Financial, fitness goals lead American’s 2026 New Year’s resolutions

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SAVING MONEY, EXERCISING MORE AND GETTING HEALTHIER ARE AMERICANS’ TOP NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS HEADING INTO 2026, ACCORDING TO NEW RESEARCH FROM TALK-SPACE.

THE POLL OF 2,000 AMERICANS REVEALED THAT ONLY 10 PERCENT FELT VERY GOOD ABOUT 2025 AS A WHOLE.

MOST FELT LESS POSITIVE ABOUT IT, SAYING IT WAS “JUST OKAY” (39%), ”BAD” (19%) OR EVEN “AWFUL” (10%).

SO TO TURN THINGS AROUND IN THE COMING YEAR, MANY (38%) ARE SETTING PERSONAL GOALS OR RESOLUTIONS, WITH MILLENNIALS BEING THE MOST LIKELY TO CREATE NEW YEAR’S INTENTIONS (57%) AND BABY BOOMERS BEING THE LEAST LIKELY (23%).  

MEN ARE ALSO MORE LIKELY THAN WOMEN TO SET GOALS FOR 2026 (44% VS. 35%), AND THEY ALSO FEEL MORE MOTIVATED TO COMPLETE THEM (93% VS. 85%), ACCORDING TO THE SURVEY, WHICH WAS CONDUCTED BY TALKER RESEARCH.

SO HOW ABOUT YOU? WHAT GOALS ARE YOU SETTING FOR YOURSELF IN 2026? WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!

Research methodology:

Talker Research surveyed 2,000 general population Americans who have access to the internet; the survey was commissioned by Talkspace and administered and conducted online by Talker Research between Nov. 5 and Nov. 10, 2025. A link to the questionnaire can be found here.

To view the complete methodology as part of AAPOR’s Transparency Initiative, please visit the Talker Research Process and Methodology page.