What Are the Most Common Passwords on the Internet?

Keyboard patterns:

111111, Qwerty, 123456, and qazwsx made the list

Common names:

Michael, Ashley, Superman, (surprisingly) Bailey

Common nouns:

Football, Sunshine, Monkey, Baseball, Dragon

Simple letter/number patterns:

Abc123, passw0rd,

Common phrases:

Iloveyou, letmein, trustno1

So how can you make passwords more secure? Mixed letters, numbers, and characters are the most secure. You can take a small phrase and put numbers or symbols between words. Something like i_love6cats4 or just5do/it should be tight.

The safest phrase should be uncommon and personal to you. Use the first letter of each word in that funny saying your aunt uses, or a word from another language, typed phonetically in English.

As a fairly paranoid Internet-user, my past passwords have included childhood pets’ nicknames, a street name spelled backwards, and my best friend’s favorite cocktail.

Another error is to use the same password for all your accounts. If you’re prone to forgetting, don’t just use princess1 for online banking and princess2 for Netflix. Companies like Datavault or Roboform offer secure password management applications.