What is the primary way you keep track of your budgets and spending?

What is the primary way you keep track of your budgets and spending? Published on March 14, 2019 → Survey conducted on March 14, 2019 on 3601 U.S. adults

All adults

Region

Gender

Politics

Age

I use an app/website

15%

I use a spreadsheet

13%

I write it down somewhere else

12%

I check my accounts regularly but don’t do anything else

35%

I keep track in my head

I don't track my budget/spending at all

Other

Don't know

I use an app/website

15%

I use a spreadsheet

13%

I write it down somewhere else

12%

I check my accounts regularly but don’t do anything else

35%

I keep track in my head

I don't track my budget/spending at all

Other

Don't know

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