Typing Speed Test
How fast can you type? Take this free online WPM test — pick a 15, 30, or 60 second round, choose sentences, common words, or today's daily challenge, then start typing and watch your net WPM, raw WPM, and accuracy update live. The passage scrolls with your cursor and is drawn from a pool of well over a hundred sentences, so you get fresh text every attempt instead of memorising the same lines. Every finished run is saved on your device, so the test remembers your personal best for each round length, charts your last seven days, counts your daily streak, and shows which keys you miss most — the things that actually make you faster. When time runs out you get a result screen with a shareable score, so you can challenge friends to beat it. Everything runs in your browser: no sign-up, no downloads, no leaderboard, and nothing you type ever leaves your device. It works just as well on a phone as on a laptop, which makes it a realistic measure of how fast you actually type day to day.
What Is a Good WPM?
Words per minute vary a lot by device and experience. These are commonly used benchmarks, not an official standard. As a rule of thumb on a physical keyboard:
| WPM | Level |
|---|---|
| Under 30 | Beginner — focus on accuracy first |
| 30–45 | Average — most people land here |
| 45–70 | Above average — comfortable for office work |
| 70–100 | Fast — transcription / writing-heavy jobs |
| 100+ | Professional — top few percent |
On a phone, subtract roughly a third — 35–40 WPM with thumbs is already quick. For a deeper look at averages by age and profession, read our guide: What Is a Good Typing Speed?
How to Actually Get Faster
One test tells you where you are; a few weeks of tests tell you whether you are improving. That is what the progress panel under the test is for — it keeps your results on this device and turns them into three things worth acting on:
- Your personal best per round. Kept separately for 15, 30, and 60 seconds, and separately again for phone and physical keyboards — thumbs and ten fingers are not the same sport, and averaging them hides real progress.
- A seven-day chart and a streak. Ten minutes a day beats an hour once a week. The chart shows your best score for each of the last seven days, and the streak counts the days in a row you have practised.
- Your worst keys. Every run adds to a tally of which characters you hit and which you miss, so you can see the handful of keys costing you the most accuracy. Type those deliberately slowly for a round or two — accuracy is almost always the cheaper way to a higher net WPM.
Want a fair comparison with a friend? Use the daily challenge: the passage is chosen from today's date, so everyone typing it on the same day gets exactly the same text.
Typing speed matters less when AI does the heavy lifting. The Synapse keyboard fixes grammar, rewrites tone, and expands shortcuts in any Android app — so a rough 30-WPM draft still comes out polished.
Download Synapse FreeFrequently Asked Questions
How is WPM calculated?
WPM (words per minute) counts every 5 correctly typed characters as one word, divided by the time elapsed. This standardises scores so long and short words count equally.
What is the difference between raw WPM and net WPM?
Raw WPM counts every keystroke you made. Net WPM counts only the characters that match the target text. The gap between the two is what your mistakes cost you — a large gap means slowing down slightly will make you faster overall. This test shows both, live and on the result screen.
Does predictive text affect my score on a phone?
Yes, a lot. If your keyboard finishes words for you, those characters count towards your speed without you typing them. The test disables autocorrect where browsers allow it and warns you on touch devices — for a comparable score, turn predictions off, and compare phone scores with other phone scores rather than with laptop ones.
Does the test save my scores?
Yes — every finished run is saved in your own browser, so the tool can show your personal best for each round length, your last twenty results, a seven-day chart, and a daily streak. There is no account and no server: the scores live on your device only, nobody else can see them, and clearing your browser data clears them. You can also wipe them yourself with the “Clear my history” link.
What is the daily typing challenge?
The daily challenge uses a passage picked from today's date rather than at random, so everyone who opens the page on the same day types exactly the same text. It makes scores comparable with friends without any leaderboard or sign-up — take it, then share your result link and see who wins.
Which keys do I get wrong most often?
The test tallies every character you type against the character you should have typed, then shows the keys with the highest miss rate under “Your progress”. Slowing down deliberately on your three worst keys usually adds more WPM than trying to type faster everywhere.
What is a good typing speed?
The average typing speed is around 40 WPM. 50–60 WPM is above average, 70–90 WPM is fast, and 100+ WPM is professional level. On a phone keyboard, 30–40 WPM is already good.
Does accuracy matter more than speed?
Yes, especially while learning. A 60 WPM typist at 98% accuracy finishes real work faster than an 80 WPM typist at 85% accuracy, because fixing errors costs more time than typing slowly.
Is this typing test free?
Yes — free, no sign-up, and it runs entirely in your browser. Nothing you type is sent to a server.
Can I test my typing speed on my phone?
Yes, this test is mobile-first and works with any keyboard app. If you want to type faster on Android, the Synapse AI keyboard can fix typos and rewrite messages with AI so speed matters less.