List of the most common passwords
This is a list of the most common passwords, discovered in various data breaches. Common passwords generally are not recommended on account of low password strength.[1]
List
SplashData
The Worst Passwords List is an annual list of the 25 most common passwords from each year as produced by internet security firm SplashData.[2] Since 2011, the firm has published the list based on data examined from millions of passwords leaked in data breaches, mostly in North America and Western Europe, over each year. In the 2016 edition, the 25 most common passwords made up more than 10% of the surveyed passwords, with the most common password of 2016, "123456", making up 4%.[3]
Rank | 2011[4] | 2012[5] | 2013[6] | 2014[7] | 2015[8] | 2016[3] | 2017[9] | 2018[10] | 2019[11] |
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1 | password | password | 123456 | 123456 | 123456 | 123456 | 123456 | 123456 | 123456 |
2 | 123456 | 123456 | password | password | password | password | password | password | 123456789 |
3 | 12345678 | 12345678 | 12345678 | 12345 | 12345678 | 12345 | 12345678 | 123456789 | qwerty |
4 | qwerty | abc123 | qwerty | 12345678 | qwerty | 12345678 | qwerty | 12345678 | password |
5 | abc123 | qwerty | abc123 | qwerty | 12345 | football | 12345 | 12345 | 1234567 |
6 | monkey | monkey | 123456789 | 123456789 | 123456789 | qwerty | 123456789 | 111111 | 12345678 |
7 | 1234567 | letmein | 111111 | 1234 | football | 1234567890 | letmein | 1234567 | 12345 |
8 | letmein | dragon | 1234567 | baseball | 1234 | 1234567 | 1234567 | sunshine | iloveyou |
9 | trustno1 | 111111 | iloveyou | dragon | 1234567 | princess | football | qwerty | 111111 |
10 | dragon | baseball | adobe123[a] | football | baseball | 1234 | iloveyou | iloveyou | 123123 |
11 | baseball | iloveyou | 123123 | 1234567 | welcome | login | admin | princess | abc123 |
12 | 111111 | trustno1 | admin | monkey | 1234567890 | welcome | welcome | admin | qwerty123 |
13 | iloveyou | 1234567 | 1234567890 | letmein | abc123 | solo | monkey | welcome | 1q2w3e4r |
14 | master | sunshine | letmein | abc123 | 111111 | abc123 | login | 666666 | admin |
15 | sunshine | master | photoshop[a] | 111111 | 1qaz2wsx | admin | abc123 | abc123 | qwertyuiop |
16 | ashley | 123123 | 1234 | mustang | dragon | 121212 | starwars | football | 654321 |
17 | bailey | welcome | monkey | access | master | flower | 123123 | 123123 | 555555 |
18 | passw0rd | shadow | shadow | shadow | monkey | passw0rd | dragon | monkey | lovely |
19 | shadow | ashley | sunshine | master | letmein | dragon | passw0rd | 654321 | 7777777 |
20 | 123123 | football | 12345 | michael | login | sunshine | master | !@#$%^&* | welcome |
21 | 654321 | jesus | password1 | superman | princess | master | hello | charlie | 888888 |
22 | superman | michael | princess | 696969 | qwertyuiop | hottie | freedom | aa123456 | princess |
23 | qazwsx | ninja | azerty | 123123 | solo | loveme | whatever | donald | dragon |
24 | michael | mustang | trustno1 | batman | passw0rd | zaq1zaq1 | qazwsx | password1 | password1 |
25 | Football | password1 | 000000 | trustno1 | starwars | password1 | trustno1 | qwerty123 | 123qwe |
Keeper
Password manager Keeper compiled its own list of the 25 most common passwords in 2016, from 25 million passwords leaked in data breaches that year.[13]
Rank | 2016[13] |
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1 | 123456 |
2 | 12345679 |
3 | qwerty |
4 | 12345678 |
5 | 111111 |
6 | 1234567890 |
7 | 1234567 |
8 | password |
9 | 123123 |
10 | 987654321 |
11 | qwertyuiop |
12 | mynoob |
13 | 123321 |
14 | 666666 |
15 | 18atcskd2w |
16 | 7777777 |
17 | 1q2w3e4r |
18 | 654321 |
19 | 555555 |
20 | 3rjs1la7qe |
21 | |
22 | 1q2w3e4r5t |
23 | 123qwe |
24 | zxcvbnm |
25 | 1q2w3e |
National Cyber Security Centre
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) compiled its own list of the 20 most common passwords in 2019, from 100 million passwords leaked in data breaches this year.[14]
Rank | 2019[14] |
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1 | 123456 |
2 | 123456789 |
3 | qwerty |
4 | password |
5 | 1111111 |
6 | 12345678 |
7 | abc123 |
8 | 1234567 |
9 | password1 |
10 | 12345 |
11 | 1234567890 |
12 | 123123 |
13 | 000000 |
14 | Iloveyou |
15 | 1234 |
16 | 1q2w3e4r5t |
17 | Qwertyuiop |
18 | 123 |
19 | Monkey |
20 | Dragon |
See also
Notes
References
- ^ Titcomb, James (March 23, 2016). "Do you have one of the most common passwords? They're ridiculously easy to guess". The Telegraph. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ^ Mastroianni, Brian (January 20, 2016). "These were the 25 worst passwords of 2015". CBS News.
- ^ a b Bruner, Raisa (January 23, 2017). "The 25 Worst Passwords You Should Never Use". TIME.
- ^ Ho, Erica (November 22, 2011). "The 25 Most Popular (and Worst) Passwords of 2011". TIME.
- ^ Waxman, Olivia B. (October 25, 2012). "The 25 worst passwords of 2012". CNN.
- ^ a b Newman, Jared (January 20, 2014). "The 25 worst passwords of 2013: 'password' gets dethroned". PC World.
- ^ Waxman, Olivia (January 20, 2015). "These Are The 25 Worst Passwords of 2014". TIME.
- ^ Chang, Lulu (January 19, 2016). "Wookie mistake: 'starwars' is now one of the world's 25 worst passwords". Digital Trends.
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- ^ Ehrenkranz, Melanie (December 13, 2018). "The 25 Most Popular Passwords of 2018 Will Make You Feel Like a Security Genius". Gizmodo.
- ^ Keck, Catie (December 18, 2019). "It's Time to Nervously Mock the 50 Worst Passwords of the Year". Gizmodo.
- ^ Kelly, Heather (January 22, 2014). "'123456' tops list of worst passwords". CNN.
- ^ a b McGoogan, Cara (January 16, 2017). "The world's most common passwords revealed: Are you using them?". The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ a b Kapiswe, Subham (April 23, 2019). "NCSC Reveals List Of World's Most Hacked Passwords". Technotification. Retrieved April 24, 2019.