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Ranked: The World’s Most Common Passwords

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2 weeks ago

July 5, 2025

Marcus Lu

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Amy Kuo

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Ranked: The World’s Most Common Passwords

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Key Takeaways

The most commonly used passwords are often some form of consecutive numeric sequence (e.g. 123456…)
Adding letters and other characters to a password greatly increases its strength by expanding the possible combinations, making it exponentially harder to crack.

Most people are guilty of using a weak password at some point. But just how predictable can they be?

This infographic reveals the top 25 most commonly used passwords globally, from ‘123456’ to ‘password’.

Data & Discussion

The data for this visualization comes from NordPass, which analyzed the most frequently used passwords based on a 2.5TB database of credentials exposed by data breaches.

Rank	Password	Number of times the password was used
1	123456	3,018,050
2	123456789	1,625,135
3	12345678	884,740
4	password	692,151
5	qwerty123	642,638
6	qwerty1	583,630
7	111111	459,730
8	12345	395,573
9	secret	363,491
10	123123	351,576
11	1234567890	324,349
12	1234567	307,719
13	000000	250,043
14	qwerty	244,879
15	abc123	217,230
16	password1	211,932
17	iloveyou	197,880
18	11111111	195,237
19	dragon	144,670
20	monkey	139,150
21	123123123	119,004
22	123321	106,267
23	qwertyuiop	101,048
24	00000000	99,292
25	Password	95,515

Numbers Still Reign Supreme

The top password—“123456”—was used over 3 million times in the dataset analyzed by NordPass. In fact, six of the top 10 passwords are purely numeric, highlighting how common predictable number patterns remain.

These types of passwords are among the easiest for hackers to guess using brute-force attacks, taking a matter of seconds.

Keyboard Patterns and Simple Words

Along with numbers, users often rely on keyboard sequences like “qwerty” or common words like “password” and “secret.” While these may be easy to remember, they’re also easy to hack. Variations like “Password” or “password1” offer little improvement in security.

How to Create a Strong Password

According to NordPass, your password should be at least 20 characters long and include uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and special symbols (e.g. @#$%). Some browsers, such as Google Chrome, can also suggest a strong password for you.

Additionally, NordPass suggests that you never reuse passwords. If one account were to be compromised, other accounts that share the same password could also be at risk.