What is the target?

The Push-Up target is the number of push-ups you will aim to complete over the Challenge! This will be split up into Daily Targets, which will change each day and relate to the Daily Mental Health Fact!

Australia

Australia's The Push-Up Challenge target changes each year. In 2025, we completed 3,214 push-ups over 23 days. This represented the 3,214 lives lost to suicide in Australia in 2023.

We'll let you know what the target is for The Push-Up Challenge 2026 closer to the date.

Canada and New Zealand

The Push-Up Challenge target for Canada and New Zealand in 2026 is 2,000 push-ups, which represents the ~2,000 lives lost to suicide each day, worldwide. According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 703,000 people die by suicide worldwide each year (or one person every 40 seconds).