- 84% of the country has at least one guilty pleasure, with the average American giving into one of their guilty pleasures five times per week
- 18% of people say their guilty pleasure came from their childhood
- Ordering take out because you can’t be bothered to cook is the top guilty pleasure, something 42% of people are guilty of
Whether it’s watching bad TV, or wolfing down your favorite snack while still in your pajamas, most people have a few guilty pleasures they don’t let people know about, and a new survey reveals the most popular guilty pleasures in the country.
Overall, the study by Vudu.com finds that 84% of the country has at least one guilty pleasure, with the average American giving into one of their guilty pleasures five times per week. And it seems some people have had their guilty pleasures for a while, with 18% of saying their guilty pleasure came from their childhood.
So, what is America’s top guilty pleasure? Well, it turns out it’s ordering take out because you can’t be bothered to cook, a guilty pleasure of 42% of people, although personally I don’t see why anyone would feel guilty about it.
America’s top guilty pleasures
- Ordering takeout because you can’t be bothered to cook — 42 %
- Falling asleep watching TV — 41 percent
- Sneaking an extra scoop of ice cream — 38 %
- Putting off a task — 35 percent
- Buying yourself a treat — 35%
- Singing out loud in the car — 34%
- Staying in your pajamas all day — 32%
- McDonald’s — 32%
- Binging a whole TV show in one day — 28%
- Watching TV all day — 28%
- Still listening to the music you listened to as a kid as an adult — 27%
- People watching — 26%
- Eating an entire bag of chips in one sitting — 26%
- Watching Disney films and cartoons as an adult — 25%
- Getting back in bed on a lazy Sunday afternoon — 24%
- Eating food in bed — 23%
- Checking social media when you should be working/studying — 22%
- Eating cereal for dinner — 22%
- Watching reality TV — 20%
- Drinking juice or milk directly from the carton — 19%
- Romance movies — 19%
- Stealing soap/shampoo from hotels — 17%
- Not showering — 17%
- Watching daytime TV — 17%
- Procrastinating chores — 16%
- Calling in sick when you’re not sick — 16%
- Listening to cheesy music — 15%
- Proving your partner wrong about something — 15%
- Stalking other people’s social media — 15%