Four classifications of people based on their password choice

Study: CentralNic Password Survey
Date: June 2001

Classifications of people surveyed based on their password choice:

47.5%	Family	Use own name, nickname, names of partners, names of children, or names of pets
32%	Fan	Use sports stars, cartoon characters, pop stars, favourite teams, or film stars
11%	Fantasist	"Self-obsessed people" who use passwords like "Sexy", "Stud", "Goddess", and "Slapper"
9.5%	Cryptics	Use passwords that mix lower and upper case letters, numbers, and punctuation to create intricate, 'cryptic' passwords

Breakdown of Family based passwords:

55.3%	User's name or variation thereof
20.5%	Child's name
15.4%	Partner/spouse's name
6.1%	Pet's name
2.6%	Date of birth

Breakdown of Fan based passwords:

33.0%	Sports stars
28.4%	Cartoon/fictitious characters
11.5%	Pop stars
11.2%	Sports teams
10.2%	Movie/TV stars
5.5%	Other celebrities

Breakdown of Fantasist passwords: