Sentinel Digital Desk
In India, the most popular password is 'password' and not '123456' as has been widely speculated. Interestingly, Japan is the only other country that had the same top password as India, new research showed. Other common passwords people use in India are 'iloveyou', 'krishna', 'sairam' and 'omsairam', among others.
According to new research by NordPass which is a proprietary password manager, predictable numerical and keyboard sequences are particularly popular in India.
Some other common passwords in India are 123456789, 12345678, india123, qwerty, abc123, xxx, Indya123, 1qaz@WSX, 123123, abcd1234 and 1qaz. Overall, the Indian password list has similar trends as many countries, but also has its differences.
India is one of only a few countries that has a different number one password – 'password', whereas 43 out of 50 analyzed countries had '123456' as the number one password. "Qwerty" and its variations are particularly popular in India. "In addition to that, other letter combinations, formed by hitting the keyboard in vertical or horizontal order are very popular," the research noted.
Names are also very popular among both men and women, for example, "priyanka", "sanjay", "rakesh" and others.
Loving words in English are also quite common, particularly among women, for example "iloveyou", "sweetheart", "lovely", "sunshine", and more.