The most used passwords in 2022. List of words not to use to secure online accounts

Cybernews has published the 2022 rankings for the worst passwords used by users in 2022. Apparently, even this year, Internet users haven’t learned to stop using weak passwords like 123456 or “password”. Here are the passwords not to use to secure your online accounts, as these are the most commonly used and easiest to guess.

Most used passwords in 2022

The Cybernews study uses data collected from security breaches that are now public on the internet, where account passwords can be seen. The first category of easily “guessed” passwords are defaults, which remain unchanged after an account is registered:

1. admin
2. Root
3. Guest
4. Service
5. Administrator
6. Superuser
7. Poweruser
8. unattend

Then, many users put their hometown, or country of origin, as their password, here are the most popular ones:

Top cities in passwords

1. Cali
2. Lima
3. Rome
4. London
5. Paris
6. Sofia
7. Riga
8. Liverpool
9. Sydney
10. Barcelona

Top countries in words

1. Oman
2. Mali
3. India
4. Iran
5. Jordan
6. France
7. Chad
8. China
9. Canada
10. Pakistan

Words too simple

1. 123456
2. 12345
3. Password
4. Usr
5. 123456789
6. 1234
7. 12345678
8. Qwerty
9. 147258369
10. 123

Top dirty words in words

Some users put obscene words or swear words to remember passwords faster:

1. Ass
2. Fuck
3. God
4. Tit
5. Shit
6. Sex
7. Git
8. Xxx
9. Butt
10. Dick

Other users use days of the week, months of the year or seasons, here is their order

Seasons

1. Summer
2. Winter
3. Spring
4. Autumn

Day

1. Monday
2. Sunday
3. Friday
4. Tuesday
5. Thursday
6. Saturday
7. Wednesday

Monday

1. May
2. June
3. April
4. August
5. July
6. March
7. October
8. November
9. December
10. September
11. January
12. February

And brands are used for passwords, here are the ones that are popular among users:

1. apple
2. amr
3. yahoo
4. aes
5. aon
6. dell
7. gap
8. nike
9. google
10. emc

Many also use food or cooking tools for passwords

1. Pan
2. Ice
3. Tea
4. Pie
5. Nut
6. Fish
7. Pot
8. Oil
9. Olive
10. Rice

The animal kingdom has not escaped either. Here are the most popular animals used in the lyrics

1. Ant
2. Cat
3. Rat
4. Dog
5. Fish
6. Jay
7. Ray
8. Bat
9. Bee
10. Eel

Recommended would be not to use easy-to-guess words, popular phrases, brands, or other simple passwords. Complex and hard-to-crack words consist of many characters, with letters, numbers, and symbols. There are solutions such as password management software that generate and manage these passwords, which even users don’t actually know. Ideally, each password used should be unique.