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How many steps does the average person take per day?
~4,961 steps/day
How many steps does the average person take per day?
Smartphone pedometer data from 717,000 people in 111 countries found a global average of about 4,961 steps per day — well below the commonly cited '10,000 step goal.' Hong Kong topped the list at 6,880 steps/day; Indonesia was lowest at 3,513. The '10,000 steps' target originated from a Japanese marketing campaign in 1965, not scientific research.
Source: Althoff et al. (2017), Nature; Stanford University study