New Year’s Resolutions are Made to be Broken, UC Browser Survey Shows

New Year’s Resolutions are Made to be Broken, UC Browser Survey Shows
New Delhi, Delhi, India

• Survey findings highlight that more than 50% of respondents from North India break their resolution in less than a week

• Pursuing dreams and losing weight are the most popular New Year''s resolutions across genders and geography ​

​​​UC Browser, India’s number one mobile browser with over 40% market share as per StatCounter, has released an interesting survey on New Year’s Resolutions. Conducted with intent to highlight the various aspects of New Year Resolutions and how people in India respond to them, the survey draws insights from over 4,500 respondents from different parts of India. The survey was carried on the UC Browser along with their other social media channels.

• (67%) Believe that sharing with friends help them to keep the resolutions longer
• (40%) Have the urge to break their resolution in the first week itself whereas 30% of the respondents follow them for more than a month
• (17%) Respondents said that quitting smoking is one resolution that they haven’t been able to keep over the years
• (80%) believe in keeping NYR as a genuine motivator
• (69%) Respondents were male

More than 65% of the respondents from South India are able to sustain their New Year resolution for less than a month
The respondents didn’t mind breaking resolutions to lose weight, exercise and study more at all

According to this survey, nearly 80% of the respondents believe in New Year resolutions but eventually fail to keep it. A massive 70% of respondents believe that telling other people about their resolutions will give them more chances of fulfilling them.

The survey further reveals what New Year resolutions mean to the respondents. As per the survey, 46% of the people believe that New Year is a good time to pursue some resolution seriously whereas 30% of the people think that a New Year resolution is just a good-to-have topic to discuss or share with friends on social media and other platforms without much serious intent. 42% of the respondents were from the age group of 20-30 and 28% were from the age group of 10-20.

When it comes to resolutions, not many people (54%) like keeping more than 1-2 resolutions whereas only 28% of the people keep more than 2 resolutions. Age also plays an important role when it comes to New Year’s resolutions. The survey also found out that 54% of the respondents kept their first resolution when they were a teenager. It was further revealed that the respondents didn’t mind breaking resolutions such as to losing weight, exercising and studying more due to reasons like laziness and peer pressure.

The survey also show interesting insights based on demographics; Women in North India were more fitness conscious with 35% of the female respondents wanting to lose weight; whereas for only a miniscule 6% of the total female respondents in South India the top resolutions was to lose weight.

Commenting on the survey findings, Kenny Ye, Managing Director, UCWeb India, said “Our survey for the India market has highlighted interesting facts about New Year's resolutions. Interestingly, contrary to what we have heard so far, most people who make New Year’s resolutions actually keep them. As the most popular mobile browser in India, UC Browser is a good platform to conduct surveys that offer insight into the country’s public opinions and sentiments”.

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April 13th Thai, Lao, Burmese, and Cambodian New Year

‘Songkran’ Thailand Traditional New Year

The traditional New Year's Day is celebrated in Thailand as, Songkran festival and is celebrated from 13 to 16 April. Originally they used to celebrate New Year on the date depending on astrological calculations, but now the system is changed and the date is fixed. If these festival days fall on a weekend, the missed days off are taken on the immediately following weekdays.

Songkran is believed to have been adapted from an Indian festival, and has traditionally been celebrated as the New Year for many centuries. This festival is now observed nationwide, but still the most famous Songkran celebrations are in the northern city of Chiang Mai, where it continues for six days and even more.

Pbeemai or Song Kan, Lao New Year

Every year from April 13 to April 15, Lao New Year Is celebrated, and this is known as Pbeemai, or Song Kan. Lao New Year falls in April, on the first day of the festival, houses and villages are cleaned, flowers, perfume and water are prepared for the new year. The first day of the festival is the last day of the older year.

"Day of no day", is the second day of the festival that falls neither in the older year nor in the New Year. And the last day of the festival is the beginning of the New Year.

Thingyan Burmese New Year

Burmese New Year Water Festival is known as Thingyan. This festival falls around mid-April it is a Buddhist festival celebrated over a period of four to five days culminating in the New Year. Formerly the dates of the festival were calculated according to the traditional Burmese calendar, but now the dates are fixed as 13 to 16 April.

The distinguishing feature of this festival is, water-throwing or dousing one another from any sort of vessel or device that delivers water and this may be done on the first four days of the festival. However, in most parts of the country, this does not begin until the second day.

Khmer Cambodian New Year
Cambodian New Year is known as Khmer, which means "Enter New Year" in the Khmer Language. Beginning on New Year's Day, the holiday lasts for three days, this usually falls on April 13 or 14th. Khmers who are living abroad may choose to celebrate the New Year during a weekend rather than celebrating it specifically from April 13 through 15th.

Maha Songkran, is derived from Sanskrit word Maha Sankranti. It is the name of the first day of the New Year celebration; it is the ending of the old year and the beginning of a new one.

Family members dress up, visit shrines and light candles and incense sticks. Family members individually, pay homage and offer thanks to Buddha and his teachings by kneeling, prostrating and bowing three times before Buddha’s image.

In the morning people wash their face with holy water, at noon they wash their chests, and in the evening before they go to bed they wash their feet, for good luck.

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