Top 10 Commonly Used Passwords: Its Time You Change it!

Life has become so mysterious with passwords ruling our day-to-day operation. So whether we have to pay our mobile bills, credit card bills, transfer funds or shop online, the key to easy and safe transaction is – password. Though users are constantly told to keep weird and maybe unthinkable passwords, the passwords that people hold turn out to be some what typical to others passwords, thereby becoming stale, consistent and insecure.

Top 10 Commonly Used Passwords

Listed below are some of the most commonly used passwords that were arrived at after taking a sample of passwords mainly from the United Kingdom. Beware! There is no dearth of hackers in this world today and you might have to lose your wealth and riches just at the hands of one who manages to crack your code.

• “123″: Yes, 4 in every 1000 people (3.784%) opt for a numerical sequence for a password such as “123″ which seems to be the instant numerical sequence people can think of when asked to think of a password. The length not decreasing or increasing than that specified.
• “password”: Experts say that for 1 in 250 people (3.780%) of the population, typing the word “password” as a password is as common, mechanical and similar to pressing any key is.
• “liverpool”: The word “liverpool” comes third with a handsome 1.82% of the populace, that is, 1 in every 550 people opting for the name of a football club. Experts assume that Manchester United and Newcastle United are difficult and longer to spell and hence may not be preferred by the public at large.
• “letmein”: letmein is the latest version of “open sesame” is called today and about 1.76% (1 in every 560 persons) still stays loyal to it, though experts havent been able to find out why and how. A lot of passwords have also been a major influence from television commercials and movies. For instance, Fox Mulders password in the X Files – “trustno1″ also reported to be common among some.
• “123456″: Experts claim that this is the 5th most common password used accounting for nearly 1.63% of the population. Infact, it the minimum required length of a password that one can enter, so counting till 6 makes it makes it the easiest and quickest way to construct a password.
• “qwerty”: This password happens to be the 6th most commonly used passwords of all times. As experts wonder what could have inspired users to think of this password, they assume that since these letters appear adjacent to each other on the keyboard, it could be the easiest, quickest and unthinkable way to form a password. As many 1 in every 700 persons stick to this password which accounts for 1.41% of the total populace.
• “charlie”: As many as 1.39% of the population is faithful to this name-based password. Experts working on the sample passwords explain that probably it could be a way of paying homage to some of the greatest Charlies of all times such as Charlie Chaplin, Charlie Sheen or it could be habitual to use a slang word such as charlie.
• “monkey”: The “monkey” password makes it to the 8th popularly or commonly used passwords with 1.33% of the population sticking to it. As experts find out as to why people to stick to this password, they opine that “monkey” is easy to remember and at the same time fits into the 6-letter length of a password. Researchers still worry as to why people are choosing to monkey with the internet, mobiles, etc.
• “arsenal”: The gunners occupy the 9th position with 1.11% of the people remaining faithful to this football club. Ironically, the word “arsenal” also contains the first 4-letter swear word arse, a favorite with many.
• “thomas”: The 10th most commonly used password “thomas” accounts for nearly 0.99% of the population, which means 1 in every 1000 persons choose to keep it. It is assumed that a frequent occurrence of this name-based password could be on account of ones sense of idealization for Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Edison or due to the prevalence of the Christian community who prefer to keep the name “thomas” and pass it down to their relatives, family and loved ones.

Spot your password from the above; if it doesnt appear then there is little to worry but if it does then its best to consider a change.

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