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Best Mattress 2026

By Readers' Choice On 4/22/26 at 12:00 PM EDT

Choosing a new mattress today is about balancing personal comfort with advanced sleep science. Shoppers prioritize pressure relief, spinal alignment and edge support to ensure a restorative night. The market now features high-tech cooling gels, responsive memory foams, and zoned pocket coils that adapt to your body. With online "bed-in-a-box" brands offering risk-free home trials, purchasing has never been more convenient or well-established outside of traditional showrooms.

Newsweek is proud to recognize this year's 10 standout mattresses—selected by our expert panelists and contributors and voted on by readers for their exceptional quality and distinctive excellence. Each has been officially recognized by Newsweek as one of the Best Mattresses of 2026.

1. Amerisleep AS3

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The Amerisleep AS3 is a high-tech, eco-friendly memory foam mattress that uses plant-based Bio-Pur material. This unique foam features an open-cell design that allows for much better airflow than traditional memory foam, keeping you cool and comfortable. Its medium feel is specifically engineered to be the "Goldilocks" of mattresses, providing the perfect balance of softness and support for almost any sleeping position or body type.

2. Nest Bedding Sparrow Signature Hybrid

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The Sparrow Signature Hybrid is uniquely famous for its lifetime renewal program and interchangeable foam layers. If your comfort needs change over the years, you can simply swap out the internal foam for a firmer or softer feel without buying a new mattress. This adaptability, combined with its high-quality pocketed coils and breathable cooling foam, makes it a long-term investment in your sleep health and a great choice for sustainability.

3. Brooklyn Bedding Aurora Luxe

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Designed as the ultimate cooling mattress, the Aurora Luxe features advanced phase-change material that maintains an ideal skin temperature of 88°F. It's a versatile hybrid available in multiple firmness levels, allowing you to choose the exact amount of "hug" you prefer. The copper-infused foam provides a hygienic, antimicrobial sleep surface while the responsive coils ensure you never feel "stuck," making it a top choice for couples and hot sleepers alike.

4. Helix Midnight Luxe

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The Helix Midnight Luxe is a dream come true for side sleepers who crave a balanced, medium feel. It features a plush pillow top that provides immediate pressure relief for your shoulders and hips, while the zoned lumbar support helps keep your spine perfectly aligned. With a breathable, cool-to-the-touch cover and over a thousand individually wrapped coils, it ensures you stay supported and temperature-regulated all night long.

5. Casper Snow Max

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The Casper Snow Max is Casper's most advanced mattress, thoughtfully designed to deliver proven cooling and reliable support. Engineered with tested materials that serve a clear purpose, it features advanced cooling technology and a cool‑to‑the‑touch cover to help manage heat throughout the night. Zoned Support Max provides firmer reinforcement under the hips and gentler cushioning at the shoulders, promoting healthy alignment across sleep positions. Rigorously tested for consistent performance, it's built to support deeper, more restorative sleep night after night.

6. Casper Dream

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The Casper Dream is a thoughtfully engineered hybrid designed around proven comfort and dependable support. It features Casper's signature Zoned Support to help prevent midsection sagging and promote healthy spinal alignment, easing pressure on the back. Breathable foam layers pair with responsive pocket coils to deliver a balanced feel—providing gentle contouring while remaining easy to move on. Rigorously tested for consistent performance, it's a reliable, all‑around mattress suited for a wide range of sleepers and families.

7. Beautyrest Mattress

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The Beautyrest Mattress delivers reliable, no-frills comfort built around the brand's signature support technology. It features 875‑density Pocketed Coil® Technology, which allows each coil to move independently for individualized support, motion separation, and consistent alignment from head to toe. Layers of Beautyrest® ActiveResponse™ Memory Foam contour to the body to help relieve pressure, while a classic quilted surface and cool‑to‑the‑touch InfiniCool® technology promote a more comfortable night's sleep. Made with CertiPUR‑US® certified foams, the Beautyrest Core is a durable, well‑balanced option designed to provide dependable support and everyday comfort.

8. Sealy Posturepedic Hybrid

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A trusted name in sleep, the Sealy Posturepedic® Hybrid combines the durability and quality the brand is known for with advanced hybrid design. Inspired by decades of collaboration with orthopedic specialists, it features Sealy's targeted Posturepedic® support for the core, helping promote proper spinal alignment where the body carries the most weight. Premium coils and conforming memory foam work together to deliver responsive, pressure‑relieving comfort, while traditional edge support adds stability across the mattress. Finished with a breathable antibacterial cover, this hybrid offers a balanced, supportive sleep experience built to last—140 years in the making.

9. Stearns & Foster Lux Estate

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Backed by more than 180 years of craftsmanship, the Stearns & Foster Lux Estate Collection reflects the brand's dedication to comfort, support and enduring quality. Each mattress is handcrafted with premium materials that work together to deliver personalized support through patented coil‑in‑coil innersprings and the contouring pressure relief of proprietary TEMPUR‑Indulge™ memory foam. Advanced cooling features, including specialized air vents and breathable materials, help regulate temperature throughout the night. Overseen by an in‑house design team and finished with a hand‑signed label, the Lux Estate is built for sleepers who value meticulous construction, lasting comfort and a tailored sleep experience.

10. Avocado Green Mattress

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For the eco-conscious sleeper, the Avocado Green Mattress is a needle-tufted masterpiece made with organic latex, wool, and cotton. It completely avoids synthetic foams, offering a naturally buoyant and breathable surface that stays cool without chemicals. Its heavy-duty support system features up to 1,414 individually tuned coils across five zones, providing a firm, supportive feel that is as good for your back as it is for the planet.

FINALISTS Bear Elite Hybrid DreamCloud Premier Leesa Sapira Chill Hybrid Nectar Premier Memory Foam Nolah Evolution 15 Saatva Classic Saatva Rx Serta iComfort Pro Sleep Number p6 WinkBed Original

About Newsweek Readers' Choice™ Awards

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Our Featured Panelists

Gavin Booth

Gavin Booth of coupleinthekitchen.com specializes in recipe development, all things grilling, food- and wine-based travel and romantic destinations of the world. He has extensive travel experience, visiting all 50 U.S. states and over 40 countries. He's a full-time recipe developer, photographer, videographer and writer.

Elizabeth Briskin

Lizzy Briskin

Lizzy Briskin is a New York City–based food, travel, wellness and lifestyle writer. Previously, she was the print food editor at Food Network and Real Simple magazines. She has a professional chef's degree from Cambridge School of Culinary Arts and a BA in English from Amherst College. She contributes to Wirecutter, Shape, People, Self, Bon Appetit, The Quality Edit, The Kitchn, Travel Weekly, and other outlets. When she's not cooking, eating, writing or traveling, she's training for her next marathon. Follow her on Instagram and at earthenfood.co.

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Jenn and Ed Coleman

Jenn and Ed Coleman, aka Coleman Concierge, are a Huntsville-based Gen X couple sharing stories of amazing adventures through transformational and experiential travel. They advocate for sustainable and ethical tourism and truly believe in the power of travel to transform both the traveler as well as the world. Their tagline is "amazing adventures for ordinary people" because they contend that you don't have to be super-rich, super-fit or super-anything to have an amazing adventure. Expanding your comfort zone and trying new things will pay huge dividends in both health and happiness. Learn more about their journeys at colemanconcierge.com or follow them @conciergecorner and @coleman_concierge. You can also find them on Facebook and X, formerly known as Twitter.

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Misty Milioto

Misty Milioto is a freelance writer and editor with 22 years of experience working with publications across the country. Publications have included Sunset; U.S. News & World Report; and Modern Luxury's suite of 80+ regional publications, such as Aspen Magazine, San Francisco Magazine and Scottsdale Magazine. She also oversees a luxury lifestyle blog at girlwilltravel.com. She loves everything from exotic destinations and outdoor recreation to exploring the bounty of foodie goodness in New Orleans, where she is currently based. You can connect with her on Instagram.

Jacky Runice

When Jacky took her first flight at age 17 to Spain, she hadn't stepped a foot outside of Chicago. As a broadcast journalist for 20 years, she always managed to bring her travels back to her Chicago audience with radio documentaries about the culture and characters of places she visited. She transitioned to print journalism (syndicated travel column via Tribune Media Services and Travel Columnist for the Daily Herald Chicago) and then to the web where she has written for numerous outlets such as CBS, LuxuryHotels.com, Examiner.com, AOL, USA Today and others. Follow her on Facebook.

Jill Schildhouse

Jill Schildhouse is an award-winning writer and editor with 23 years of experience in print and digital publishing. She regularly contributes to Travel + Leisure, Brides, TripSavvy, Insider, USA TODAY, Reader's Digest, Taste of Home, and Southern Living. Based in Phoenix, Jill has traveled to 38 countries and is always dreaming of her next adventure. Follow her @the_globalglutton.

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Mike Shubic

Mike Shubic is a seasoned road trip travel video blogger, traversing the byways of the world looking for those hidden gems of the road. From unique destinations, unexpected discoveries, creative cuisine, intriguing inns to exciting attractions...the road is his page. The experiences are his ink. And every 300 miles, a new chapter begins. Whether you live vicariously or by example, Mike will do the exploring so you can have an adventure. Learn more at MikesRoadTrip.com.

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Jamie Davis Smith

Jamie Davis Smith is a writer and attorney from Philadelphia who now calls Washington, D.C. home. She's traveled to more than 90 countries, often bringing her children along on her adventures. Her work can be found in The Washington Post, National Geographic, Travel + Leisure, Afar, The Huffington Post, USA Today and many other publications. Jamie can be contacted at byjamiesmith@gmail.com, and posts about her travels on Instagram.

Aly Walansky

Aly Walansky writes regularly about food news and trends. She has been a food journalist for over twenty years and has covered everything from budget shopping to recipes to culinary travel content for national publications that include the Food Network, Southern Living, Food & Wine, Travel & Leisure, The Kitchn and more. She was ranked among top 10 journalists of 2023 and top 10 freelance journalists in 2024, as well as #1 food journalist of 2022, by Muck Rack. Follow her at alywalansky.substack.com.