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Reading and speaking time calculator

Adults read around 200 to 300 words per minute silently and speak around 130 to 150 for a presentation.

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Reading time10 min 30 s
Speaking time17 min 51 s
Pages (about 500 words each, single-spaced)5

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How we worked it out

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  1. Time = words ÷ words per minute.

Method and assumptions

238 words per minute is the average silent reading speed for non-fiction found in a 2019 review of 190 studies. Technical text is slower.

Questions

How long does a 2,500-word article take to read?

About 10.5 minutes; reading it aloud takes about 18 minutes.

Sources

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