what is the most popular age to start collecting social security benefits
You can start your Social Security retirement benefits as early as age 62 or as late as age 70. Your monthly benefit amount will be different depending on the age you start receiving it. If you choose to: start your benefits early, they will be reduced based on the number of months you receive benefits before you reach your full retirement age. The reduction in your benefit amount also depends on the year you were born. 1  25 percent for people who reached age 62 in 2013.  30 percent for people born after 1959.