Most Common Passwords in 2022

[Viking]

Most Common Passwords in 2022​

The report of the fifteen most common passwords used in 2022 include the following:

• 123456 – Over 103 million uses
• 123456789 – Over 46 million uses
• 12345 – Over 32 million uses
• qwerty – Over 22 million uses
• password – Over 20 million uses
• 12345678 – Over 14.7 million uses
• 111111 – Over 13.3 million uses
• 123123 – Over 10.2 million uses
• 1234567890 – Over 9.6 million uses
• 1234567 – Over 9.3 million uses
• qwerty123 – Over 8.9 million uses
• 000000 – Over 8.3 million uses
• 1q2w3e – Over 8.2 million uses
• aa12345678 – Over 8 million uses
• abc123 – Over 7.1 million uses

More:

https://troypoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/most-common-passwords-2022-1.pdf

 

[pmbug]

Methodology: The list of passwords was compiled in partnership with a third-party company specializing in data breach research.
They evaluated a database that contained 275,699,516 passwords in total.

Well, that doesn't really clear anything up with respect to the veracity of the data, but it's still a good reminder to think about password use.

Edit: adding up the "over # million use" numbers above yields more than 275 million (the size of the source DB). Something isn't right there...

 

[Viking]

Well, that doesn't really clear anything up with respect to the veracity of the data, but it's still a good reminder to think about password use.

Unless it’s something financial, I am pretty bad/lazy about passwords. Everything seems to require a password and I don’t have the brain bytes to remember many at one time. Double verification where they send a text code to your phone always seems to be a good idea.

 

[Goldhedge]

Double verification where they send a text code to your phone always seems to be a good idea.

If you're on a Mac with texting you can get the verification code in a few seconds - no phone required.

 

[Viking]

If you're on a Mac with texting you can get the verification code in a few seconds - no phone required.

Yeah, I switched over to Apple a while back. It’s pretty nice how my iPad, iPhone, etc. share/talk to each other. They are very inclusive but need to work on diversity.

 

[Goldhedge]

It’s pretty nice how my iPad, iPhone, etc. share/talk to each other.

That's the best feature of the platform. That and I never have to figure out why a video doesn't play for lack of a codec.

It also saves pwds across platforms!