World Sleep Day, an annual awareness day, is held the Friday before Spring Vernal Equinox of each year. The next World Sleep Day is Friday, March 17, 2023.
2023 Slogan: “Sleep is Essential for Health”
Slogan History
- 2022: “Quality Sleep, Sound Mind, Happy World”
- 2021: “Regular Sleep, Healthy Future”
- 2020: “Better Sleep, Better Life, Better Planet”
- 2019: “Healthy Sleep, Healthy Aging”
- 2018: “Join the Sleep World, Preserve Your Rhythms to Enjoy Life”
- 2017: “Sleep Soundly, Nurture Life”
- 2016: “Good Sleep is a Reachable Dream”
- 2015: “When Sleep is Sound, Health and Happiness Abound”
- 2014: “Restful Sleep, Easy Breathing, Healthy Body”
- 2013: “Good Sleep, Healthy Aging”
- 2012: “Breathe Easily, Sleep Well”
- 2011: “Sleep Well, Grow Healthy”
- 2010: “Sleep Well, Stay Healthy”
- 2009: “Drive Alert, Arrive Safe”
- 2008: “Sleep Well, Live Fully Awake”
Previous Year Highlights
2020 World Sleep Day Accomplishments:
- 382 official delegates joined the campaign
- 199 sleep awareness activities took place
- 56 countries participated
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Countries new this year: Barbados, Luxembourg & Nepal
- Trending on social media under the hashtag #WorldSleepDay
- 2020 partners included AMLife International, Fidia Farmaceutici, SleepScore Labs, Verve Label Group, The Sleep Forum, Langria, Argos, Sleep Country and Thrive Global.
2019 World Sleep Day Accomplishments:
- 352+ official delegates joined the campaign
- 200+ sleep awareness activities have been added to worldsleepday.org
- 53 countries have notified us of participation in World Sleep Day, including the addition of 7 new countries: Albania, Slovenia, Kenya, Republic of Korea, Latvia, Croatia and Bahrain
- Media mentions came in across the globe including outlets such as NBC, BBC, Daily Mail, Forbes, Men’s Health and many others
- We were trending on social media under the hashtag #WorldSleepDay
- Our 2019 partners included Westin Hotels & Resorts, Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Fidia Farmaceutici, AMLife International, Dormeo and Philips.
2018 World Sleep Day Accomplishments:
- 282+ official delegates joined the campaign
- 149 sleep awareness activities have been added to worldsleepday.org
- 55 countries have notified us of participation in World Sleep Day
- NEW: Participation in the countries of Norway, Burkina Faso, Singapore, Bangladesh, Greece, Belgium, Trinidad and Tobago
- Media mentions came in across the globe including USA Today, Men’s Health, CNBC, InStyle, HarpersBAZAAR, Psychology Today, MSN, Forbes, The Sunday Post and many more
- #WorldSleepDay climbed to #1 on worldwide and #2 on the United States Top Trends on Twitter
2017 World Sleep Day Accomplishments:
- 295+ delegates signed up to participate
- 155 sleep awareness activities occurred in 2017
- 58 countries notified us of participation. New: Events in the countries of Jordan, Switzerland, Israel, United Arab Emirates, Algeria, Qatar & Estonia
- 826 individuals joined our campaign
- Trending on both Twitter and Facebook under the hashtag #WorldSleepDay
2016 World Sleep Day Accomplishments:
- #worldsleepday was a trending topic on both Twitter and Facebook
- World Sleep Day added 152 new delegates from 33 different countries
- World Sleep Day added representatives in 14 new countries (Bangladesh, Costa Rica, Curacao, Estonia, Ghana, Guatemala, Indonesia, Moldova, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Taiwan, Tunisia, Qatar, and Uruguay)
- #worldsleepday was viewed over 109,000 times on Twitter via our @_WorldSleep page
- We added 401 Facebook and 371 Twitter followers
