Counting steps is easy using a phone, a wearable, or a fitness tracker. And scientists have lots of data to figure out how many daily steps you need to improve your health. Here's what they've found.

(NewsUSA) - Counting steps as a measure of exercise is misleading, and not a useful indicator of daily exercise goals, according to exercise physiologist Alexander Rothstein, Ed.D.

Using a wearable activity tracker to count and increase the number and intensity of steps taken daily can reduce the risk of several common, chronic diseases, including diabetes, hypertension ...

That step count is equivalent to walking roughly four miles, depending on the pace. However, experts who were not involved in the study cautioned against getting too caught up in a magic number of ...

WHOOP fitness trackers have been around for years, and they're only this week receiving an update to enable step counting.

A new study shows that moving less than the recommended 10,000 steps per day can still give you the health benefits you're looking for.

And on it goes into 2025. A running total that includes 2019 up through the first four months of 2025 shows this determined walker has done 13,683 miles, or 31,812,460 steps.