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What does the Typing Report measure?
It measures how fast and how accurately people type in a standard one minute test: common English words, no punctuation or numbers, scored the usual way. Speed is net words per minute, counting only correctly typed words. Accuracy is correct keystrokes out of all keystrokes. Each group shows the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles, so you can see the middle and the spread, not just an average.
How are the figures worked out?
Every figure comes from one database function, run when this page loads. It takes every anonymous run of the 60 second English test (the Time test and the Daily) and leaves out runs under 5 WPM, which are almost always someone who walked away mid-test. It then works out percentiles of net WPM and accuracy for all runs together, and for each device type, typing technique and keyboard. A group appears only once it has 30 runs or more; before that you see its count and nothing else.
- Runs, not people. Each finished test counts once. Someone who takes ten tests counts ten times, because the data holds nothing that could tell two people apart.
- Device type comes from the browser: desktop, mobile or tablet.
- Technique and keyboard come from an optional question after a test, asked at most once every 20 runs. Runs without an answer count in the overall figures only.
- Who is in it. Visitors who chose to try a typing test on this site, so it is not a random sample of everyone who types. Read it as "Presspace typists", not "the world".
What is collected, and what is not?
After a finished timed test, the browser sends the test mode and length, the language, net and raw WPM, accuracy, consistency, the number of correct words, the device type and, if given, the survey answers. It sends no account ID, name, email, IP address, keystrokes or words, and only the date is stored, not the time. Signed-in typists send exactly the same, without their sign-in, so a run cannot be linked to an account. The full detail is in our privacy policy.
How do I take part, or stop?
Take a one minute typing test and your run is counted, unless you have switched sharing off. To stop, open Settings, go to Access and turn off Share anonymous results for the Typing Report. The test works exactly the same either way.
Questions people ask
Where do the numbers on this page come from?
From finished 60 second English tests on Presspace, sent anonymously by visitors who leave the Typing Report setting on. The page asks the database for totals and percentiles each time it loads. Nothing on it is typed in by hand, and no figure is shown for a group with fewer than 30 runs.
Can I opt out of the Typing Report?
Yes. Open Settings, go to Access, and switch off Share anonymous results for the Typing Report. From then on your browser sends nothing. The numbers it sent before cannot be removed, because nothing in them says they came from you.
Can I use these figures in an article?
Yes, please do, with a link to this page so readers can see the method and the current numbers. Quote the date you read them and the number of runs in the group, since the figures change as more tests arrive.
Why are some groups still collecting data?
A percentile from a few runs says more about those few typists than about anyone else, so each group waits until it has at least 30 runs. Until then the page shows only how many runs it has so far.