As of December 2023, a survey among Americans revealed that nearly 40 percent of respondents wrote their passwords down, while 35 percent relied on memory to remember passwords. Other common password mistakes in the United States included using the same passwords across multiple accounts and storing them on computer, as mentioned by 32 percent and 24 percent of respondents, respectively.
Most common password mistakes in the United States as of December 2023
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Write passwords down
38%
Rely on memory to remember passwords
35%
Use the same password across multiple accounts
32%
Store my passwords on my computer
24%
Use the same password for work accounts on my personal accounts
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