• Nearly two in five (39.73%) Americans stay at home on the weekends, 2.45% more than any other time of the week
• On average, almost every other American will not go farther than 6.21 miles from their house
• People around the world travel regionally at least once a month and take a trip farther three times a year

Americans are the third-most immobile nation that prefers to spend the weekend at home. 

If you think weekends are for staying at home, lazing on the couch or doing house chores, is the normal thing to do, you are in the minority. 60.27% of Americans step out of the house, but these rates are higher in most other countries.

This is according to a new study from QR Code Generator, which used movement distribution data shared by Meta to determine the most stationary countries during weekends.

The researchers determined which Meta users spent most of their weekends at home compared to their usual mobility habits over a six-month period up to February 1, 2025.

Countries with populations below 100,000 were excluded due to potential geographic limitations.

Considering Meta is aware of its users’ usual nighttime location, the research uses pings per person which Meta triggers at any time of the day to determine how far every population travels from their home.

Top 10 Countries Who Spend Most of Their Weekends at Home Compared to Their Average Mobility (August 2024 – February 2025)

Rank	Country	Days Spent at Home Over Half a Year (%)	Weekend Days Spent at Home (%)	Weekend Days Spent between 0 and 10 km from Home (%)	Weekend Days Spent between 10 and 100 km from Home (%)	Weekend Days Spent Over 100 km Away from Home (%)	Difference between Days Spent at Home on Weekend Days Versus Over Half a Year (%)
1	Slovenia	38.39	41.01	50.8	6.83	1.33	2.62
2	Czechia	38.64	41.2	52.35	5.43	1.02	2.56
3	USA	37.27	39.73	48.87	8.9	2.5	2.45
4	Luxembourg	38.42	40.75	49.3	8.83	1.12	2.32
5	Sweden	40.08	42.37	50.77	5.65	1.21	2.29
6	Slovakia	39.99	42.26	52.18	4.62	0.93	2.27
7	Hungary	39.95	42.22	51.08	5.67	1.02	2.27
8	Poland	39.55	41.82	51.85	5.25	1.08	2.27
9	Chile	37.47	39.66	54.17	4.86	1.32	2.18
10	Norway	40.04	42.21	51.12	5.52	1.16	2.18

Slovenia is the world’s most stationary nation on the weekends, when it records the biggest slump in mobility – 2.6% – compared to their usual weekly pace. 

Slovenians spend 38.4% of their weekly time in the confines of their homes, and even more so on the weekends. 41.01% did not leave their homes on a Saturday or Sunday, whereas 50.8% stepped out locally up to 10 km. Meanwhile, 6.83% took a short weekend trip between 10 and 100 km – less often than during the week, when 10.09% did so. Only 1.33% go farther than this during the weekends, compared to 1.06% throughout the week.

The Czech Republic is the second most passive country during the weekends. Between August 2024 and February 2025, they spent 38.64% of their time at home. Once a typical workday is over, 2.56% of Czechs become even lazier. Saturday and Sundays are “home days” for 41.2% of Czechia, while 52.35% will travel locally up to 10 km, compared to a slightly more mobile 53.41% any day of the week. Short trips between 10 and 100 km are more appealing during the week (7.04%) than on a Saturday or Sunday (5.43%).

If anything is going to get Czechs out of the house in their free time, it is outings of at least 100 km, since slightly more are willing to travel this distance during the weekend, specifically 1.02% of residents, than on any day of the week (0.91%).

The United States of America ranked third for their sedentary weekend lifestyle. Come Saturday, 39.73% of Americans would rather stay home, 2.45% more than how many do this on a weekly basis (37.27%).

Generally, almost every other American (48.44%) travels within a 10 km (6.21 miles) radius from their usual location, though only 0.43% will make an extra effort on the weekend to travel this short distance. 12% will go a bit farther, up to 100 km away (62.14 miles), which drops to just 8.9% during the weekend.

The next most couch-indulging nations on the weekend are Luxembourg, Sweden, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Chile and Norway.

Two countries keep a near-ideal consistent pace of mobility, regardless of the day of the week. In Kuwait, just 0.01% more people stay at home during the weekend. In Egypt, only 0.02% more residents spend time in their usual location compared to the rest of their week.

“If you use any of Meta’s apps, there is a high chance that, once a day, it will ping your location to their servers, meaning the usual location where you spend the night is recorded, which we refer to as your home in our study,” said Marc Porcar, CEO of QR Code Generator.

“This, for instance, helped many central authorities observe population density and movement, helping them manage the policies during the pandemic. It is also used for advertising purposes, whereby brands can target users who travel frequently or have family abroad whom they visit regularly.

“Working with various small businesses who start off in a home office, we sought to understand their customers’ behaviors better. Specifically, we wanted to know how much more ‘domestic’ some nations are, especially when they are not usually working. How many actually take this opportunity to, say, go out with their partners instead of being couch potatoes? Or who would rather take the kids out to explore the world around them more? Or who might prefer to use their weekends to simply visit their families?

“It turns out that, as soon as the weekend arrives, Americans really love staying at home. Curiously, they are also the sixth most well-traveled country, in terms of distances over 62 miles. The country’s low-density population, the habit of driving virtually everywhere on a regular basis, and the road trip culture, could explain this apparent dissonance.”

On average, people around the world – including smaller nations – spend 59% of their weekend days away from home. At least once a month, they travel regionally up to 100 km from their usual residence. Three times a year, they take a trip farther away.