Spacebar counter
How many times can you press Space in ten seconds? The clock starts with your first press; holding the key down does not count.
Press Space to start.
How the spacebar counter works
Choose a time, then press the space bar as fast as you can. The clock starts with your first press and stops on its own; the big number is your count, and the line under it shows your presses per second as you go. Holding the space bar down does not count, because a held key repeats by itself: every press has to be a new one. Your best score for each length is kept in this browser, so you can try to beat it. On a phone, tap the big button instead.
Most people tap fastest with one thumb kept low and relaxed, pressing from the knuckle rather than the whole hand, and they slow down as the round goes on. That is why the ten-second round is the one people usually compare, and why a sixty-second score per second is lower than a five-second one.
Does it help your typing?
A little. You press the space bar after every word, so a light, quick thumb saves a few milliseconds each time, and a thumb that lingers on the space bar delays the next word. But typing speed depends much more on the letters between the spaces: how quickly you start each word, how smoothly you move between letter pairs, and how often you stop to fix mistakes. A one-minute typing test shows all of that, with your slowest letter pairs and a practice drill built from them. If you are testing a new keyboard rather than your thumb, the keyboard tester checks every key at once.
Questions
What is a good score?
Tapping as fast as they can, most people land at around five to seven presses a second for ten seconds. Longer rounds come out slower, as the thumb tires.
Does holding Space down count?
No. A held key repeats on its own, so only separate presses count.
Does a fast spacebar make me a faster typist?
A little: you press Space after every word. But typing speed depends far more on the letters between the spaces. A one-minute typing test shows where your time really goes.