Garmin dropped its annual Connect Data Report today, offering a look at how tens of millions of users moved through 2025. While Spotify Wrapped shows your music habits, Garmin’s report reveals how we trained, stepped, and stressed our way through the past 12 months. The dataset covers demographics, regions, and activity types, painting a picture of global fitness trends.
Since those of us who wear smartwatches tend to geek out over fitness data, you’ll likely find the numbers below interesting.
Garmin 2025 Annual Report Key Findings
- Racket sports, like pickleball, saw the most significant activity increase among Garmin users.
- Each generation had an activity they logged the most.
- Garmin users averaged slightly more steps compared to last year.
- Average sleep scores rose nearly 1 percent.
Top Activities
Garmin users logged 8 percent more activities in 2025 compared to 2024. Average activity length was 55 minutes. The top five activities were:
- Running
- Walking
- Cycling
- Strength training
- Indoor cardio
Strength training increased by 29 percent, with women logging 6 percent more strength sessions than men. Outdoor running increased by 6 percent while indoor running jumped 16 percent.
Racket sports, like tennis and pickleball, saw a massive 67 percent increase. Following racket sports, pilates and HIIT saw the largest increases of the year.
Hiking increased by 12 percent. Other notable activity increases included yoga, diving, breathwork, winter sports, and swimming.
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Steps and Daily Movement
Everyone was focused on getting their steps in this year, with Garmin users taking 1.2 percent more steps in 2025 than last year. More than 50 percent averaged at least 8,000 steps and 28 percent hit at least 10,000.
The following countries had the highest average daily steps:
- Hong Kong: 10,663
- South Korea: 9,969
- Spain: 9,937
- China: 9,794
- Ireland: 9,735
Age Trends
Fitness habits certainly varied based on age. For instance, older users tended to work out earlier in the morning while younger users trained later in the day.
Activity preferences also varied by age:
- 18-29: Did the most outdoor running and track running.
- 30-39: Logged the most strength training, indoor cardio, and treadmill time.
- 40-49: Did the most trail running.
- 50-59: Took over indoor cycling, mountain biking, and lap swimming.
- 60-69: Led outdoor cycling, walking, and hiking.
- 70+: Spent the most time golfing.
Stress Levels
Stress generally increased with age across all users. Women recorded 3 percent lower stress scores than men. Indonesia had the highest average stress scores, while the Netherlands had the lowest.
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