Pilates was the most-booked workout worldwide for the third consecutive year on ClassPass, followed in the Top 5 by yoga, strength training, cycling, and barre, according to the fitness booking app’s annual Look Back Report.
The figures are based on the company’s reservation data compiled from January 1 through October 10, 2025.
ClassPass also found that Pilates had a strong year-over-year (YoY) increase on its booking platform, up 66 percent.
Among Pilates methods, bookings for Reformer Pilates grew 71 percent, high-intensity Pilates gained 27 percent, and mat Pilates jumped 114 percent.
Worldwide, the term “Pilates” was searched over 27 million times on the company’s app in 2025, and over 15 million Pilates reservations were made on ClassPass in 2025.
Other activities with booking gains for the company of over 50 percent included gym time and low-impact training, while those with booking increases over 25 percent included yoga, barre, strength training, and dance.
Overall, the Top 10 workouts on the ClassPass platform over the last year were
- Pilates (+ 66 percent YoY)
- Yoga (+28 percent YoY)
- Strength Training (+27 percent YoY)
- Cycling (+6 percent YoY)
- Barre (+30 percent YoY)
- Gym Time (+51 percent YoY)
- Boxing (-7 percent YoY)
- Dance (+34 percent YoY)
- Low-impact training (+112 percent YoY)
- Running (-.2 percent YoY)
ClassPass found that globally, fitness reservations rose 36 percent year-over-year, while wellness reservations increased 37 percent, signaling a growing commitment to self-care.
Fitness routines in 2025 continued to blend intensity with balance, driven by growth in less traditional formats. Among the fastest-growing workouts were sports recovery (+155 percent since 2024), low-impact training (+112 percent), racquet sports (+111 percent), and parkour (+92 percent), reflecting a growing interest in active restoration and play. Postnatal workouts also climbed 77 percent, with “Baby and Me” classes at the top of the category.
The Top 10 wellness appointments, based on bookings worldwide for 2025 were massage, +42 percent YoY; nails, +27 percent; sauna, +40 percent; facial, +50 percent; hair (hair styling, cut, blow dry), +29 percent; sports recovery, +50 percent; hair removal, +29 percent; lashes, +47 percent; spa treatment, +77 percent; brows, +40 percent; stretching, +143 percent; cosmetic treatments, +91 percent; spa treatments, +77 percent; cupping, +55 percent; and meditation, +50 percent.
Among class trends, “The Great Lock In,” the TikTok phenomenon that encourages participants to “lock in” on personal goals from September through December, grew in popularity and bookings in those months. Between September 1 and October 10, global fitness reservations increased 12 percent, with North America up 33 percent.
Classes supporting Hyrox, the fitness race that combines running with functional training, jumped 506 percent globally, with reservations at 432 percent year-over-year.
Team- and community-based workouts, including volleyball and basketball, also increased by 24 percent globally, which ClassPass highlights as “still one of the strongest motivators for movement.”
The rise of racquet sports, which saw bookings in North America increase by 218 percent, played a major role in the company’s community-based reservation growth. Pickleball contributed to a 748 percent increase in global reservations, including a 1,100 percent increase in the APAC region.
ClassPass booked nearly 30,000 Taylor Swift-themed classes from January 1 through October 10, followed closely behind by themed class reservations around Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Britney Spears, Ariana Grande, and Sabrina Carpenter.
Other findings from the report:
- Most popular month to work out: March
- Most popular day of the week to work out: Tuesday
- Most popular time to work out on weekends: 10:00 a.m.
- Most popular time to work out on weekdays: 6:00 p.m.
- Most popular day of the year to work out worldwide: October 7
- The top days for cancellations and no-shows were January 1 (New Year’s Day), March 9 (daylight savings time in North America) and February 10 (the day after the Super Bowl)
