All ten fingers
Typing Speed Test
Type the words as they appear — the timer starts on your first keystroke. Live WPM and accuracy while you type, full breakdown when you finish.
Click here, then start typing
The timer starts with your first keystroke · space commits a word · backspace fixes the current word
What's a good typing speed?
Typing speed is measured in words per minute (WPM), where a "word" is standardized as five characters including spaces — so typing 200 correct characters in one minute scores 40 WPM regardless of how long the actual words were. We report net WPM (correct characters only) as your score, alongside raw WPM and accuracy, because speed you can't control isn't really speed.
| Who | Typical speed |
|---|---|
| Casual computer users | 30–45 WPM |
| Average adult overall | ≈ 40 WPM |
| Office professionals | 50–70 WPM |
| Writers & programmers | 60–80 WPM |
| Transcriptionists & data entry | 70–90 WPM |
| Competitive typists | 100–150+ WPM |
Age matters less than practice: teenagers who grew up with keyboards average in the high 40s, adults who type daily for work land in the 50–70 band regardless of age, and speed only declines meaningfully when typing is rare. The single biggest dividing line in every dataset is technique — touch typists who never look at the keyboard are consistently 20–30 WPM faster than hunt-and-peck typists of any age.
How to type faster
Fix accuracy first. Every error costs three keystrokes: the wrong one, the backspace, and the retype. Slow down until you're above 97% accuracy, and speed will follow — the reverse never works, because fast sloppy practice trains your fingers to make mistakes fluently.
Learn the home row properly. Anchoring your index fingers on F and J and giving every key a dedicated finger is the only technique that scales past about 80 WPM. It feels slower for the first two weeks; it is faster for the rest of your life.
Use the heatmap. After each test we show which keys you missed most. Nearly everyone has three or four problem keys that account for the majority of their errors — five minutes of slow, deliberate drilling on just those keys is worth an hour of general testing.
Practice in short daily sessions. Fifteen focused minutes a day beats two hours on Sunday. Typing is fine motor learning, and consolidation happens between sessions, not during them.