Super Sick Monday has probably been around as long as the Super Bowl. Though now we have an actual name for it. Super Sick Monday is the day after the Super Bowl, when many Americans call in sick to work. And while most use the excuse that they’re (cough cough) “sick”, we know the real reason.

But which states are more guilty than others of calling in sick the day after the big game. That’s the question we wanted to find out. This year we expected three states specifically to be on the top of the list. Missouri/Kansas*, since all those Chiefs fans were up late celebrating their big win. Pennsylvania, since those fans are inevitably too depressed today to work. And Arizona, where the game was held, assuming those locals were taking advantage of being there.

* A word about the whole “Missouri/Kansas” thing. While the Chiefs technically operate out of Missouri and Arrowhead Stadium is technically in Missouri, Kansas residents claim the Chiefs as their team. Kansas City straddles the line between the two states. But we didn’t want to leave Missouri out either, for technicality reasons. But you can see from the list which state really was up late partying last night. Missouri wasn’t even in the Top 25.

Moving on…It’s surprising who did top this list. The list comes from research done by Betway. They did an analysis of Google search data. They took note of each state and people in those states googling terms having to do with calling in sick to work. Not sure why you’d have to google that, but okay. Terms like “calling in sick” or “sick from work” were counted by state and ranked in order of the most googling done this weekend. Stats courtesy of a representative from Connective 3.

So where does Nevada rank on the list? More importantly, how will our spot on the list compare this year to next. Since Super Bowl 2024 is being held at our own Allegiant Stadium. Maybe just call in sick to work now if you’re an employee in Las Vegas.

– Wendy Rush

1. West Virginia

Google searches per 100,000 people: 35.28
2. Kansas

Google searches per 100,000 people: 29.27
3. Arizona

Google searches per 100,000 people: 24.36
4. Wyoming

Google searches per 100,000 people: 15.53
5. Pennsylvania

Google searches per 100,000 people: 12.14
6. Hawaii

Not sure we can blame the big game on this one. If this was my backyard, I wouldn’t want to go to work either.

Google searches per 100,000 people: 11.75
7. North Dakota

Google searches per 100,000 people: 11.57
8. New Hampshire

Google searches per 100,000 people: 10.09
9. South Dakota

Google searches per 100,000 people: 10.04
10. Montana

Google searches per 100,000 people: 9.94
11. Oregon

Google searches per 100,000 people: 9.63
12. Alaska

Google searches per 100,000 people: 9.53
13. Vermont

Google searches per 100,000 people: 9.27
14. Rhode Island

Google searches per 100,000 people: 9.12
15. New Mexico

Google searches per 100,000 people: 8.98
16. Delaware

Google searches per 100,000 people: 8.96
17. Nevada

Google searches per 100,000 people: 8.90