25 Most Common Passwords: Here’s What NOT to Use

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This year’s most common passwords include “qwerty” and “iloveyou.”

Most Common Passwords

SplashData compiled a list of the most common passwords and “123456” took the cake. It overtook “password” for top honors.
Here are the 25 most common passwords:
  • 123456
  • password
  • 12345678
  • qwerty
  • abc123
  • 123456789
  • 111111
  • 1234567
  • iloveyou
  • adobe123
  • 123123
  • admin
  • 1234567890
  • letmein
  • photoshop
  • 1234
  • monkey
  • shadow
  • sunshine
  • 123456
  • password1
  • princess
  • azerty
  • trustno1
  • 000000
The company recommends that users create passwords with at least eight characters, combining a variety of letters, numbers and symbols.
SplashData is a leading provider of password management applications that offers multi-platform password solution for more than 1 million worldwide.

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