{"id":91366,"date":"2019-07-09T06:00:25","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T13:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=91366"},"modified":"2021-08-03T14:52:18","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T21:52:18","slug":"more-people-than-ever-backing-up-according-to-our-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/more-people-than-ever-backing-up-according-to-our-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"More People Than Ever Backing Up According to Our Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For the past twelve years we’ve conducted an annual poll asking people the simple question, “How often do you backup all the data on your computer?” and published the results here on the blog<\/a>. In 2009 we decided to make this an annual event and declared June to be Backup Awareness Month<\/em>.<\/p>\n

How We Are Doing<\/h3>\n

The good news from this year’s poll is that more computer owners<\/a> than we\u2019ve ever surveyed (four out of five) have backed up all the data on their computer. That\u2019s up 4 percent from last year and up 15 percent from our first poll in 2008.<\/p>\n

The fact that 20 percent of those who own a computer have never backed up all the data on the computer is still alarming, however, as they are vulnerable to losing important documents, photos, and other files. We still have work to do to reach all those people to convince them how easy and economical it is to protect their data through regular backups.<\/p>\n

The trend is positive however, as according to the poll, most people back up more frequently now (whether yearly, monthly, weekly, or daily) than they did in 2008.<\/p>\n

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Top line in chart shows decrease from 35 percent in 2008 to 20 percent in 2019 for those who responded,
“I’ve never backed up all the data on my computer.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Key Takeaways From Our Latest Poll<\/h3>\n