• Nearly all (89%) Americans say they’ve cried at home. Majorities have cried at a funeral (75%) and in their car (62%). Many have cried while in a movie theater (42%), at school (38%), at a place of worship (37%), and at their workplace (35%).
• The places Americans are least likely to have cried — among 14 places included in the survey — are at a sporting event (5%) or on public transportation (9%).
• Women are more likely than men to have cried in nearly all places included in the survey. Among the largest gender gaps: 47% of men and 76% of women have cried in their car. 21% of men and 49% of women have cried at their workplace. 14% of men and 42% of women have cried at a wedding.

• About three-quarters (72%) say they would be very likely to cry when experiencing the death of a loved one; 57% would be very likely to cry when experiencing the death of a pet. Around one-third of Americans say they would be very likely to cry when experiencing each of the following: feeling extremely sad (36%), saying goodbye to a loved one ahead of a long separation (36%), or chopping onions (31%).
• The circumstances in which the smallest shares of Americans are very likely to shed a tear — among the list of 22 asked about — are feeling embarrassed (5% say they’d be very likely to cry), feeling extremely happy (11%), or listening to sad music (11%).