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Wetin be average speed wey people dey type?

One big online study find say average typing speed na 51.56 words per minute among 168,960 volunteers wey copy English sentences with physical keyboards. E fit serve as useful guide for that kind task, but the volunteers no represent everybody wey dey type. Paper

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Main evidence and numbers

MeasureValueWetin dem measure?
Average typing speed51.56 WPMCopying English sentences.
People wey dem analyze168,960Online volunteers wey choose to join, mostly teenagers and young adults.
One typing “word”5 charactersStandard unit, no be word from dictionary.

Source: original paper, performance measures and results. WPM mean words per minute.

Wetin dey affect am?

The text, mistakes and way you type matter. The study measure copying, no be writing your own ideas, and e calculate speed by timing from the first keypress reach the last one; results fit different if dem use another method. Paper

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Common questions

Na this be the average for all adults?

No. Na people wey choose to visit typing website and do the study make up the sample.

This same benchmark fit phone typing?

The study use physical keyboards. We no apply the average to typing for touchscreen.

Why another test fit show different WPM?

Check the text, timing and rules for mistakes. Using the same unit no mean say the test conditions na the same.

Sources

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