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August 12, 2025

According to our survey, only 6% of people get a dreamy eight hours of perfect rest every night, meaning a good night's sleep is an elusive luxury

WHEN it comes to getting a good night's sleep, we're a nation obsessed.

We want both quality and quantity. But how well are we really doing?

Our exclusive Mirror survey of 2,000 adults*, created in collaboration with DFS, pulls back the covers on what really happens between the sheets of an evening.

And the results are clear: we are all dreaming of better rest.

However, whether it's because of our mattress, our mindset, or endless bedtime scrolling, we're being kept up all night... and not in a good way.

We're spending hundreds on remedies, yet over a quarter of us admit to regularly pushing through tiredness just to keep going. And when we're sharing our beds with a partner, over 50% of us admit to regularly having restless nights.

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