Dataset or benchmark
What typing speed is considered good? Real data from 506,000 tests
Ratatype, Ratatype, 2026
Read the originalRead on October 19, 2026
- What it is
- Ratatype's analysis of the results of 506,024 typing speed tests taken on its website in April 2026. It places the median in the 30 to 40 words per minute range and groups all test takers into seven speed levels.
- How much weight it carries
- Primary data from the publisher's own test log, with the sample size and month stated. The page does not say how words per minute are calculated or whether errors are deducted, and the takers are self-selected people who chose to take a free online test, so the median describes that group rather than the general population.
Facts taken from this source
- In an analysis of 506,024 typing speed tests taken on Ratatype in April 2026, the median typing speed fell in the range of 30 to 40 words per minute, which Ratatype rounds to about 35.
“According to our test data, the median falls in the range of 30–40 WPM” (Section: So what is the average typing speed?)