WitAccent data
What 1,655 English accent tests taught us
Tests from August 31, 2026 to October 25, 2026 · · Compiled by Fatih Can YILDIRIM, founder
In 1,655 English accent tests on witspeak.ai, WitAccent named a first-language group 323 times and held back 1,332 times (80.5%). When someone told us their first language before seeing the guess and WitAccent named a group, the two matched in 8 of 68 tests. These are counts of tests, not people: one person can take the test more than once.
- Tests completed
- 1,655
- Held back (no guess)
- 80.5%
- Named a group
- 19.5%
- Median recording
- 19.3 s
When WitAccent named a group, which one?
Out of 323 named results. Named results cluster in the groups where the model has the most real, non-synthetic training speech.
- Chinese (Mandarin)128 · 39.6%
- South Asian81 · 25.1%
- Filipino35 · 10.8%
- Turkish17 · 5.3%
- Spanish8 · 2.5%
- Arabic6 · 1.9%
- Russian23 · 7.1%
- Native-like English *25 · 7.7%
* All "native-like English" results come from the first weeks, before WitAccent stopped showing that group as a result. It now holds back instead.
Did people tell us their first language?
Answering is optional. Out of 1,655 tests:
- Gave one first language481 · 29.1%
- Gave more than one33 · 2.0%
- Language not in our list53 · 3.2%
- Preferred not to say339 · 20.5%
- No answer749 · 45.3%
Which first languages did test-takers report?
From 481 tests with one stated first language. Languages reported fewer than 5 times are not shown.
- English56
- Turkish44
- French39
- Russian39
- Persian33
- Arabic31
- Korean26
- Italian24
- Chinese23
- German15
- Japanese13
- Urdu12
- Polish11
- Spanish10
- Hindi10
- Bangla8
- Azerbaijani7
- Ukrainian7
- Vietnamese7
- Hungarian6
- Portuguese6
- Filipino6
- Indonesian5
Plus 22 other languages reported fewer than 5 times each.
- One of the seven groups WitAccent can name196 · 40.7%
- English56 · 11.6%
- A language outside the seven groups229 · 47.6%
47.6% of the stated languages are outside the seven groups WitAccent can name. That is the main reason it holds back so often: for those speakers, "not sure" is the honest answer.
Tests per week
| Week starting | Tests | Held back |
|---|---|---|
| August 31, 2026 | 172 | 64.0% |
| September 7, 2026 | 214 | 82.7% |
| September 14, 2026 | 198 | 82.3% |
| September 21, 2026 | 182 | 85.7% |
| September 28, 2026 | 220 | 80.0% |
| October 5, 2026 | 208 | 80.3% |
| October 12, 2026 | 244 | 87.3% |
| October 19, 2026 | 217 | 78.3% |
How these numbers are made
- Each row is one completed WitAccent test on witspeak.ai. We do not know how many different people took them, so we never present tests as people.
- Any count below 5 is hidden, and no table ever hides exactly one cell, so a hidden value cannot be worked out by subtracting the others.
- No recordings, IP addresses, countries or browser details are used for this page. Agreement uses only answers given before the guess was revealed.
- Answers are self-reported and can be wrong; treat them as a rough signal, not ground truth.
You are welcome to quote these figures with a link to this page. For the model's measured accuracy and its limits, read how WitAccent works and how accurate it is.