[WastingAsparagus]

Hi: I was just wondering how fast everyone types. I type like 70 WPM which I think is kind of fast. But I honestly spend a ton of time typing things (I am a writer, too).

I figured this out by going to a site that calculates WPM for me.

I think there are some free tools to calculate WPM on Google if you're interested.

I thought it was kind of a fun topic, so I decided to post it here.

There's a free website called Typing Test * Improve your WPM speed where you can test your skills.

[Sometimes psychotic]

35 wpm...I type slow because I have a slow processing speed....

[Mountaindewed]

I think the last time I typed was 2 years ago on a computer at work. And that was just to put my work password in. I don’t type very fast at all. I text really fast though.

[TishaBuv]

I type as fast as I think.

Probably like 35 wpm.

Originally Posted by TishaBuv

I type as fast as I think.

ditto this.

I never actually did an official typing test either. not even in school

[WastingAsparagus]

Originally Posted by TishaBuv

I type as fast as I think.

Haha! Good answer! That's about true, I think. I mean for me, too.

[Christmas cookie]

Years ago I typed 60 wpm- official typing test

Sometimes I think about trying to improve my typing speed. Can it be done? I think it'd be a good asset / skill to have for a job.

[*Beth*]

You're a fast typist, Asparagus! Thanks for the link, it's fun.


I'm a pretty crummy typist. I've always typed about 48wpm. I've never gotten the fingering and not looking at the keyboard down. And I make mistakes. Oh, well. I kind of enjoy typing, anyway.

[eskielover]

Ok....back in 1966 when I took a typing class on a REAL typewriter that you had to move the typewriter every time you came to the end on the line on the paper I was typing about 65+wpm with no mistakes.

Seriously, typing on a computer with a word processor is much faster. I mostly use my phone now though & 1 finger typing is SLOW

[Soupe du jour]

Fast. I don't know the exact speed. Obviously I am much faster using a real keyboard rather than the one on my phone.

[Ford Puma]

Typing, well to be frank I can only do about 5 words a minute! Inbetween stopping and going and humming to myself about grammar!!!

[poshgirl]

I also learned on a proper typewriter, then used an electric one.

Was 60+ wpm but that's slowed since job changed. Last one really involved answering e-mails and typing letters, not the lengthy reports and transcribing dictation of early career.

Started as a shorthand typist but no way could I match the court stenographers taking live notes during cases!

[MuseumGhost]

Not as fast as I'd like. I'm still always looking at most of the keyboard as I type. I think I missed that window you have when you're still young to acquire a skill like this.

I took a refresher typing class in my thirties, to learn the differences in a computer keyboard (as opposed to an electric typewriter). I reached a certain speed, & have not sped-up since then. Feel kinda stuck!

[LuvsHorses]

55wpm on a typwriter in high school. I don't know my speed on computer but I suspect it's at least that.

[divine1966]

I am not a fast typer. My students tell me I type like an old lady. It’s too funny. I laugh with them. I’ve never learn to type fast. In addition I am trilingual with English being my third but I type the fastest in English, go figure.

[CaptainChaos]

Faster than I think without a doubt! lol