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300keystrokes per hour for each WPM

One word per minute is 300 keystrokes per hour when a word is five keystrokes.

Checked against its source on October 16, 2026

What it measures: Keystrokes per hour counts every key press over an hour. The factor assumes each keystroke is one character, as in the five-character word rule.
How it is calculated: 5 keystrokes per word × 60 minutes per hour = 300

Calculated from

For words per minute, a word is defined as five characters, including spaces and punctuation.

Used to calculate

A typist at 40 words per minute produces about 12,000 keystrokes per hour.

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One WPM is 300 keystrokes per hour | Yap