Most popular passwords in 2013

In 2013, SplashData announced its annual list of the 25 most common passwords found on the Internet, from a variety of leaks. It is also worth noting that the leaked Adobe base made adjustments. This year, “password” lost its position, slipping to second place, and the first place, for the second time, is “123456”.

As I already mentioned, the list has been greatly influenced by the leaked Adobe user base. We can observe passwords such as 'adobe123' and 'photoshop', which once again says that you should not base the password used on the name of the site or application you are accessing.

The list of frequently used passwords shows that many people still put themselves at risk using weak, easily guessed passwords. Some of the other passwords that make up the TOP-10 are: 'qwerty', 'abc123', '111111', and 'iloveyou'.

Another interesting aspect of this year’s list is that short numeric passwords appear, although sites are starting to implement and apply strict password policies everywhere [at least checking for the minimum number of characters]. Newcomers to this year’s list, simple and easy to guess passwords, like '1234' - No. 16, '12345' - No. 20, and '000000' - # 25.



TOP-25 was composed of files containing millions of stolen passwords and posted on the Internet during 2013. This annual list is designed to facilitate the use of more complex passwords. In the hope that much publicity will show how dangerous it is to use weak passwords, more and more people will begin to take simple steps to protect themselves with strong passwords and using different passwords for different sites.