Top 20 The Most Common Passwords | Change NOW If You Are Using

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) compiled its own list of the 20 most common passwords in 2019, from 100 million passwords leaked in data breaches this year.

"123456" was the runaway winner, with 23.2 million accounts using the easy-to-crack code. "123456789" was used by 7.7 million, while "qwerty" and "password" were each used by more than 3 million accounts.

Ashley and Michael were the most common names used, followed by Daniel, Jessica, and Charlie.

"iloveyou" just missed out on the top 10, while "monkey" and "dragon" made surprise appearances in the top 20.