According to a Statista survey, Americans' top New Year's resolutions include eating healthier and spending more time with family.
Most Americans, 57 percent, said Although they have some kind of resolution for 2025, 43% said they have not. Of those who said they were determined, five stood out.
The survey results showed that 21% said saving money was their number one goal, with 21% saying it was their goal. Eating healthy came in second place, with 19 percent citing it as their biggest New Year's resolution. A close third was “work out more,” with 17% choosing it as their resolution.
In fourth place was a 15% weight loss, which seems to go well with eating healthier and getting more exercise.
Spending more time with family and friends rounds out the top five New Year's resolutions, with 14% choosing that option.
Another 9% said they wanted to quit smoking this year, and another 9% said they wanted to “spend less money.”
The survey, which allowed 1,050 respondents to choose from 15 possible responses, was conducted from October 24 to November 3, 2024.
That was consistent with the Rasmussen Report's research. revealed Most Americans (67%) plan to celebrate the new year at home.
The Rasmussen Report's latest national telephone and online survey found that 67% of American adults expect to be home at midnight when the new year arrives, down from 71% last year. Fourteen percent (14%) said they planned to ring in 2024 at a friend's house, while six percent (6%) said they planned to go to a restaurant or bar and seven percent (7%) said they planned to go somewhere else late at night on New Year's Eve. . …
43% of people kiss someone at midnight to ring in the new year, compared to 40% who don't. A further 17% are unsure whether they will have the traditional midnight kiss on New Year's Eve.
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16% of Americans think New Year's Day is one of the most important holidays in our country, 22% think it is one of the least important holidays, and 55% are somewhere in between. I'm thinking. Christmas has long been ranked as the most important holiday for Americans, but in the past two years it has fallen to second place behind Independence Day.
The Rasmussen Report survey was conducted on December 22-23 and 26, 2024 among 1,651 U.S. adults and has a margin of error of +/-3 percentage points.
