{"id":19461,"date":"2015-08-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/what-happens-to-your-mattress-over-time-survey\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T11:21:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T10:21:52","slug":"what-happens-to-your-mattress-over-time-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/what-happens-to-your-mattress-over-time-survey","title":{"rendered":"What Happens To Your Mattress Over Time? [Survey]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your mattress goes through a lot during it&#8217;s recommended life span of eight years. We spend on average 20,761 hours lying on top of it but only some of that is spent getting a good night&#8217;s sleep.<\/p>\n<p>We\u00a0carried out a survey that found only 41% of people in the UK are happy with the amount of sleep they\u00a0get, so they hit the snooze button hoping to gain extra sleep. But that is actually wasted sleep and can have a adverse affect on our mattress.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You May Like &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/bed-mattress-guide\/the-mattress-size-guide\">Mattress Size Guide<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our bed time habits can have dramatic affect on what our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/mattresses\">mattresses<\/a> go through over time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Find out how your bedroom habits can affect your mattress\u00a0via our infographic below:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8126\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/wp-content\/uploads\/What-happens-to-your-mattress-over-time-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"What Happens To Your Mattress Over Time? An Infographic From The Sleep Matters Club.\" width=\"800\" height=\"7343\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>What bedtime habits do you have that are affecting your mattress?<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your mattress goes through a lot during it&#8217;s recommended life span of eight years. We spend on average 20,761 hours lying on top of it but only some of that is spent getting a good night&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":16561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-wellbeing","category-sleep-science"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What Happens To Your Mattress Over Time? [Survey]<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn what happens to your mattress over time. Our survey results reveal the changes your mattress undergoes over its average 8-year lifespan.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/what-happens-to-your-mattress-over-time-survey\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What Happens To Your Mattress Over Time? [Survey]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Learn what happens to your mattress over time. Our survey results reveal the changes your mattress undergoes over its average 8-year lifespan.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/what-happens-to-your-mattress-over-time-survey\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Sleep Matters Club\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-08-04T23:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-20T10:21:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/wp-content\/uploads\/What-happens-to-your-mattress-over-time-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"7343\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sam Atherton\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sam Atherton\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What Happens To Your Mattress Over Time? [Survey]","description":"Learn what happens to your mattress over time. Our survey results reveal the changes your mattress undergoes over its average 8-year lifespan.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/what-happens-to-your-mattress-over-time-survey","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"What Happens To Your Mattress Over Time? [Survey]","og_description":"Learn what happens to your mattress over time. Our survey results reveal the changes your mattress undergoes over its average 8-year lifespan.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/what-happens-to-your-mattress-over-time-survey","og_site_name":"The Sleep Matters Club","article_published_time":"2015-08-04T23:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-04-20T10:21:52+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":7343,"url":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/wp-content\/uploads\/What-happens-to-your-mattress-over-time-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Sam Atherton","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sam Atherton","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/what-happens-to-your-mattress-over-time-survey#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/what-happens-to-your-mattress-over-time-survey"},"author":{"name":"Sam Atherton","@id":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/#\/schema\/person\/11d69bdea189e5e412b15e1875ab07dd"},"headline":"What Happens To Your Mattress Over Time? [Survey]","datePublished":"2015-08-04T23:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-20T10:21:52+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/what-happens-to-your-mattress-over-time-survey"},"wordCount":142,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/what-happens-to-your-mattress-over-time-survey#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/wp-content\/uploads\/What-happens-to-your-mattress-over-time-scaled.jpg","articleSection":["Health &amp; Wellbeing","Sleep Science"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/what-happens-to-your-mattress-over-time-survey#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/what-happens-to-your-mattress-over-time-survey","url":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/what-happens-to-your-mattress-over-time-survey","name":"What Happens To Your Mattress Over Time? [Survey]","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/what-happens-to-your-mattress-over-time-survey#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/what-happens-to-your-mattress-over-time-survey#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/wp-content\/uploads\/What-happens-to-your-mattress-over-time-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2015-08-04T23:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-20T10:21:52+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/#\/schema\/person\/11d69bdea189e5e412b15e1875ab07dd"},"description":"Learn what happens to your mattress over time. Our survey results reveal the changes your mattress undergoes over its average 8-year lifespan.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/what-happens-to-your-mattress-over-time-survey#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/what-happens-to-your-mattress-over-time-survey"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/what-happens-to-your-mattress-over-time-survey#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/wp-content\/uploads\/What-happens-to-your-mattress-over-time-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/wp-content\/uploads\/What-happens-to-your-mattress-over-time-scaled.jpg","width":800,"height":7343,"caption":"What Happens To Your Mattress Over Time? An Infographic From The Sleep Matters Club."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/what-happens-to-your-mattress-over-time-survey#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Sleep Matters Club","item":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Health &amp; Wellbeing","item":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/health-wellbeing"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"What Happens To Your Mattress Over Time? [Survey]"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/","name":"The Sleep Matters Club","description":"Get To Sleep, Get More From Life","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/#\/schema\/person\/11d69bdea189e5e412b15e1875ab07dd","name":"Sam Atherton","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aa1b5cc79ef34e17db5947f8ea132611d39ed7e7407454b1a4cf6177f093fa2e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aa1b5cc79ef34e17db5947f8ea132611d39ed7e7407454b1a4cf6177f093fa2e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aa1b5cc79ef34e17db5947f8ea132611d39ed7e7407454b1a4cf6177f093fa2e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Sam Atherton"},"description":"I\u2019m a creative writer who definitely needs a solid eight hours sleep in order to function properly. I am interested in all areas of sleep, especially how it can affect our health and behaviour.","url":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/author\/sam-atherton"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19461"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35856,"href":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19461\/revisions\/35856"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}