About TheMonkeyType

A friendly place to practice typing with more focus and less noise.

TheMonkeyType is an online typing trainer built to help you grow one session at a time. Whether you are learning touch typing, warming up before work, or chasing a higher score, the goal is the same: make practice feel clear, motivating, and easy to return to. You can now practice with both timed tests and fixed word-count tests depending on the kind of session you want.

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Built for steady practice

TheMonkeyType is designed for learners, students, developers, and professionals who want to improve typing speed without losing accuracy.

Simple, measurable progress

Timed tests, word-count tests, saved stats, leaderboards, and challenge mode help you see growth over time instead of guessing whether you are improving.

Fast and lightweight

We keep the experience focused: quick loading pages, clear feedback, and a clean interface that stays out of the way while you practice.

Quick keybind

Stay in flow without reaching for the mouse.

You can press Tab then Enter to restart the typing test quickly. It is a small shortcut, but it makes repeat practice feel smoother and more natural.

Results that stay useful

Feedback should help you improve, not just impress you.

After each run, your results are there to help you understand what happened: how fast you typed, how accurate you were, and how stable your pace felt. Word mode also shows how long it took to finish the selected word count, and normal runs now include backspace usage in the result modal. The idea is not only to chase bigger numbers, but to build cleaner habits over time.

How the stats work

A quick guide to the numbers you see after each test.

WPM

Words per minute is based on correctly typed characters, grouped in sets of five, then normalized to one minute.

Accuracy

Accuracy shows the percentage of keys you pressed correctly during the test.

Characters

Character totals help you compare correct and incorrect keystrokes after the run is complete.

Duration

Test duration changes the pace of the run. Short tests reward sharp bursts, while longer tests reveal consistency and focus.

Words

Words can now be used as a test type too, so you can measure how quickly you finish fixed sets like 10, 25, 50, or 100 words.

Backspaces

Backspace usage now appears in your results modal for normal runs, giving you another signal about how clean or correction-heavy a session felt.

Bug reports and feature requests

We genuinely want to hear what would make the site better.

If you find a bug, spot confusing behavior, or have an idea that would make practice more helpful, please let us know. Friendly feedback from real users shapes the best updates.

You can reach us at support@themonkeytype.com or join the community through our Discord server from the homepage navigation.

What we want this site to feel like

Calm, quick, and encouraging. Some people come here to compete. Others just want a better daily practice routine. We try to support both by keeping the experience straightforward, polite, and easy to enjoy.

If TheMonkeyType helps you practice a little more consistently or makes typing feel less frustrating, then it is doing its job.