Global health

Improving people's sleep and health is Sleep Cycle's purpose and what drives our business forward. Our vast sleep database is not only a central source for innovative development of our product, but also a major contributor to global sleep science.

Good health is a fundamental condition for people to reach their full potential and be an active part of society. With our sleep service, we help people get better sleep and thus a better quality of life. We already know that our service has a positive impact on users' sleep as over 70% say they sleep better with the help of Sleep Cycle's app.

UNIQUE SOURCE OF BETTER KNOWLEDGE ABOUT OUR SLEEP

Sleep research is a relatively young and inherently challenging field of study as it relies on large amounts of individual sleep data. Sleep Cycle's enormous database, with over two billion nights and around two million global users, offers unique opportunities for effective oversight of global sleep health. As a database, it is an incredibly valuable source for sleep research and sleep science. With the active consent of users, we therefore share anonymized and aggregated data at request with research projects worldwide.

SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTION TO IMPROVED GLOBAL HEALTH

To help the user better understand how to improve sleep quality, we take a broad perspective on health markers such as snoring and breathing. Our patented sound analysis algorithm captures and analyzes the sounds that occur when the user is asleep.

Coughs are compiled and presented in the app in a color-coded way, to indicate areas where the coughing frequency exceeds the average for a sufficient number of users. This provides an opportunity to identify anomalies at an early stage. Early detection of symptoms provides new opportunities to share information with critical societal functions. Insights into possible cough trends can have a potentially large societal benefit.