# Are there any free programs online that I could use to check how many WPM I type?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 22, 2005, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-free-programs-online-that-i-could-use-to-check-how-many-wpm-i-type/318144 "2005-08-22T17:25:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![andrewdt85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-free-programs-online-that-i-could-use-to-check-how-many-wpm-i-type/318144/1 "2005-08-22T17:25:55Z")

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How fast did I just type that? I don’t know yet! 😃

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**Author:** ![nivlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nivlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nivlac)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-free-programs-online-that-i-could-use-to-check-how-many-wpm-i-type/318144/2 "2005-08-22T17:34:48Z")

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Check out the posts in this earlier [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=309628). The first post has a link that will satisfy your knowledge gap.