Click speed tests

A click speed test counts the presses you make in a set time and turns them into clicks a second. The clock starts with your first click, so you do not lose time to a countdown. Some tests count mouse clicks and taps on a phone, and one counts presses of the space bar.

A tally counter is the simplest of them: it counts every click and keeps the number until you reset it, so you can use it for anything from laps to birdwatching.

How fast you can click depends on your hand, your technique and the device. A mouse button, a trackpad and a touch screen all give different results, so compare a result with your own earlier ones and not with a friend who uses something else.

Your fastest second is usually quicker than your pace over the whole test. That is expected, and a longer test shows how much you slow down as your hand tires.

Some people click faster with special ways of using the mouse, such as jittering or dragging. These tests simply count presses, so use whichever way is comfortable for you. If your hand or wrist starts to hurt, stop and rest: no result is worth that.

Nothing is sent anywhere. Each test saves your result in this browser only, so you can look back at how you are doing, and you can delete it whenever you like.

No study gives an average for click tests, but two figures set the scale. One finger tapping a button at full effort managed 6.46 taps a second in a laboratory study^[1], and Guinness World Records lists 760 mouse clicks in one minute as the record^[2]. The article on the world record CPS explains how players get past one finger's limit, and the other Facts articles cover reaction, typing and memory.