My Typing Speed

In 2011 I was surprised to find out that my typing speed on a flat touchscreen wasn't much slower than my speed on a traditional keyboard. For science's sake, I've been recording my typing speed on various devices ever since.

My 2011-2014 tests were conducted using the TapTyping iOS app. Everything since then has been done with the popular AOEU typing speed test website (which also has a great histogram of typing speed data). TapTyping's inclusion of words like "thou" and weird character names from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea often tripped up iOS' autocorrect, so I switched.

My method is pretty consistent - comfortable position, no distractions, not tired, and no do-overs unless errors start to snowball.

I'll continue to update this article roughly once a year with whatever devices I'm using at the time.

2011 (October)

57 wpm - iPhone 4
60 wpm - iPad 2
71 wpm - Apple Wireless Keyboard

2012 (April)

63 wpm - iPhone 5
75 wpm - iPad 2
82 wpm - Apple Wireless Keyboard

2013 (April)

63 wpm - iPhone 5

2014 (November)

72 wpm - iPhone 5

2015 (September)

73 wpm - iPhone 6 Plus
80 wpm - iPad 2
91 wpm - Apple Wireless Keyboard

2016 (April)

72 wpm - iPhone 6 Plus
80 wpm - iPad mini 2
79 wpm - Surface Pro 4 Type Cover
93 wpm - Apple Magic Keyboard

2018 (February)

69 wpm - iPhone 7 Plus
78 wpm - iPad mini 2
62 wpm - Surface Pro 4 on-screen keyboard
88 wpm - Surface Pro 4 Type Cover
92 wpm - Apple Magic Keyboard