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Fact · Typing and writing speed

27.6minutes

At the 36.2 words per minute average of phone typists, 1,000 words take about 27.6 minutes to type.

Checked against its source on October 16, 2026

What it measures: The average is from an online study of phone typists using their own phones, so it describes typical everyday phone typing rather than a controlled lab test.
How it is calculated: 1,000 / 36.2 = 27.6

Calculated from

In an online study of 37,370 volunteers typing on their own phones, the average speed was 36.2 words per minute, with 2.3 percent uncorrected errors.

1,000 words on a phone keyboard take about 27.6 minutes | Yap