Reading Time Estimator | A free, easy online tool

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Reading speed

Reading time

Less than a minute

0 words

Word Count Character Count Sentence Count Word Frequency Reading Time

How it Works

The estimator counts the words in your text and divides by the reading speed you select. The result is shown in plain English — "3 min", "1h 12m" — alongside the underlying word count.

Reading Speeds

Audiobook narration (150 wpm): Pace of a typical audiobook or podcast.
Slow (180 wpm): Careful, technical reading.
Average (250 wpm): The default for adult silent reading.
Fast (300 wpm): Confident, fluent readers.
Speed reader (400 wpm): Trained skim-reading.

Common Use Cases

Blog posts: Add a "5 min read" badge above your article.
Email newsletters: Set reader expectations up front.
Scripts and presentations: Estimate spoken delivery time at narration pace.
Documentation: Indicate how long an onboarding guide will take.

Privacy and Security

Word counting happens locally in your browser. Nothing is sent to a server, logged, or stored.

Counting Tools

Word Counter - Easily count the total number of words with this simple, online tool
Character Counter - A simple tool to count the number of characters in any text you select
Sentence Counter - An easy way to count the number of sentences in your text
Word Frequency Counter - Count how often each word appears, by frequency or alphabetically.