Estimate how long text takes to read.
Free to use, no sign-up required. Reading Time is one of 198 tools built into Xenition, alongside a chat that can use them for you.
Estimates how long a piece of text takes to read, for blog posts, speeches, newsletters and assignments.
Words are counted by splitting the text on spaces and line breaks. Reading time is words ÷ words per minute, rounded to the nearest minute and never less than 1 minute. The default speed is 220 words per minute, and speeds below 50 are treated as 50.
A 1,500-word article at the Average 220 wpm is 6.8 minutes, shown as 7 min. At Slow 150 it is 10 min, and at Fast 300 it is 5 min.
Adults reading ordinary text silently usually manage around 200 to 250 words per minute. Use a slower speed for technical material or for reading aloud, where 130 to 150 is typical.
The result is never shown below 1 minute, so 100 words at 220 wpm, which is under half a minute, still reads 1 min.
You do not have to open Reading Time to use it. Ask Xenition in plain language and it runs the right tool, then carries the answer into whatever you are working on — a document, a spreadsheet, a deck.