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Christopher Boan is a writer with BetTexas.com, covering state issues. He has covered sports and sports betting in Arizona for more than seven years, including stops at ArizonaSports.com, the Tucson Weekly and the Green Valley News.
Texas’ Top 5 New Year’s Resolutions
Each December, countless Texans set out a list of things that they look forward to accomplishing in the new year, with this year’s list of most popular New Year’s resolutions taking on a similar theme.
At the top of the list in 2024 was saving more money, beating out other resolutions like traveling more, limiting caffeine intake, losing more weight and reading more as the most popular resolution of the year in the Lone Star State. At BetTexas.com, we used Google Trends to find and rank the top five most common New Year’s resolutions for Texas residents. The search was conducted between December 1, 2023 – January 2, 2024. The ranking is based on search interest score.
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Top 5 Texas New Year’s Resolutions
Rank | Resolution | Search Interest Score |
1 | Save Money | 94 |
2 | Travel More | 87 |
3 | Limit Caffeine | 84 |
T-4 | Lose Weight | 75 |
T-4 | Read More | 75 |
Texas, It's Time To Save
This year’s crop of New Year’s resolutions in Texas tend to revolve around doing things more often in 2025, with saving more money being the most popular pact with a search interest score of 94 points.
Throw in a score of 87 points for traveling more and scores of 84 points for limiting caffeine and 75 points apiece for losing more weight and reading more and you have the full rundown of Texas’ top New Year’s resolutions for the year.
As the calendar flips over to January, one can guess what fellow Texans are aiming to accomplish before the sun sets on 2025, with a handful of altruistic aims being the most popular New Year’s resolutions in America’s second most populous state.
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