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At every age, fewer than half of members walk 7,000 steps a day
Key findings
At every age, ParrotPal members who track steps with Apple Health walked about 6,000 to 7,000 steps on a typical day, and at most 48% reached 7,000, February to August 2026. Source: ParrotPal anonymised step data, members in every country.
Whatever their age, the typical member walked about 6,000 to 7,000 steps a day. Even in the most active age group, only 48% reached 7,000 steps on a typical day.
48%at most reach 7,000 steps a day, at any age
Reach 7,000+ steps on a typical day
Share of members10,000 steps is rarer still: between 12% and 17% of members reached it on a typical day, depending on age.
Members aged 45 to 54 walked the most; the youngest and oldest groups the least. Steps come from Apple Health, so these are people who carry an iPhone and track their steps, in the UK and elsewhere: a guide, not a national statistic.
What this means
The gap between most people and the research ranges is a short walk or two a day, not a marathon. About 1,000 more steps a day is a sensible next step.
What the research says
The lower risk of death linked with more steps levelled off at about 6,000 to 8,000 a day for adults 60 and over, and 8,000 to 10,000 for younger adults.
Paluch AE, Bajpai S, Bassett DR, et al. (2022). Daily steps and all-cause mortality: a meta-analysis of 15 international cohorts. Lancet Public Health 7(3):e219–e228. doi:10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00302-9
Each extra 1,000 steps a day was linked with about 15% lower risk of death from any cause.
Banach M, Lewek J, Surma S, et al. (2023). The association between daily step count and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: a meta-analysis. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology 30(18):1975–1985. doi:10.1093/eurjpc/zwad229
Research describes other groups of people; our figures are what ParrotPal members logged.
The figures
| Age | Share reaching 7,000+ steps a day |
|---|---|
| 18–24 | 36% |
| 25–34 | 45% |
| 35–44 | 45% |
| 45–54 | 48% |
| 55+ | 41% |
Method in brief. ParrotPal members in every country who track steps with Apple Health, February to August 2026. Each member’s typical day is their median, after leaving out days under 500 steps and members with fewer than 14 days.
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 · steps.
Full report: How many steps a day should you walk?.
Questions people ask
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Among ParrotPal members who track steps, the typical day was about 6,000 to 7,000 steps at every age (February to August 2026).
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Source: ParrotPal step-count data, parrotpal.com/data/steps-by-age/
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ParrotPal (2026). At every age, fewer than half of members walk 7,000 steps a day. ParrotPal Data. https://parrotpal.com/data/steps-by-age/. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
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