KeebScout / ResearchKeebScout Research · August 2026 Keyboard research, from the database up Each paper below is computed live from the KeebScout database of 502 mechanical keyboards and 227 switches , never typed in by hand, so the numbers stay current as the catalog grows. Read them on the web or download the PDF of any paper.
Paper 01 · August 2026 Switch Actuation Force Census 2026 How hard you have to press: the full distribution of actuation force across the switch database, by switch type. Read the paper PDF Paper 02 · August 2026 Mechanical Keyboard Price Report 2026 What a mechanical keyboard actually costs: the price distribution, the median by layout, and where the budget tier ends. Read the paper PDF Paper 03 · August 2026 Hot-Swap Adoption Report 2026 Solder-free switch swapping is now the default. Where hot-swap is standard, where it is not, and the notable holdouts. Read the paper PDF Paper 04 · August 2026 Keyboard Layout Market Share 2026 The 75% layout leads the database, and recent releases tilt even further compact. The full layout census. Read the paper PDF Paper 05 · August 2026 Wireless Mechanical Keyboards 2026 Most mechanical boards now ship wireless. Tri-mode adoption, wireless by price band, and battery capacity in numbers. Read the paper PDF Paper 06 · August 2026 Switch Type Market Share 2026 Linear dominates, clicky is a niche, silent is a real category: switch-type share overall and per major brand. Read the paper PDF Paper 07 · August 2026 The Silent Switch Landscape 2026 A census of silent linear and tactile switches: who makes them, what they cost, and how their specs compare. Read the paper PDF Paper 08 · August 2026 The Ergonomics Premium 2026 Split and Alice boards cost well over the median keyboard. What the ergonomic tax buys and how big it is. Read the paper PDF Paper 09 · August 2026 Low-Profile Keyboards 2026 Slim boards are a tenth of the market and skew wireless. The low-profile census, prices, and the travel tradeoff. Read the paper PDF Paper 10 · August 2026 Switch Materials Report 2026 POM stems, nylon bottoms, PC tops: what switches are made of, how many come pre-lubed, and what materials cost. Read the paper PDF Prefer raw data? Browse the keyboard database and switch database directly, or start from the State of Mechanical Keyboards 2026 report.