Free Reading Time Calculator — Estimate How Long It Takes to Read Any Text
The Reading Time Calculator helps you estimate how long it takes to read any piece of text. Whether you're a blogger checking article length, a student planning study sessions, or a content creator optimizing for engagement, knowing the reading time is essential.
The average adult reads at approximately 238 words per minute (WPM) for non-fiction and up to 260 WPM for fiction. Our calculator uses 238 WPM as the default but lets you customize the speed based on your reading ability or target audience.
Simply paste your text into the calculator and instantly see the estimated reading time, speaking time, word count, character count, sentence count, and paragraph count. The speaking time estimate uses 150 WPM, which is the average speaking pace for presentations.
This tool is perfect for Medium articles, blog posts, presentations, academic papers, and any content where you want to give readers a time estimate before they start reading.