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For the past twelve years we\u2019ve commissioned an annual poll conducted by The Harris Poll asking people the simple question, \u201cHow often do you backup all the data on your computer?\u201d and published the results here<\/a> on the blog. In 2009 we decided to make this an annual event and declared June to be Backup Awareness Month<\/em>.<\/p>\n We\u2019re curious to see how the changes we\u2019ve seen in the world since the beginning of this year have affected our behavior when it comes to backing up. This year we also asked if people understood the difference between cloud backup and cloud storage\u2014spoiler alert: many don\u2019t. Let’s dig into the numbers!<\/p>\n There\u2019s good news in this year\u2019s report! Among those who own a computer the percentage who state that they \u201cnever\u201d back up all the data on their computer continues to decrease. Even better, the number of people backing up once a year or more frequently is increasing. Even with all that good news though, there\u2019s still work to be done. Roughly one fifth of those who own a computer (19%) say they have \u201cnever\u201d backed up all their data. If you add that to those who back up all the data on their computer less than once a year, that number balloons to one in three (33%).<\/p>\n The fact that almost one in five of those who own a computer have never backed up all the data on the computer is still alarming, 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 But let\u2019s look more closely at the data:<\/p>\n We love seeing that \u201cdaily\u201d and \u201cweekly\u201d number increasing. Those are positive trends and more proof that simple backup solutions are causing more people to take action and protect their data.<\/p>\n You can see that the number of people who are backing up frequently has increased substantially over the years. As the \u201cdaily,\u201d \u201cweekly,\u201d \u201cmonthly,\u201d and \u201cyearly\u201d categories increase, we\u2019d expect to see the \u201cnever\u201d category decrease, and that\u2019s a great sign of awareness.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s a detailed look at the numbers from our surveys in 2008 through 2019.<\/p>\n Every year after the poll is conducted, we sift through the poll data to see what conclusions we can draw from the results. Our pollster gives us demographics about the subjects surveyed such as the region of the U.S. where they live, level of education, household income, and whether they own a computer or not (kind of important, we think, for this poll). Here\u2019s what stood out:<\/p>\n Here are links to our previous blog posts on our annual Backup Awareness Survey: The best way to succeed at a task that\u2019s sometimes neglected is to make it so easy that it gets done. Fortunately, computers are good at automation and backing up can be configured to happen quietly and automatically in the background.<\/p>\n We believe that the reason more people are successful at backing up is that they have discovered automated backup solutions such as Backblaze Personal Backup<\/a>.<\/p>\n Backblaze Personal Backup can be installed on a Mac<\/a> or PC<\/a> and in less than a couple of minutes will be on the job continuously backing up your data. In many situations, the default settings are fine so there\u2019s nothing else to do.<\/p>\n If more people use solutions like Backblaze Personal Backup and automate their backups, the poll results will continue to improve, but more importantly, people will be less likely to lose their valuable photos, messages, financial records, and other important files and documents.<\/p>\n It will be interesting to see whether the poll results next year show even more people backing up. We hope so.<\/p>\n One of the things we\u2019re trying to do is educate people on the different types of cloud services and storage options available. The links above are a great way to learn the differences so that you can choose the right solution for you. Those solutions are important considering that almost 20% of people still don\u2019t back up their computers. We need to get that number down as far as we can!<\/p>\n You can also help improve the results for next year\u2019s survey. If you\u2019re already a Backblaze customer, you can let your friends and family know that backing up is important. You can even refer them to Backblaze using our Refer a Friend<\/a> feature which allows you to invite your friends to an extended free trial of Backblaze Personal Backup. It\u2019s perfect because they get peace of mind knowing that Backblaze is backing up their computers, and you\u2019ll get a free month of service if they sign up with us! If you\u2019re not a Backblaze customer, consider signing up for a free trial<\/a>, and help us ensure that no one ever loses data again.<\/p>\n In this post, we share the latest data from our annual poll which asks, \u201cHow often do you backup all the data on your computer?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":95702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[121,4],"tags":[469],"class_list":["post-95700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-backing-up","category-backup-awareness-month","tag-consumerbackup","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAre We Backing Up?<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nKey Takeaways and Fun with Numbers<\/h2>\n
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Past Surveys and Findings<\/h3>\n
\n2019 – More People Than Ever Are Backing Up<\/a>
\n2018 – Computer Backup<\/a> Awareness in 2018: Getting Better and Getting Worse
\n2017 \u2013 Backup Awareness Survey, Our 10th Year<\/a>
\n2016 \u2013 Data Backup: Are You a Hero or a Zero?<\/a>
\n2015 \u2013 Computer Backup: Pick a Card, Any Card<\/a>
\n2014 \u2013 Seniors are the Kings of Data Backup<\/a>
\n2013 \u2013 The Survey Says: Apathy is Winning<\/a>
\n2012 \u2013 10% now back up daily, 90% to go!<\/a>
\n2011 \u2013 94% of computer users still risk data loss<\/a>
\n2010 \u2013 Backup Awareness Month \u2013 June 2010<\/a>
\n2009 \u2013 June is Backup Awareness Month<\/a>
\n2008 \u2013 In 2008 we did the survey, but did not write a blog post.<\/p>\nOur Backing Up Action Plan<\/h2>\n
How You Can Help!<\/h3>\n
\nThese surveys were conducted online by The Harris Poll on behalf of Backblaze among U.S.
\nadults ages 18+ who own a computer in June 1-3, 2020 (n=1,913), June 6-10, 2019 (n=1,858),
\nJune 5-7, 2018 (n=1,871), May 19-23, 2017 (n=1,954), May 13-17, 2016 (n=1,920), May 15-19,
\n2015 (n=2,009), June 2-4, 2014 (n=1,991), June 13\u201317, 2013 (n=1,952), May 31\u2013June 4, 2012
\n(n=2,176), June 28\u201330, 2011 (n=2,209), June 3\u20137, 2010 (n=2,051), May 13\u201314, 2009
\n(n=2,154), and May 27\u201329, 2008 (n=2,723). These online surveys were not based on a
\nprobability sample and therefore no estimate of theoretical sampling error can be calculated. For complete survey methodology, including weighting variables and subgroup sample sizes, please contact Backblaze<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"