20 Most Common Passwords Found On The Dark Web

Based on the top 250 passwords they discovered on the dark web, ID Agent said the most common categories used to generate those passwords include sequential strings of numbers, names, sports references, famous people or characters, and more.

Fifty-nine percent of Americans use a person’s name or birthday in their passwords, while 33% include a pet’s name and 22% use their own name, the company said. The average user also reused their bad password 14 times.

Here’s a look at the top 20 passwords found on the dark web in 2020:

1. 123456
2. password
3. 12345678
4. 12341234
5. 1asdasdasdasd
6. Qwerty123
7. Password1
8. 123456789
9. Qwerty1
10. :12345678secret
11. Abc123
12. 111111
13. stratfor
14. lemonfish
15. sunshine
16. 123123123
17. 1234567890
18. Password123
19. 123123
20. 1234567

The analysis also identified the most common words used within various categories of passwords. For instance, it found that “maggie” was the most common name among the top 250 passwords on the dark web. Sports lovers like to include the word “baseball” most often in their passwords. “Newyork” was found the most often among cities that were used, and “cookie” was the most common food word.

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