Fact · Typing and writing speed
3.0times
Against the 51.56 words per minute average in the 2018 online keyboard study, 153 words per minute is about 3.0 times as fast. The two studies have different participants and tasks, so this is arithmetic, not a measured comparison.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
- What it measures
- Shows how the multiplier changes with the keyboard baseline. The desktop average is higher than the phone average, so the ratio is smaller.
- How it is calculated
- 153 / 51.56 = 2.97, rounded to 3.0
Calculated from
- In a controlled study on an iPhone, English text entered by speech reached 153 words per minute, against 52 words per minute on the built-in keyboard, 2.93 times faster.
- In a study of 136 million keystrokes from an online typing test, the average participant typed 51.56 words per minute, with a standard deviation of 20.2.