Welcome to the Studies category, featuring our very own research and insights into happiness. From examining the role of genetics in happiness to analyzing the outcomes of our own New Year's resolution study, this category presents our in-depth findings on various aspects of happiness.
Discover interesting facts, learn about the most frequently broken resolutions, and read about our original studies on topics such as remote work and happiness. Join us as we share our cutting-edge research on the science of happiness.
How does the happiness of a country compare to its response to COVID-19? This data analysis is performed to shed light on how countries responded aroudn the world, and how it's potentially influenced our happiness.
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.
This is the post I've been wanting to write ever since I started this website. My biggest passion is running. I love it and know that it heavily improves my happiness. In this post, I set out to find out how much exactly. This data-driven essay answers how much running really influences my happiness.
This is the world's first happiness prediction model. This essay explains how it's been built from start to finish, with numerous animations and supporting visualizations. It's actually the most in-depth happiness essay I've ever published.