According to a new study, “admin” is the most used password in Hungary this year

List of Most Common Passwords in Hungary

The following is a list of the 20 most common passwords in Hungary. The full list of passwords used worldwide and the passwords from other countries included in the study can be found here: https://nordpass.com/most-common-passwords-list/

1. admin
2. 123456
3. 12345678
4. 123456789
5. Password
6. Your size
7. password
8. Solidary
9. online point
10. 12345
11. column industry01
12. motorola
13. ellaci
14. hotblood
15. live
16. Kicsimdurci
17. cheating
18. krekels
19. Qweasd123
20. jezus001

Although cybersecurity experts can’t emphasize enough that simple passwords are very easy to crack with a dictionary and brute-force attacks, Hungarians don’t seem to take the warnings seriously. The top 20 most common passwords are dominated by words, number combinations, and common keyboard patterns.

In Hungary, password choices are most strongly influenced by global simplicity and local characteristics. The list is topped by “admin,” followed by “123456” and “12345678.” Yet, what makes the Hungarian ranking unique are the passwords that reflect language and personal character – these include “Password” and the southwestern Hungarian city “Nagyatad”, as well as emotional or humorous passwords such as “kicsimdurci”.

According to the researchers, while these passwords may seem personal and easy to remember, they are also predictable and vulnerable to attacks. The use of local terms, names (such as “levente”) and emotional or humorous expressions draw attention to a common human trait: we want to shape even digital security into familiar and personal terrain, but this does not necessarily guarantee security.

Global trends

The most commonly used password in the world is “123456”, followed by “admin” in second place, followed by another number sequence, “12345678”, in third place. A similar pattern of numbers from “12345” to “1234567890” or a commonly chosen weak password like “qwerty123” also feature in the top 20 in several countries.

There has been a significant increase in the number of special characters used in passwords compared to last year. 32 of the passwords on this year’s top list contain special characters, a significant increase from last year’s six. The most common special character used in passwords is “@”, and most of them are no more complex than “P@ssw0rd”, “Admin@123” or “Abcd@1234”.

“Password” remains one of the most popular passwords worldwide. In almost every country surveyed, both English and local variations are found – from the Slovak “heslo” and Finnish “salasana” to the French “motdepasse” and Spanish “contraseña”.

“Overall, despite all the efforts made in recent years to increase cybersecurity education and digital awareness, the data we have collected has not shown any significant improvement in password security. The world is slowly transitioning to digital keys – a new biometric-based, passwordless authentication method.