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Anger statistics, each one read in its source
Pick a number, open its source, and check it yourself. Every number below links to the text it came from.
LAST CHECKED: OCTOBER 10, 2026
Every number here was read in its source on October 8, 2026, and links to it.
Each number below was read at source. We opened each report or page on October 8, 2026. A number stayed only if it was in that text.
Counts are the source's own. We did not round, convert or combine them. Where a figure is widely repeated and we found no study behind it, this page says so.
Worldwide
22%
Share of adults worldwide with a lot of anger for much of the previous day, in 2024.
State of the World's Emotional Health Report. Gallup, 2025. Open the page
145,000+
Interviews behind that figure, across 144 countries and areas.
State of the World's Emotional Health Report. Gallup, 2025. Open the page
18%
The same share in 2014, ten years earlier, from the same report's table.
State of the World's Emotional Health Report. Gallup, 2025. Open the page
At work, in 2025 data
22%
Share of employees worldwide who had a lot of anger the previous day.
United States | State of the Global Workplace. Gallup, 2026. Open the page
18%
Share of US employees who had a lot of anger the previous day.
United States | State of the Global Workplace. Gallup, 2026. Open the page
25%
Share of managers worldwide with a lot of anger the previous day; 21% of individual contributors did.
State of the Global Workplace | 2026 Global Data Summary. Gallup, 2026. Open the page
23%
Share of employees under 35 with a lot of anger the previous day; 35 or older, 22%.
State of the Global Workplace | 2026 Global Data Summary. Gallup, 2026. Open the page
22%
Share of female employees with a lot of anger the previous day, and of male employees alike.
State of the Global Workplace | 2026 Global Data Summary. Gallup, 2026. Open the page
On the road
Nearly 80 percent
Share of US drivers who showed significant anger, aggression or road rage in the past year.
Nearly 80 Percent of Drivers Express Significant Anger, Aggression or Road Rage. AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, via the AAA newsroom, 2016. Open the page
51 percent
Share who said they had tailgated on purpose in the past year.
Nearly 80 Percent of Drivers Express Significant Anger, Aggression or Road Rage. AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, via the AAA newsroom, 2016. Open the page
47 percent
Share who said they had yelled at another driver.
Nearly 80 Percent of Drivers Express Significant Anger, Aggression or Road Rage. AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, via the AAA newsroom, 2016. Open the page
45 percent
Share who said they had honked to show annoyance or anger.
Nearly 80 Percent of Drivers Express Significant Anger, Aggression or Road Rage. AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, via the AAA newsroom, 2016. Open the page
approximately eight million
US drivers estimated to have rammed another car on purpose or got out to confront a driver.
Nearly 80 Percent of Drivers Express Significant Anger, Aggression or Road Rage. AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, via the AAA newsroom, 2016. Open the page
2,705
Licensed drivers aged 16 and older in the national survey behind these figures, from 2016.
Nearly 80 Percent of Drivers Express Significant Anger, Aggression or Road Rage. AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, via the AAA newsroom, 2016. Open the page
Numbers that get repeated
“The average adult gets angry 14 times a week”
We could not find a study behind this figure in the records we read.
“22% of Americans felt a lot of anger yesterday”
The record we read gives 22% for adults worldwide, not for Americans. Its US figure is for employees: 18%.
United States | State of the Global Workplace. Gallup, 2026. Open the page
“68 percent of Americans get angry at least once a day”
We could not find a study behind this figure in the records we read.
How we checked
A runner opened each source on October 8, 2026, and saved what it read. A number appears here only if it sits in that saved text, word for word.
The link beside each number opens the source, so you can check it yourself. The Gallup figures count people who said yes to one question about the day before.
The pattern behind it
Anger that keeps coming back over small things has a file here. The Rage Pattern is the flare of anger over small things.
The numbers above say how many people report a lot of anger on a given day. They do not say why any one person does.
Catch is the first move. Catch means you feel the body signal and name the pattern before it becomes the behavior.
The body signal is what you feel in your body as the pattern starts. It might be heat in the face before the words come.
The free Crash Course, short lessons on your pattern, starts by naming it.
HOW TO CITE THIS PAGE
The Archivist Method (2026). Anger statistics, each one read in its source. The Numbers. https://thearchivistmethod.com/statistics/anger