# Most Americans expect to dine out about as much as before

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> Indexed question in Money & Finance.

## Reading

Looking ahead to 2026, most Americans (63%) expect to visit sit-down restaurants about as often as they did the year before, according to a December 2025 Verasight survey.

Those expecting to go less often (17%) and more often (16%) are close to even, and 5% do not plan to dine out at all.

## Topline

Compared to 2025, do you expect to do each of the following activities more or less in 2026? Item: Go to a sit-down restaurant

Most Americans expect to dine out about as much as before.

- About the Same: 62.5%
- Less: 16.5%
- More: 16.1%
- I do not plan to do this activity: 4.8%

## 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: 2025-12-22 → 2026-01-05
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.1%
- Module: predictions
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight for AI and predictions questions; weight_popculture for pop culture questions
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/2026-predictions#changes-in-activity-levels](https://reports.verasight.io/r/2026-predictions#changes-in-activity-levels)

## Citation

2026 Predictions Survey #2025-183, fielded December 22, 2025-January 5, 2026, N=1,000 United States adults, +/- 3.1%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/2026-predictions#changes-in-activity-levels](https://reports.verasight.io/r/2026-predictions#changes-in-activity-levels)