# Most Americans take no pleasure in others' failures

Canonical page: https://data.verasight.io/culture/most-americans-take-no-pleasure-in-others-failures/

> Indexed question in Culture.

## Reading

Most Americans (79%) disagree with the statement that they take pleasure in the failures of others, including 55% who strongly disagree, according to a Verasight survey conducted Feb. 28 to March 6, 2025.

Another 15% neither agree nor disagree, while just 5% agree, including 2% who strongly agree.

## Topline

I take pleasure in the failures of others.

Most Americans take no pleasure in others' failures.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Strongly disagree: 55.4%
- Disagree: 23.8%
- Neither agree nor disagree: 15.3%
- Agree: 3.6%
- Strongly agree: 1.8%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: United States adults
- Field dates: 2025-02-28 → 2025-03-06
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.5%
- Module: personality
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

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## Citation

Verasight SPSP Omnibus Survey #2025-010, fielded February 28-March 6, 2025, N=1,000 United States adults, +/- 3.5%.

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