Tokyo is the 'City that Never Sleeps,' Cultural Data Reveals

First Posted: Aug 19, 2014 05:44 PM EDT
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New York may have been given coined the City that Never Sleeps. However, a new study shows that it's sleeping quite a bit more than other major metropolises.

With the help of the interactive gadget, Jawbone, which tracks fitness and health, a recent map posted on behavioral data via the company's website revealed that other cities were staying up a lot later than New York. The company used the UP fitness tracker users worldwide to help create a "cultural thumbprint" of cities, according to the New York Daily News.

However, New York is also not the city to go to sleep first; that title's taken by Melbourne, Australia, whose residents logged an average of 6 hours and 58 minutes of sleep per night, according to the Wall Street Journal.

And what about the city that's never sleeping? It might not be the one you'd guess. This time, Tokyo, Japan, takes the cake, with residents gaining an average of 5 hours and 44 minutes a night of sleep per night. 

New York falls somewhere in the middle at an average of 6 hours and 47 minutes per night, according to TIME.

No matter what city you're in, age, weight and pre-existing health conditions may determine how much sleep you should be getting. Make sure you check with your doctor to determine what's right for you, even if a lot of people around you are up all night.

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