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This day is seeing less spookiness and more sadness.

A new survey has revealed that the loneliest day, feelings of isolation, invisibility and insignificance, for single people, is far from what you’d expect it to be. Some would think it’s Valentine’s Day or New Year’s Eve — but it’s actually Halloween.

Who would’ve thought a day filled with candy and spooky decor would make a single person feel sad?

Dating.com surveyed 1,000 singles and found that Halloween is a lonely day for many.

59% of single participants revealed that the spooky day is one of the most emotionally difficult holidays of the year and 57% think it’s actually worse than Valentine’s Day.

79% of singles feel lonely on the last day of October and over half of the participants admitted to crying when they opened the door to families trick-or-treating — a wholesome activity that many probably don’t even realize can affect single people.

And cute couples costumes or festive family pics shared on social media don’t help. 73% think of singles believe social media makes Halloween loneliness worse.

The results of this survey are clearly startling and quite unexpected.

77% of participants admitted they’ve pretended to have plans on Halloween, while 62% rarely admit how they’re feeling to people in their lives and simply act like they’re fine despite feeling lonely and isolated on the fall holiday.

Although Halloween doesn’t seem like it would be one of the holidays that would trigger feelings of sadness, the holiday season, which is right around the corner, in general, is a difficult time for many, according to an editorial published in eClinical Medicine.

And it doesn’t help that the US has been experiencing a loneliness epidemic for some time now, especially in New York City.

More than half of New Yorkers have reported feeling lonely “some of the time,” according to the city’s health department.

Vivek Murthy, physician and former United States Surgeon General, recommended that everyone should be “taking small steps every day to strengthen our relationships.”

“The mortality impact of being socially disconnected is similar to that caused by smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day, and even greater than…obesity and physical inactivity,” Murthy said.