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- Aug 20, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Gallup: Americans' Drinking Holds at a Record-Low 54%
- 54% of US adults say they drink alcohol, matching 2025's record low, the lowest in Gallup's trend dating to 1939[1][2]
- 13% of Americans say they sometimes drink too much, also a record low; before 2000 more than 20% routinely said so, peaking at 35% in 1989[1]
- 51% say one or two drinks a day is bad for health, essentially unchanged from last year's record 53% and only the second majority since 2001[1]
- Drinkers averaged 3.2 drinks in the past week, similar to 2.8 last year but below the 3.9 average of the five readings before[1]
- Asked for the first time, 17% of Americans, including 20% of drinkers, say they have substituted non-alcoholic beverages for alcohol[1]
- The fall since 2023 spans men, women, White and non-white adults and all age groups, with no significant change in the past year[1]
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- [1]90%news.gallup.com/poll/713534/americans-drinking-remains-record-low.aspxnews.gallup.com· Posted Sep 27, 2026· Starts Aug 20, 2026 ✓· 83% of score
Gallup's[2] release is dated 'August 20, 2026' and datelined WASHINGTON, D.C., from its July 1-19 Consumption Habits survey.
- [2]85%U.S. Drinking Rate at New Low as Alcohol Concerns Surge - Gallupnews.gallup.com· Published Aug 13, 2025· 17% of score
The 2025 release that first recorded 54% and a record 53% saying moderate drinking is harmful, and drinkers' 2.8 drinks a week.[1]
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