A 2022 survey among internet users in the United States found that 53 percent of the respondents created unique passwords for each social media account. The remaining 47 percent revealed that they habitually reused the same password across many social media accounts.
Password usage habits of social media users in the United States in 2022
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YouGov. (January 24, 2022). Password usage habits of social media users in the United States in 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1371606/us-password-habits-social-media-users/
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YouGov. (2022). Password usage habits of social media users in the United States in 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1371606/us-password-habits-social-media-users/
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