Fact · Typing and writing speed
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Over 82 percent of phone typists in the study typed with two thumbs.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Over 82% of participants typed using two thumbs.”
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: Hands and fingers.
Open the original- What it measures
- Posture was reported by participants in the test. Two-thumb typing was the fastest of the methods in the study.
- What it does not show
- Self-reported posture, and the share relates to this phone sample only.