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The 2022 Backup Survey: 54% Report Data Loss With Only 10% Backing Up Daily

How Backup Frequency Is Trending in 2022?

When looking solely at backup frequency, the results are mostly neutral this year when compared to 2021. We see a slight 1% increase in computer owners that are backing up on a yearly basis, but that same 1% decrease in those that are backing up daily. The rest of the results were pretty consistent from year to year.

The main issue we’re seeing here is that the number of computer owners who have never backed up their computer appears to have stopped decreasing, meaning that about 20% of people are still at risk of losing all of their data in the event of a computer crash or loss.

Here’s A Comparison Of The 2022 Data Compared to When We First Started In 2008

Overall, computer owners are backing up more frequently than a decade ago. However, as our astute readers know, the longer you go without creating a backup, the more data you are prone to losing should disaster strike.

A “Profile” Of The Person Who Was Most Likely To Be A “Backer Upper”

  • A woman between 35-44 years of age

    21% likely to back up versus 9% of those 18-34 and 6% of those 55-64

  • Who lives in the Western United States

    17% more likely to back up vs. the South and Midwest at 9% and 7%, respectively

  • With a household income of over $100K

    13% likely to back up their data versus those households of $50K-$74.9K which are at 6%

The Americans Who Own A Computer:

  • 80% backed up all the data on that computer at least once.
  • 41% of those folks fully back it up once a month or more often.
  • 57% who have ever backed up use a “cloud-based” system as their primary backup.
  • 12% of computer owners use a cloud backup service as their primary backup.
  • 52% say their service automatically backs up all the data on their computer.
  • 25% say it backs up only the data they select with no limitations.
  • 9% say it backs up only the data they select but with some limits.
  • 3% marked “other” and more concerningly…
  • 10% are not sure at all.

Why Is Backing Up Important?

This year’s survey results continue to show us that having a good backup strategy in place, whether for a business or an individual, is a great way to mitigate against different data disasters.

  • 67%

    report accidentally deleting something.

  • 54%

    report having lost data.

  • 53%

    were affected by a security incident.

  • 48%

    had an external hard drive crash.

  • 21%

    of those crashes have happened in the last year.

  • 44%

    lost access to their data when a shared drive or synced drive was deleted.

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External Hard Drive Backup

External hard drive backups are still quite popular. Please note that you do not use a good backup method if you then keep the physical backup at home or on the same PC. Safe storage of an external hard drive is important.

External hard drives are mainly used for data storage and PC backups. The biggest disadvantage of an external hard drive is that the hard drive can break down or get lost. Physical external hard drives are often not handled with care or they are collecting dust for too long. The biggest advantage is that the storage space only needs to be purchased once.

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Online Backup Service

Keeping your backup in the cloud is a good and future-proof alternative to physical data storage, instead of an external hard drive or USB stick. An external hard drive or USB stick can be lost or damaged. The biggest advantage of storing files in the cloud is that they are available anytime, anywhere. In terms of security, you should always pay close attention to access and security with cloud backups.

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Backup Smartphone

It often goes wrong here! Did you know that a backup with, for example, iPhone does not store your photos and documents? 9 out of 10 times these images are stored in your iCloud and therefore not on backups. (1*) So is your iCloud account stolen or hacked? Then you can still lose everything. In addition, these backups pushed from operating systems are often stored in the cloud storage of expensive services, there are cheaper alternatives!

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