44% will not be awake for 2026

America 250 New Year's Eve Ball This image provided by America250 in December 2025 shows the New Year's Eve ball designed for the U.S.'s 250th year. (Damon Haimoff/America250 via AP) (Damon Haimoff/AP)

Are you staying up to watch the ball drop this year? Or will you finish that episode of “Matlock” and be in bed by 10?

Going to bed before midnight on New Year’s is more common than you’d think . . . or more common than YOUNG people might think.

44% of Americans say they’ll be asleep when the calendar flips to 2026.

New Year’s Eve is on a Wednesday this time, so some of us have to work the next day. Others just don’t care enough to stay up for it.

It’s easier for people out west too. On the West Coast, you can watch the ball drop in New York and be in bed by 9:01.

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