100 Most Common Passwords—See If Yours Made the List

Are your passwords as safe as you think? Here were the most common PWs in 2022.

How much thought do you put behind the passwords that you create? It might surprise you to know that many people come up with the same passwords, which means we are not all that different from each other—and we have lists of the most common passwords here.

A good password is one that would be difficult for others to figure out. However, those difficult passwords can also be hard to remember. Even with all of the hacked accounts we hear about, many of us still choose to create a password that will be easy to keep in mind. However, the problem with that is what's easy for you to remember could also be a password that is easy to crack. 

Lists of the most common passwords used throughout 2022 were recently compiled by researchers that specialize in cybersecurity events. They went through a huge database from 30 countries to come up with the overall list (as well as lists of the most popular passwords by specific country) and reported that many of these passwords could be cracked in less than a second(!). The most difficult on their entire list is "9136668099," which took four days to crack. What's interesting, though, is that 26,154 people came up with this same password!

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We're showing off two different lists below—the 100 most common passwords of 2022 consisting of combined data from 30 different countries, as well as the 100 most common passwords of 2022 specifically from the United States.

As you look at the lists, you will see that most of the common passwords use a sequence of numbers. Some are in order and others are all the same number. Other frequently used passwords are sequences of letters and numbers that follow a pattern on the keyboard—sequences like these are not unique and are very easy to figure out. Why make it easier for hackers? A good, hard-to-figure-out password is especially important for any personal financial data. And if you look at the list from the U.S., you'll see the names of loved ones, names of pets, and names of sports are incredibly popular as well.

Take a look at these lists of the most common passwords used in 2022. Do you see your password? If so, go ahead and change it—but make sure your next idea isn't on here either!

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100 Most Common Passwords of 2022

1. password

2. 123456

3. 123456789

4. guest

5. qwerty

6. 12345678

7. 111111

8. 12345

9. col123456

10. 123123

11. 1234567

12. 1234

13. 1234567890

14. 000000

15. 555555

16. 666666

17. 123321

18. 654321

19. 7777777

20. 123

21. D1lakiss

22. 777777

23. 110110jp

24. 1111

25. 987654321

26. 121212

27. Gizli

28. abc123

29. 112233

30. azerty

31. 159753

32. 1q2w3e4r

33. 54321

34. pass@123

35. 222222

36. qwertyuiop

37. qwerty123

38. qazwsx

39. vip

40. asdasd

41. 123qwe

42. 123654

43. iloveyou

44. a1b2c3

45. 999999

46. Groupd2013

47. 1q2w3e

48. usr

49. Liman1000

50. 1111111

51. 333333

52. 123123123

53. 9136668099

54. 11111111

55. 1qaz2wsx

56. password1

57. mar20lt

58. 987654321

59. gfhjkm

60. 159357

61. abcd1234

62. 131313

63. 789456

64. luzit2000

65. aaaaaa

66. zxcvbnm

67. asdfghjkl

68. 1234qwer

69. 88888888

70. dragon

71. 987654

72. 888888

73. qwe123

74. football

75. 3601

76. asdfgh

77. master

78. samsung

79. 12345678910

80. killer

81. 1237895

82. 1234561

83. 12344321

84. daniel

85. 000000

86. 444444

87. 101010

88. qazwsxedc

89. 789456123

90. super123

91. qwer1234

92. 123456789a

93. 823477aA

94. 147258369

95. unknown

96. 98765

97. q1w2e3r4

98. 232323

99. 102030

100. 12341234

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Most Common Passwords Used in the United States in 2022

1. guest

2. 123456

3. password

4. 12345

5. a1b2c3

6. 123456789

7. Password1

8. 1234

9. abc123

10. 12345678

11. qwerty

12. baseball

13. football

14. unknown

15. soccer

16. jordan23

17. iloveyou

18. monkey

19. shadow

20. g_czechout

21. 1234567

22. 1q2w3e4r

23. 111111

24. f**kyou

25. princess

26. basketball

27. sunshine

28. jordan

29. michael

30. 1234567890

31. reset

32. zinch

33. maiden

34. 123123

35. 81729373759

36. superman

37. hunter

38. anthony

39. maggie

40. super123

41. purple

42. love

43. ashley

44. andrew

45. justin

46. killer

47. pepper

48. tigger

49. buster

50. nicole

51. taylor

52. 123

53. matthew

54. babygirl

55. michelle

56. cookie

57. jessica

58. datpiff

59. charlie

60. jasmine

61. peanut

62. abcd1234

63. cheese

64. brandon

65. hannah

66. pokemon

67. family

68. ginger

69. 1qaz2wsx

70. hello

71. computer

72. joshua

73. money

74. letmein

75. yankees

76. bailey

77. hockey

78. batman

79. diamond

80. madison

81. michael1

82. amanda

83. thomas

84. passw0rd

85. harley

86. jennifer

87. music

88. daniel

89. samantha

90. mustang

91. freedom

92. robert

93. whatever

94. summer

95. asdfghjkl

96. football1

97. brooklyn

98. 654321

99. william

100. trustno1

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