The Worst Passwords of 2019 (They really are bad!)

What type of password do you use? One that is easy to remember or a really complex one? Do you rely on a password manager or are your passwords saved in a browser?

Whatever you do you will want to steer clear of any entry on the Worst Password list. For the 9th year in a row password management company, SplashData has complied their 50 worst passwords of the year.

SplashData looked through more than 5 million passwords that were leaked online. Number 1 on the list is the ever predictable '123456' closely followed by '123456789'. Old favourite 'password' has fallen two places to number 4 with 'qwerty' moving up into the number 3 spot.

“Our hope by publishing this list each year is to convince people to take steps to protect themselves online, and we think these and other efforts are finally starting to pay off,” SplashData CEO Morgan Slain said in a statement. “We can tell that over the years people have begun moving toward more complex passwords, though they are still not going far enough as hackers can figure out simple alphanumeric patterns.”

With massive data breaches still happening regularly, it's incredible that these common and obvious passwords are still being used. One easy way to avoid having an obvious and weak password, or using the same password for all accounts is to use a password manager.

Here is the 2019 list of the worst passwords:

1. 123456
2. 123456789
3. qwerty
4. password
5. 1234567
6. 12345678
7. 12345
8. iloveyou
9. 111111
10. 123123
11. abc123
12. qwerty123
13. 1q2w3e4r
14. admin
15. qwertyuiop
16. 654321
17. 555555
18. lovely
19. 7777777
20. welcome
21. 888888
22. princess
23. dragon
24. password1
25. 123qwe
26. 666666
27. 1qaz2wsx
28. 333333
29. michael
30. sunshine
31. liverpool
32. 777777
33. 1q2w3e4r5t
34. donald
35. freedom
36. football
37. charlie
38. letmein
39. !@#$%^&*
40. secret
41. aa123456
42. 987654321
43. zxcvbnm
44. passw0rd
45. bailey
46. nothing
47. shadow
48. 121212
49. biteme
50. ginger