{"id":82085,"date":"2018-03-29T09:30:25","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T16:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=82085"},"modified":"2025-07-20T05:43:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T12:43:06","slug":"world-backup-day-2018-backing-up-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/world-backup-day-2018-backing-up-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"World Backup Day 2018: Backing Up The World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>World Backup Day is March 31st, 2018. The tagline is usually something along the lines of: \u201cBack up! Don\u2019t be an April Fool.\u201d This year we don\u2019t have any gimmicks or promotions for World Backup Day, but we do want to share something with you.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; max-width: 100%;\"><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Country_Map_Large.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-tKIfvRIv\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82092\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Country_Map_Large.png\" alt=\"Countries with Backblaze Customers\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Country_Map_Large.png 2158w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Country_Map_Large-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Country_Map_Large-1024x650.png 1024w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Country_Map_Large-768x488.png 768w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Country_Map_Large-1536x975.png 1536w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Country_Map_Large-2048x1300.png 2048w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Country_Map_Large-560x356.png 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2158px) 100vw, 2158px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0 auto 22px auto; text-align: center; font-size: .8em;\">Countries with Backblaze Customers<\/p>\n<p>That is a world map of every country where Backblaze is backing up someone\u2019s data. To save you some counting, that\u2019s over 150 countries where people have peace of mind using Backblaze. If you\u2019re not already backing up, or know people who haven\u2019t started backing up their computers yet, we invite you to join the rest of the world on this World Backup Day and start backing up with Backblaze! At only $50\/year for unlimited data backup of your PC or Mac, it\u2019s time to get started with Backblaze.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s great that <a href=\"\/blog\/world-backup-day-celebrating-champions-of-the-backup-lifestyle\/\">World Backup Day<\/a> is around to remind everyone that it\u2019s important to back up your data, especially in the wake of ransomware attacks like the most recent <a href=\"\/blog\/ransomware-update-viruses-targeting-business-it-servers\/\">SamSam virus<\/a> (we wrote a <a href=\"\/blog\/complete-guide-ransomware\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">complete guide to recovering from ransomware<\/a> should something like this happen to you).<\/p>\n<p>At Backblaze, we believe that every day is backup day. That\u2019s why Backblaze Cloud Backup installs in seconds and starts immediately backing up everything on your computer, with no limit on how much data you have. That gives you peace of mind on World Backup Day and every other day of the year.<\/p>\n<p>If you know people who could use that peace of mind, refer them to: <a href=\"\/blog\/beginner-guide-to-computer-backup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Have Friends Who Don\u2019t Back Up? Share This Post<\/a>! That will help them get started!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 31 is World Backup Day. It&#8217;s a good day to remember to back up all your data. 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