Counter point, I’m work from home and actually spend up to an hour a day doing HIIT and am lucky to break 4k steps. If you’re fidgety or pace you may get there but even with being intentionally active and burning around 850 calories in exercise a day, I’m about half the 8k steps.

No doubt it can vary wildly depending on your life circumstances. Personally most of my hobbies are sedentary (reading, gaming, plastic models) and I don't have kids or pets that require me to be active in some way. A normal day for me if I don't go anywhere and make no effort to exercise is usually less than 2500 steps.