Here are the World’s Top 100 Worst Passwords

Over 4 billion records were exposed due to data breaches in the first six months of 2019. On 4^th December, a security researcher found out over a billion plain-text passwords in an unsecured online database.

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A ranking was set of the most used and least secure passwords by the researchers at NordPass.

The 100 worst passwords are

1. 12345
2. 123456
3. 123456789
4. test1
5. password
6. 12345678
7. zinch
8. g_czechout
9. asdf
10. qwerty
11. 1234567890
12. 1234567
13. Aa123456.
14. iloveyou
15. 1234
16. abc123
17. 111111
18. 123123
19. dubsmash
20. test
21. princess
22. qwertyuiop
23. sunshine
24. BvtTest123
25. 11111
26. ashley
27. 00000
28. 000000
29. password1
30. monkey
31. livetest
32. 55555
33. soccer
34. charlie
35. asdfghjkl
36. 654321
37. family
38. michael
39. 123321
40. football
41. baseball
42. q1w2e3r4t5y6
43. nicole
44. jessica
45. purple
46. shadow
47. hannah
48. chocolate
49. michelle
50. daniel
51. maggie
52. qwerty123
53. hello
54. 112233
55. jordan
56. tigger
57. 666666
58. 987654321
59. superman
60. 12345678910
61. summer
62. 1q2w3e4r5t
63. fitness
64. bailey
65. zxcvbnm
66. fuckyou
67. 121212
68. buster
69. butterfly
70. dragon
71. jennifer
72. amanda
73. justin
74. cookie
75. basketball
76. shopping
77. pepper
78. joshua
79. hunter
80. ginger
81. matthew
82. abcd1234
83. taylor
84. samantha
85. whatever
86. andrew
87. 1qaz2wsx3edc
88. thomas
89. jasmine
90. animoto
91. madison
92. 0987654321
93. 54321
94. flower
95. Password
96. maria
97. babygirl
98. lovely
99. sophie
100. Chegg123

The top three most used passwords, notch up 6,348,704 appearances between them. They are quite weak, insecure and highly predictable.

Nicole Craig

Media coordinator and junior editor at Research Snipers RS-NEWS, I studied mass communication and interested technology business, I have 3 years experience in the media industry.