Subj : The world's most popular passwords are pretty unsurprising - sure
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Tue Nov 18 2025 17:30:09

The world's most popular passwords are pretty unsurprising - surely we can do 
better?

Date:
Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:28:00 +0000

Description:
Can you guess what the most common passwords are? Yes, you guessed correctly.

FULL STORY
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 finds admin and password are the top US passwords in 2025 Weak password 
habits persist across all generations, despite myths about older users 
Special character use is rising, but most passwords remain easily guessable 

2025 is almost over, but it seems many of us still havent learned how to 
create a proper password. 

Top password manager company NordPass has released its seventh edition of its 
annual Top 200 Most Common Passwords research, and the results are 
embarrassing, to say the least. 

Shockingly, or not, the number one password in the United States is - admin. 
The second-placed one is password. This means that in many cases, 
cybercriminals running automated brute-force or credential stuffing attacks 
will succeed at breaking in and accessing peoples sensitive information. 
123456... 

It has always been the general opinion that older generations, who are also 
less tech-savvy, are the ones with poor password hygiene and whose accounts 
are the easiest to compromise. 

NordPass has debunked this myth, saying that password quality is equally poor 
across all generational groups. The only difference is that groups have 
different common passwords. 

For every age bracket, 12345 and 123456 are always on top, but older 
generations are more likely to use names in their passwords. On the other 
hand, Generations Y and Z most often combine 12345678 and skibidi. 

In the US, the top 20 infamous list is dominated by simple numeric sequences 
and weak passwords like qwerty123 or simple 1234567890. 

But things are looking up, NordPass claims, as compared to 2024, there has 
been a significant increase in the use of special characters. 

In fact, 32 passwords on the main list now include special characters, which 
is a notable rise from last years six. However, we still have plenty of work 
to do, since most of the passwords are still not complex enough, and include 
the likes of P@ssw0rd, Admin@123, or Abcd@1234, all of which are relatively 
easy to guess. 

Using a strong password is one of the key pillars of proper cyber-hygiene. 
The best passwords are a long string of random letters (lowercase and 
uppercase), numbers, and special characters. To remember all of them, it is 
best to use a password manager that securely stores them and requires users 
only remember one password. 

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