How to use it
- Play the track and tap the big button in time with the beat — mouse, finger or spacebar.
- After four taps the reading settles. Keep going for a more accurate average.
- Tapped half-speed or double-speed by mistake? Hit ×2 or ÷2 instead of starting over.
Tip: tap the snare or the kick, not the melody. Ten to twenty taps is usually enough to land within ±1 BPM.
What is BPM?
BPM stands for beats per minute — how many steady pulses a piece of music contains in one minute. A ballad might sit near 70 BPM, a house track near 125, and drum and bass near 174.
The beat is the pulse you tap your foot to, usually carried by the kick or snare. Counting those pulses for a full minute gives you the BPM; this tool does the same thing from just a few taps.
How accurate is it?
Each tap is timestamped by your browser with sub-millisecond resolution. The tool then discards taps that are obviously early or late, trims the fastest and slowest readings, and averages what remains — so one clumsy tap will not throw off the result.
The accuracy figure next to the reading shows how far your taps drift. Under ±1 BPM means you are locked in; above ±5 means the estimate is still settling.