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What time do successful people wake up?

The middle of the pack is up at 6:00 AM. Mark Wahlberg beats everyone at 2:30 AM. Enter your alarm to see where you'd land among all 28.

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At 6:30 AM you'd be up earlier than 5 of the 28 people we track.

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All 28, earliest first

Median 6:00 AM
  1. Mark Wahlberg Actor, Producer, Entrepreneur
  2. David Goggins Former Navy SEAL, Ultramarathon Runner & Motivational Speaker
  3. Casey Neistat Filmmaker, YouTuber, and Entrepreneur
  4. Kobe Bryant Professional Basketball Player, Los Angeles Lakers (Retired)
  5. Neil Patel Digital Marketing Expert, Entrepreneur, and Co-founder
  6. Rihanna Singer, Actress, Businesswoman, Entrepreneur
  7. Bryan Johnson Entrepreneur, Biohacker, and Longevity Advocate
  8. Michelle Obama Former First Lady, Author, and Advocate
  9. Arnold Schwarzenegger Actor, Bodybuilder, Former Governor of California, Fitness Entrepreneur
  10. Ben Greenfield Biohacker, Fitness Expert, and Author
  11. Khloe Kardashian Reality TV Star, Entrepreneur, and Fitness Enthusiast
  12. Andrew Huberman Neuroscientist and Professor at Stanford University
  13. Ariana Grande Singer, Pop Icon, Actress & Entrepreneur
  14. Anatoly Fitness Influencer, Powerlifting Coach & Content Creator
  15. Chris Williamson Podcaster, Entrepreneur, and Personal Development Advocate
  16. Dr. Peter Attia Physician, Longevity Medicine Specialist, Founder of Attia Medical
  17. Jeff Bezos Founder of Amazon & Blue Origin
  18. Reese Witherspoon Academy Award-Winning Actress, Producer, and Entrepreneur
  19. Ryan Roslansky Chief Executive Officer, LinkedIn
  20. Taylor Swift Singer-Songwriter, Performer, Record-Breaking Artist
  21. Tim Ferriss Bestselling Author, Entrepreneur, and Podcaster
  22. Oprah Winfrey Media Mogul, Talk Show Host, Producer, Philanthropist, Author
  23. Gwyneth Paltrow Actress, Entrepreneur, Wellness Advocate
  24. Charlie Munger Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
  25. Shakira Colombian Singer, Songwriter, and Philanthropist
  26. Kourtney Kardashian Reality TV Star, Entrepreneur, and Wellness Advocate
  27. Dana White President of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
  28. Dr. Rhonda Patrick Biochemist, Science Communicator, and Health Expert

How the alarms spread across the morning

1 people wake between 2 and 3 AM. 1 people wake between 3 and 4 AM. 6 people wake between 4 and 5 AM. 5 people wake between 5 and 6 AM. 10 people wake between 6 and 7 AM. 3 people wake between 7 and 8 AM. 2 people wake between 8 and 9 AM. 13 of 28 are up before 6:00 AM. The busiest hour is 6 AM, and nobody on the list sleeps past 8:00 AM.

Questions

Method: how we research routines. Wake times update whenever a routine does.

What time do most successful people wake up?

Across the 28 public figures on YourDailyWay who publish a wake time, the median is 6:00 AM. 13 of 28 are up before 6:00 AM and 8 before 5:00 AM.

Who wakes up the earliest?

Mark Wahlberg has the earliest published wake-up time of the people we track, at 2:30 AM. David Goggins follows at 3:00 AM.

Do you have to wake up at 5 AM to be successful?

No. Dr. Rhonda Patrick starts the day at 8:00 AM, and 5 of the 28 people here wake at 7:00 AM or later. What their routines share is a fixed start, not an early one.

Where do these wake-up times come from?

Each time is the first scheduled item of the person's researched routine on this site, built from interviews, books and their own posts. Routines without a published time, or with only a wide window, are left out.