Do you really need 10,000 steps a day? Slide your total and see

The 10,000-step goal began as a slogan, not a lab result. A 2025 review of 57 studies found that about 7,000 steps a day went with roughly 47% lower risk of dying than about 2,000, and that the biggest gains come early.

Drag the slider to see how the benefit climbs fast, then flattens. Then turn steps into minutes, so the goal feels doable instead of daunting.