sampling of aggregated and anonymized data
of over 3.5 million Fitbit users from November 1, 2016-October 31, 2017.

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