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Frequency of changing online account passwords in the United States 2017

Frequency of changing passwords for online accounts in the United States as of August 2017, by account type

The data displays the frequency of internet users in the U.S. changing passwords for online accounts as of August 2017. The survey revealed that 14% of respondents couldn't recall when they had last changed the password for their personal e-mail account. Overall, 15% of respondents had changed their personal e-mail account password within the past week.

Within the past week 15 12 13 14
Within the past month 18 15 16 15
Within the past 3 months 18 11 15 12
Within the past 6 months 8 5 8 7
Within the past 9 months 4 2 4 4
Within the past year 9 4 9 7
Over a year ago 11 5 13 10
Don't know/ Can't recall 14 10 14 15
Not applicable - I do not have this type of account 2 35 9 16