One study of middle aged people found that the average waking time for men was 6:18 and for women: 6:20. It was a rather small sample, though, and I can’t tell how representative it is.
In Sleep Schedules and Daytime Functioning in Adolescents, the authors found that high school students generally woke around 6 am on school days, and 9:30 am on weekends.
in PERSONALITY CORRELATES WITH SLEEP-WAKE VARIABLES, the authors studied 225 University of Pittsburgh Graduates, and their average wake-up time was 6:30 with a standard deviation of 39 minutes.
Here’s an online poll:
What time do you get up on weekdays?
Earlier than 4 a.m. 4%
4 a.m. 3%
4:30 a.m. 5%
5 a.m. 8%
5:30 a.m. 9%
6 a.m. 14%
6:30 a.m. 12%
7 a.m. 11%
7:30 a.m. 8%
8 a.m. 5%
8:30 a.m. 3%
9 a.m. 3%
I just sleep until I wake up! 15%
Most of the studies looked at adolescents and college students. I couldn’t get access to the National Sleep Study data. Just stupid reports.
Anyway, it’s interesting. I’d say that the average wake time is between 6 am and 6:30 am. I hope you don’t ask the same question about average go to bed time.