Published on
September 19, 2026
Thrive users improve their health behaviors by 2% or more in just six months, leading to productivity improvements of 1% or higher.
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Thrive was built on a simple but powerful idea: small daily changes can transform health and lives. And now there's clear evidence of just how far those small steps can go, for people and for the companies they work for.
Thrive users see meaningful, statistically significant improvements across the five Core Health Behaviors at the heart of Thrive's approach: Food, Movement, Sleep, Stress Management, and Connection. Users who start with low wellbeing typically improve one or more of their wellbeing scores by 2%+ within six months on the Thrive platform.
Those benefits don't stop with the individual. Thrive's research shows these gains translate to a 1.1%+ improvement in productivity through reduced presenteeism, and 3.4+ fewer health-related absence days per user each year. That's the difference between a wellbeing benefit people like and a wellbeing investment that pays off. When people build healthier daily habits, they show up more focused, take fewer sick days, and are less likely to burn out or leave. Wellbeing and performance aren't a trade-off. One fuels the other.
Thrive's approach to measuring wellbeing – the Thrive Score – is built to meet the highest standard. It was validated through research independent of Thrive's user base, against the World Health Organization's Wellbeing Index (WHO-5). Both the Thrive Score and Thrive’s individual Behavior Scores correlate highly with the WHO-5, demonstrating that Thrive’s wellbeing scoring framework accurately measures higher wellbeing.
The same research connected Thrive's wellbeing scores to productivity gains through reduced presenteeism and fewer health-related absences. On the Thrive platform, among active users working toward a goal in a specific behavior in 2025 and 2026, six-month gains by behavior included:
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Wellbeing can be measured, it can be improved, and it can be tied directly to business results. Give people the tools to build better daily habits, track their progress with research-backed measures, and everyone wins: the individual, the team, and the company.