Password habits of online adults managing personal accounts 2021, by country

Common password habits of online adults worldwide managing personal accounts in 2021, by country

CharacteristicAustraliaFranceGermanyJapanSpainUnited KingdomUnited StatesWorldwide
Logins saved in a browser 25% 22% 19% 31% 23% 21% 36% 25%
Use password manager 20% 15% 20% 17% 21% 26% 23% 20%
Manually enter a unique password for every account 27% 32% 34% 16% 30% 29% 22% 27%
Manually enter and rotate one to four passwords across accounts 14% 13% 14% 16% 14% 14% 10% 14%
Manually enter and rotate five to ten passwords across accounts 8% 8% 7% 8% 7% 5% 4% 7%
Manually enter and rotate more than ten passwords 6% 10% 6% 12% 5% 5% 5% 7%
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Release date

May 2022

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2021

Number of respondents

3,500 respondents

Special properties

working adults

Supplementary notes

The original question was phrased by the source as follows: "How do you currently manage your passwords for your personal online accounts?"

Data is based on a survey of more than 3,500 working adults across the United States, Australia, France, Germany, Japan, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
The source does not provide an exact date of survey.

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