Cracking the world’s most popular passwords takes less than a second.
The most common password in the world is 123456. Tomasz Zajda / Adobe Stock
The weakest passwords are used in streaming services, it shows NordPass recent research. Stronger passwords are used in services related to money.
NordPass, which develops a password management tool, conducted its fifth annual study on which are the most common passwords in 35 different countries, which passwords people use for different services, and if there are any differences between them.
In 2023, the world’s most popular password will be “123456” for the fourth year in a row.
The 20 most commonly used passwords this year are listed below. There are big differences between the passwords of different countries, but global trends can also be observed.
These are now the most common passwords in the world
1. 123456
2. admin
3. 12345678
4. 123456789
5. 1234
6. 12345
7. password
8. 123
9. Aa123456
10. 1234567890
11. UNKNOWN
12. 1234567
13. 123123
14. 111111
15. Password
16. 12345678910
17. 000000
18. admin123
19. ********
20. user
Up to 70 percent of the passwords on this list can be cracked in less than a second, according to NordPass.
Tips for securely managing passwords
Passwords should be long and complex. They should contain upper and lower case letters, special characters and numbers. The number of characters in one password should be up to 20.
You should not store passwords in the browser. Key codes and third-party password management programs increase security.
In addition, you should be careful about what you download to your computer. This way you can better protect yourself from data-stealing malware.
Malware is often spread using hacking messages, so it’s worth learning to recognize them.