the Tracking Happiness team

Men are 250% more likely to associate sex with happiness than women are, according to our study. This is based on the answers of 1,147 male and female respondents in a large-scale survey.

When you consider happiness and look at it from a distance, you will find that there are 3 things that can determine your happiness. Any source of happiness (or unhappiness) can be tied back to one of these factors. Our new study has found how much these factors are believed to contribute to our happiness, by asking 1,155 people from around the world.

It is widely known that happiness can both be a result of our circumstances or our internal state of mind. But how much of our happiness is genetic? Our new survey has found that 25% of our happiness is believed to be genetic. Here are all the details!

Roughly 35% of our happiness is determined by external circumstances. This is 3.5x more than what was concluded in a 2005 study. Our new study suggests that a much bigger part of our happiness is circumstantial.

How much of our happiness is determined by our internal state of mind? A popular 2005 paper says it’s 40%. We studied this topic and found some very interesting results!

Can we control our happiness and how does this affect us? We studied these questions in our Tracking Happiness survey, and found some very interesting results. Here’s what you need to know!

We recently conducted a survey amongst the audience of Tracking Happiness (that’s you!) Our goal? To provide more objective data on topics that are often quoted throughout the internet. Here are the results.