survey: are you using too many monitors? or not enough?

half of firms use two. some use more. a surprising number use just one.

the accounting firm operations and technology survey

what’s the easiest way to see multiple projects at once?

bar chart

more: survey: are you still using a dell pc? | firewall choices, choices, choices | survey: webroot tops virus fighters | only 19% of firms host email | pandemic changed work for 64%
goprocpa.comexclusively for pro members. log in here or 2022世界杯足球排名 today.

multiple monitors, of course.


those clinging to a single view included 33.3 percent of the solos.two monitors was the highest response for firms of one to 50 employees, while those with 51 or more favored three monitors apiece.

data chart

6 responses to “survey: are you using too many monitors? or not enough?”

  1. frank stitely

    people are still using just one monitor??? hard to believe.

    • mike fischer

      i know were a small cpa firm of 3 & we’ve using 4 monitors for the last 6+ years

    • michael chaffee

      agreed, that is hard to believe.

      even more difficult to believe? that the % of those with only one monitor is increasing!!!

      from 5.6% in 2019 to 6.9% in 2020 to 17.1% in 2021!!! what’s going on? is this a result of more remote workers, monster single monitors, or something else?

      • robert pitts

        yes, i am seeing a trend of 4k 36-42 inch single monitors, either super-wide and curved or traditional 16:9. the software to split these large screens into multiple effective monitors in your os has been getting much better and this route can be cost-effective when compared to three 27 inch 4k monitors.

      • michael davis

        responding to you and seconding mr. pitts. triple-wides for us in house (idk what our remotes use). clutter reduction is a plus; the trade-off is lack of redundancy.

    • wendy hamilton

      our firm has over 200 employees. we use single monitors, but they are all at least 40″ monitors, subdivided into 4 windows. maybe that explains the upward trend in single monitors?