Fact · Typing and writing speed
43.98words per minute
On phones, 75 percent of participants typed below 43.98 words per minute, and the mean was 36.17.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“with 75% of participants having a performance below 43.98 WPM”
How do People Type on Mobile Devices? Observations from a Study with 37,000 Volunteers, Kseniia Palin et al., Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI 2019), 2019, Results: Words per minute.
Open the original- What it measures
- Participants typed sentences on their own phones in a browser-based test. Speed counts finished text, with 2.3 percent uncorrected errors on average.
- What it does not show
- Phone typing only. The sample is self-selected web volunteers.