Fact · Typing and writing speed
54.6words per minute
In Typing.com's survey of full-time workers, those who typed with all 10 fingers averaged 54.6 words per minute on a one-minute typing test, and 61 percent of respondents used that method.
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In the source's own words
“Typing with all 10 fingers was the method used by 61 percent of respondents, allowing them to produce an average of 54.6 wpm”
The Time Savings of Fast Typists, Typing.com, Typing.com, n.d., Findings on typing method.
Open the original- What it measures
- 980 full-time employees who typed on computers at work took a one-minute typing speed and accuracy test on Typing.com. The survey ran on Amazon Mechanical Turk. The 10-finger figure comes from a subset of respondents, and the page does not state how many.
- What it does not show
- Computer-literate full-time employees only, recruited online. The test is a one-minute test, not work typing. Speeds more than three standard deviations from the mean were excluded.
In the data
A row of Typing Speed Statistics: Average WPM by Group, as Typing.com workers, 10 fingers: 54.6 words per minute.
- Who
- Office and professional workers
- Task
- Online typing test
- Figure
- Mean
A row of Speech vs Typing Speed: Text Entry Rates Compared, as Typing.com, all 10 fingers: 54.6 words per minute.
- Method
- Computer keyboard
- Who
- Full-time workers who type on computers at work, all 10 fingers
- Includes fixing errors
- Not stated
Source
Used to calculate
- In the text entry speed by input method dataset, the 19 published figures for “Computer keyboard” have a median of 51.6 words per minute, ranging from 15 to 163.
- The text entry speed by input method dataset holds 57 data points, each a published figure traced to its source.
- The text entry speed by input method dataset draws on 25 distinct sources.
- In the typing speed on computer keyboards dataset, the 5 published figures for “Office and professional workers” have a median of 54.6 words per minute, ranging from 38 to 61.
- The typing speed on computer keyboards dataset holds 14 data points, each a published figure traced to its source.
- The typing speed on computer keyboards dataset draws on 6 distinct sources.