What is a good typing speed? Is 40, 60, 80 or 100 WPM good?
A good typing speed is 40 WPM or more at 95% accuracy. Where 40 to 120 WPM ranks in research data, what top 1% looks like, and what jobs require.
Notes on typing
What we learned building a typing test that explains every number: how speed and accuracy are counted, what the public data says, how to practise, and the decisions behind the site.
How to type faster: changes that actually move your WPM
How to type faster, from keystroke research: fix accuracy first, use one finger per key, read ahead, train rollover and drill your slowest letter pairs.
Typing speed requirements by job: data entry, medical scribe, transcription, legal and 911 dispatcher
Typing speed requirements for data entry, medical scribe, transcription, legal, 911 dispatcher and clerk jobs, from official postings, in WPM and KPH.
Touch typing finger chart: home row keys and which finger presses each key
A full touch typing finger chart in text for US QWERTY: home row keys, the number row, Shift, thumbs, the F and J bumps, and which variations are fine.
How to put typing speed on your resume (with wording examples)
How to put typing speed on your resume: quote net WPM from a 5-minute test with accuracy, back it up, use these sample lines, and know when to leave it off.
How to touch type: a two-week plan for adults who learned the wrong way
Learn to type without looking: a day-by-day two-week touch typing plan for adults who already type their own way, with the habits that make it stick.
Touch typing vs hunt and peck: is relearning worth it?
Touch typing vs hunt and peck: what the studies say about speed, where your eyes go, what switching costs, and a quick way to decide whether to relearn.
How long does it take to learn touch typing? A realistic timeline
How long touch typing really takes: hours to learn the keys, weeks to match your old speed, months to pass it. Milestones and the studies behind them.
10 key by touch: keypad fingering, KPH and what counts as a good score
What 10 key by touch means on a job application, which finger presses each keypad key, how KPH is calculated, and the official data-entry benchmarks.
The fastest typists in the world: verified records and what they mean
Who is the fastest typist in the world? Verified Guinness records, Barbara Blackburn's disputed claim, Intersteno champions, and why 300 WPM is a burst.
How to type faster on your phone
How to type faster on a phone: two thumbs, autocorrect on, fewer predictions. Findings from a 37,370-person study, plus iPhone and Android settings.
Typing posture and wrist position: what the ergonomics sources say
Proper typing posture, sourced: straight wrists, elbows at 90 to 120 degrees, keyboard flat or tilted away, and what the 90-90-90 rule really means.
Hindi typing keyboard: Inscript vs Remington GAIL vs Kruti Dev, and which to learn
Inscript, Remington GAIL, Kruti Dev and phonetic Hindi typing compared: Unicode vs legacy fonts, which exams list which, and setup on Windows and Android.
How to improve typing accuracy: drills, exam scoring and a 97% target
Practical drills to raise typing accuracy to 97%, how SSC and other exams score full and half mistakes, and why deleting a typo doesn't undo it.
Typing for kids: when to start, how to set up, and how to teach it
A parent and teacher guide to typing for kids: when schools expect keyboarding, a workstation for small bodies, short sessions and accuracy before speed.
Does a mechanical keyboard make you type faster?
Linear, tactile and clicky switches, actuation distance, rollover and sound: what a mechanical keyboard changes, and why typing speed is barely one of them.
Daily typing practice: how our streaks work without burning you out
How our daily typing practice streak works: one validated test a day, UTC days, the exact XP and level rules, and why there is nothing to buy.
Typing test for government exams in India: the SSC, CPCT and RRB rules
SSC CHSL, SSC CGL DEST, CPCT and RRB NTPC typing test rules from the boards' own papers: speeds, durations, full and half mistakes, Mangal vs Kruti Dev.
Touch typing for programmers: symbols, numbers and the speed that matters
Why prose WPM says little about typing code, how to learn symbols and numbers one class at a time, and how much typing speed matters for programming.
Colemak vs Dvorak vs QWERTY: what the evidence says
Is Dvorak faster than QWERTY? Is Colemak worth it? Finger travel, home-row use, the old studies and the learning curve, and why layout rarely changes speed.
How do typing tests detect cheating? How we check ours
How do typing tests detect cheating? We recompute every result from its keystroke log, check a hash and timing, and send fast scores to a re-test.
How to improve typing speed: an eight-week plan from 40 to 80 WPM
An eight-week typing practice plan of 10 to 15 minutes a day: accuracy first, then weak keys, then punctuation and longer tests. What to expect each fortnight.
Average typing speed by age, job and device
Most adults type 30 to 60 WPM; research volunteers average 52 on keyboards and 36 on phones. The figures by age, job and device, with who was tested.
Typing accuracy: what it really measures and what a good score is
Typing accuracy is correct keypresses divided by all keypresses. How it's calculated, what a good typing accuracy is, and why 90% is weaker than it sounds.
How is WPM calculated, and why is my WPM different on every site?
WPM is characters typed divided by five, per minute. Net, raw and gross WPM explained, the counting rules tests use, and why test length moves the score.