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Friday is wine day? In UK food diaries, Saturday is the drinks day
Key findings
Alcohol was logged on 22.0% of fully logged Saturdays by UK ParrotPal members, February to August 2026, against 18.0% of Fridays, 14.9% of Sundays and 6.7% of Mondays.
Friday gets the reputation, but Saturday has the drinks. 22.0% of logged Saturdays included an alcoholic drink, against 18.0% of Fridays. Monday was the driest day (6.7%).
22.0%of logged Saturdays included alcohol
Days with alcohol logged
Share of logged daysDrinking days climb through the week: 7.8% on Tuesdays, 9.6% on Wednesdays and 11.2% on Thursdays. Across all days it was 12.2%.
Beer and wine lead the drinks list: 17.3% of members logged beer or lager, 9.5% white wine and 9.4% red wine. Rosé is the most female-leaning drink: women were 3.6 times as likely as men to log it.
Food diaries are known to under-record alcohol, and more so at weekends, so these are floors, not drinking rates.
What this means
The diary’s drinking week peaks on Saturday, not Friday, and Sunday still sits above any weekday.
The figures
| Day | Share of logged days with alcohol |
|---|---|
| Monday | 6.7% |
| Tuesday | 7.8% |
| Wednesday | 9.6% |
| Thursday | 11.2% |
| Friday | 18.0% |
| Saturday | 22.0% |
| Sunday | 14.9% |
Method in brief. UK ParrotPal members’ anonymised food diaries, 1 February to 31 August 2026. A logged day has 3 or more items and 800 to 6,000 kcal on a UK calendar day; deleted entries don’t count. A day counts as an alcohol day if any alcoholic drink was logged (alcohol-free drinks don’t count).
Aggregates only: every group shown has 50 or more members and no share rests on fewer than 10. Patterns in what members logged, not causes. who’s counted · the 50/10 rule · logged isn’t eaten · how foods are named and counted.
Full report: What Britain logs.
Questions people ask
What day do Brits drink the most?
In ParrotPal food diaries, Saturday: alcohol appeared on 22.0% of logged Saturdays.
Is Friday the biggest drinking day?
No. Friday was second (18.0%).
Are these drinking rates?
No. They’re the share of logged days with a drink logged, and diaries under-record alcohol.
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Source: ParrotPal food diary data, parrotpal.com/data/saturday-drinks-day/
Citation
ParrotPal (2026). Friday is wine day? In UK food diaries, Saturday is the drinks day. ParrotPal Data. https://parrotpal.com/data/saturday-drinks-day/. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
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