Click Speed Test

Click the pad as fast as you can — the clock starts on your first click and stops itself. You get your clicks per second, how that compares, and a personal best to beat.

Test length
Mouse button
Clicks
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Clicks per second
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Your best
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No score for 5 seconds yet — this run sets your personal best.

What counts as a good click speed

< 4

Slow

4–6

Average

6–8

Fast

8–10

Very fast

10+

Exceptional

Most people land between 4 and 7 clicks per second. Anything above 10 usually involves a special technique rather than ordinary clicking.

About Clicks per Second

Clicks per second, or CPS, is simply how many times you can press a mouse button in one second. Here is what the number depends on and how to read the one you just got.

What the test measures

Every press is timed in your browser, from the first click to the moment the clock runs out. Clicks that arrive after the deadline are dropped, so the score is only ever what you did inside the time. Nothing is uploaded and nothing is installed.

What a good score looks like

Ordinary clicking sits between 4 and 7 clicks per second. Above 8 is fast, and above 10 almost always involves a special technique. Records claimed at 14 and beyond come from jitter or butterfly clicking, not from pressing a button normally.

Why the length matters

A one second test measures a burst — your fastest moment, and mostly luck. Five and ten seconds are the fairest comparison, which is why 5 seconds is the default here. Thirty seconds and above measure stamina: nearly everybody's rate falls as the arm tires.

Jitter, butterfly and drag clicking

Jitter clicking tenses the arm so the hand vibrates on the button. Butterfly clicking alternates two fingers on the same button. Drag clicking pulls a finger across the button so friction bounces the switch many times. All three raise the number, all three are hard on the mouse, and jitter clicking in particular is hard on the wrist.

When the mouse is the limit

A switch that has worn out registers presses you never made, which shows up here as an impossibly high score. A mouse that reports to the computer slowly, or a browser busy with other tabs, can lose presses instead. If the count lags well behind your fingers, test the polling rate and check for double clicks.

Go easy on your hand

Clicking as fast as possible for a minute or more strains the tendons in the fingers and wrist, and jitter clicking strains the forearm as well. Stop if anything starts to ache, and keep the long runs occasional rather than routine.

Is your mouse clicking twice?
A worn switch fires a second time on its own, which inflates a click speed score and ruins ordinary clicking. Time your double clicks and find out.
Run the double-click test
How fast does your mouse report?
A mouse that reports 125 times a second tells the computer far less than one that reports 1000 times. Measure the rate yours actually reaches.
Test the polling rate
Test your keyboard too
Clicking is only half of it. Check that every key registers and that your keyboard reports several of them pressed at once.
Open the keyboard test

Frequently asked questions

Between 4 and 6 clicks per second is average, 6 to 8 is fast, and 8 to 10 is very fast. Above 10 is usually reached with a special technique such as jitter or butterfly clicking rather than with ordinary presses.
Most people manage between 4 and 7 clicks per second over a 5 or 10 second run using one finger. Over a longer run the average drops, because the hand tires within the first half minute.
Pick 1 second to see your peak burst, 5 or 10 seconds for a fair everyday score — those are the lengths most scores you see online are measured over — and 30, 60 or 100 seconds to see how well you hold the pace. A separate personal best is kept for each length.
Ordinary fast clicking is well within what a mouse switch is built for; they are rated for tens of millions of presses. Drag clicking is a different matter: it deliberately bounces the switch many times per press, wears it out much faster, and is a common cause of the double-click fault.
The browser has to deliver every press to the page, and a busy tab, a background download or a heavily loaded computer can delay or merge them. The mouse matters too: a slow reporting rate or a tired switch changes the count. For a fair comparison use the same device, close heavy tabs and keep the window in the foreground.
Jitter clicking means tensing the arm so the hand shakes rapidly over the button, which can reach 10 to 14 clicks per second. Butterfly clicking alternates two fingers on the same button and can go higher still. Both inflate the score compared with a normal press, both are banned on many game servers, and jitter clicking can hurt your wrist.
Many games cap how many clicks per second they act on, and in multiplayer the network delay adds to that, so 12 clicks per second here can behave like 8 in the game. This page counts every press the browser reports, which is the honest measure of your hand and your mouse — but not a promise about any particular game.
Yes. It runs entirely in your browser, nothing is sent anywhere, and there is nothing to install or sign up for. Your personal best is stored on this device only, and clearing your browser data removes it.