# How streaks work

> A streak counts scheduled days completed in a row. Days off don’t break it, and today only counts against you once it’s over.

Source: https://behabit.app/help/how-streaks-work · 2026-10-05

A streak is the number of **scheduled days you completed in a row**, counting back from today.

## The rules

- **Days off don’t count against you.** If a habit is scheduled Monday to Friday, the weekend neither breaks nor adds to the streak.
- **Today is still open.** An unfinished today doesn’t break your streak until the day is over.
- **Targets must be met.** For a habit like 8 glasses, a day counts once you reach 8.
- **Weekly habits count weeks.** A habit set to a number of times per week keeps a streak of weeks in a row where you hit the target.
- **Nothing before the habit existed counts.** Days before you created it are ignored.

## Where you see it

Cards show the streak once it reaches 3 days. Before that, they show how many of the last 14 days you did, like “9 of last 14”, because a small streak says less than a good fortnight.

The habit screen shows your **current** and **best** streak. You can hide streaks everywhere with **Settings › Habits › Show streaks**.

## Streaks aren’t everything

A streak resets after one miss. Your history doesn’t. That’s why Insights leads with [consistency](https://behabit.app/help/consistency-explained) and counts your comebacks too.

> **Rest days**
> There are no skip or freeze days. If you know you won’t do a habit on some days, schedule it with **Days** and leave those days out.