If your password is on this list, you should change it immediately

On Tuesday, the password-management company SplashData released its annual list of the most popular passwords of the past year.


Presenting SplashData’s “Worst Passwords of 2015”:

1	123456	Unchanged
2	password	Unchanged
3	12345678	Up 1
4	qwerty	Up 1
5	12345	Down 2
6	123456789	Unchanged
7	football	Up 3
8	1234	Down 1
9	1234567	Up 2
10	baseball	Down 2
11	welcome	New
12	1234567890	New
13	abc123	Up 1
14	111111	Up 1
15	1qaz2wsx	New
16	dragon	Down 7
17	master	Up 2
18	monkey	Down 6
19	letmein	Down 6
20	login	New
21	princess	New
22	qwertyuiop	New
23	solo	New
24	passw0rd	New
25	starwars	New

SplashData took a look at the more than 2 million passwords that got leaked last year, analyzing the most commonly leaked passwords and those that were least secure.

Most of the passwords on SplashData's list come from Western European and North American users.

Unsurprisingly, "123456" and "password" topped the list, but phrases like "monkey," "dragon," and "princess" also placed in the top 25. The password "starwars" also entered the top 25 in 2015.
To keep your passwords secure, you definitely shouldn't use any of the phrases on SplashData's list.

SplashData recommends using passwords that are eight digits or longer with different types of characters (letters, numbers, and symbols); using different username and password combinations for different websites; and using a password manager to protect your passwords and help you generate passwords that are random and thus more difficult for others to guess correctly.