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Most popular New Year's resolutions in the United Kingdom for 2023

Characteristic	Total	Male	Female
Doing more exercise or improving my fitness	53%	47%	57%
Losing weight	43%	40%	46%
Improving my diet	43%	39%	45%
Saving more money	41%	34%	46%
Pursuing a career ambition	20%	25%	16%
Taking up a new hobby	19%	18%	20%
Decorating or renovating part of my home	18%	14%	20%
Spending more time with my family	17%	15%	18%
Spending less time on social media	16%	15%	17%
Cutting down on drinking alcohol	14%	19%	10%
Volunteering or doing more charity work	9%	8%	9%
Giving up smoking	6%	5%	6%
Raising money for a charity	5%	7%	4%
Something else	15%	15%	15%

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December 2022

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

December 9th to 12th, 2022

Number of respondents

412 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

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This question was phrased by the source as follows: "What types of New Year's resolutions are Britons making for 2023?"

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According to a December 2022 survey of the most popular New Year’s resolutions in the United Kingdom, 53 percent of respondents are planning on exercising more or improving their fitness in 2023. The second-most-popular responses, at 43 percent of respondents, were losing weight and improving diet.

A healthy lifestyle

The most popular New Year’s resolutions for 2023 in the UK were health related, specifically about fitness and diet. Both British women and men aim to improve their fitness - a trend that is likely to contribute to the growth of the gym, health, and fitness club market size in the country. Moreover, they are planning on following a healthier diet and losing weight. This habit was already popular among UK survey respondents in 2022, with over 60 percent of them trying actively to eat healthily and 30 percent of them trying to eat less meat.

Social media in the United Kingdom

Another popular New Year’s resolution in the UK is to spend less time on social media. In 2022, the number of social media users in the country amounted to around 62.7 million and was forecast to increase in the near future. In that same year, most people used social media every day, with TikTok recording the highest average monthly use time.