Fact · Typing and writing speed
168000participants
The Dhakal and colleagues study analysed typing data from over 168,000 volunteer participants.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“We have reported extensive statistical analysis for over 168,000 volunteer participants”
Observations on Typing from 136 Million Keystrokes, Vivek Dhakal et al., CHI 2018, ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2018, Section 'Summary'.
Open the original (DOI 10.1145/3173574.3174220)- What it measures
- The volunteers took a free online typing test. The large sample is what makes percentile thresholds stable.
- What it does not show
- Volunteers chose to take the test and typed on their own devices, so the sample overrepresents people interested in their typing speed.