Global password habits regarding personal accounts by country 2021

A 2021 survey of working adults from across the world revealed that 36 percent of adults from the United States saved logins of personal accounts in the browser. In contrast, only 19 percent of German online users saved login information in the browser. Furthermore, 12 percent of adults in Japan stated that they rotated more than ten passwords across personal accounts.

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

Characteristic	Australia	France	Germany	Japan	Spain	United Kingdom	United States	Worldwide
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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May 2022

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2021

Number of respondents

3,500 respondents

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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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