‘123456’ tops Philippines’ most common passwords in 2025

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By TechWatch PH Staff

Filipinos continue to rely on dangerously simple passwords in 2025, with “123456” emerging as the most common password used in accounts linked to users in the Philippines.

The numerical sequence appeared 430,050 times, far ahead of any other entry, according to the latest Top 200 Most Common Passwords report by NordPass and NordStellar.

The local ranking shows a clear pattern: Filipinos overwhelmingly choose easy-to-guess combinations, even as cyber threats intensify.

Following “123456,” the rest of the country’s top entries reflect the same trend — “Gonzales56,” “admin,” “12345678,” and “123456789”.

Even longer number strings such as “12345678910,” the shorter “12345,” and the generic “password” all ranked within the Philippines’ top 10.

The findings are based on data from public breach records and dark-web repositories collected from September 2024 to September 2025. NordPass and NordStellar analyzed the information with independent cybersecurity researchers, focusing on aggregated data without acquiring personal information.

This year’s research also introduced deeper insights, including country-specific and generational trends across 44 nations.

Cybersecurity practitioners stress that Filipinos can reduce their risk by adopting stronger passwords, enabling multi-factor authentication, and using password managers to avoid predictable patterns like the ones dominating the country’s 2025 list.