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The most preferred password manager in the United States was Google Password Manager, with ** percent of respondents using it in 2022. The share of respondents using LastPass dropped from ** percent in 2021 to * percent in 2022. At the same time, Americans were more likely to use a password manager on their mobile phone or computer rather than on their tablet.

Password habits in the United States

The most common words used to create a password in the U.S. were curse words, along with personal facts about the user, such as a birth year or graduation year. Using publicly known facts about one’s life when creating a password, in conjunction with modern hacking tools, can easily compromise an online account - especially when only ** percent of respondents in the U.S. create passwords with over ** characters. Additionally, a study conducted among people who shared their streaming account password with another party showed that ** percent of them used the same password for their personal email account.

Password breaches in the United States

Over one-third of respondents had their password breached once or twice in 2021. A common practice among people who reported having their account hacked was that they shared their personal passwords with another person. The consequences of sharing passwords can be disastrous: from having the password changed without the user’s knowledge, to simply gaining access and using the user’s sensitive data such as banking information.