These are the top New Year’s resolutions for 2024, according to a survey

LOS ANGELES – For many Americans, the start of the new year brings an opportunity to set new goals and make positive changes.

Statista’s Consumer Insights survey shows that planning to save more money takes the top spot on the list of Americans’ resolutions for 2024.

Protecting their wallets is now more important for Americans than exercising more, eating healthier and losing weight. Courtesy of Statista

Protecting their wallets is now more important for Americans than exercising more, eating healthier and losing weight, which were the most commonly cited resolutions in previous years.

This shift in priorities  does not come as a surprise, given that millions of households in the United States are facing rising costs of living.

Slightly further down the list are goals of reducing stress from work and spending less time on social media (both 19 percent), while less popular resolutions included cutting down on alcohol (13 percent) and becoming a vegetarian or a vegan (3 percent).

Here are the top eight New Year’s resolutions:

Statista’s Consumer Insights survey shows that planning to save more money takes the top spot on the list of Americans’ resolutions for 2024. Courtesy of Statista

• To save more money – 59 percent
• To exercise more – 50 percent
• To eat healthier – 47 percent
• To spend more time with family/friends – 40 percent
• To lose weight – 35 percent
• To reduce spendings on living expenses (e.g., food, energy) – 26 percent
• To spend less time on social media – 19 percent
• To reduce stress on the job – 19 percent

The survey also shows that one in four US adults said they wanted to reduce their spendings on living expenses such as food and energy in the coming year.

Looking further into US savings habits, data from an earlier Statista survey found that in 2022, the three areas most commonly cut back on in times of high inflation and rising energy costs were contracts and subscriptions (66 percent), purchasing clothes (42 percent) and visiting bars, cafes and restaurants (39 percent).

The survey was conducted among 417 respondents of age group 18-64 years, from Oct. 19 to 29, 2023.