# About four in ten Americans would try social dance classes for their mental health

Canonical page: https://data.verasight.io/health/americans-are-split-on-whether-social-dance-classes-help-mental-health/

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## Reading

In a May 2026 Verasight survey, more Americans warm to social dance classes for their mental health than turn them down: 27% would take part, and another 12% would, though they worry it might crowd out other priorities.

On the other side, 31% would decline outright and 4% would decline over those same competing priorities. About a quarter (23%) stay open to it but unsure of the benefits, while 2% land elsewhere.

## Topline

If offered the opportunity to participate in social dance classes (such as salsa dancing, square dancing, or other social and movement-based activities) for your mental health, would you choose to do so?

About four in ten Americans would try social dance classes for their mental health.

- No: 31.0%
- Yes: 27.0%
- Potentially, but I'm not sure what benefits it would have: 23.3%
- Yes, but it might interfere with my other priorities: 12.0%
- No, because it would interfere with my other priorities: 4.5%
- Other: 2.2%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: US adults age 18+
- Field dates: 2026-05-11 → 2026-05-11
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.3%
- Module: society
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-5.33](https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-5.33)

## Citation

Verasight SPSP Omnibus Survey #2026-045, fielded May 11-11, 2026, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.3%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-5.33](https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-5.33)