Estimate before you publish
Reading-time estimates can help set expectations for articles, documentation, newsletters, speeches, and internal updates before the content goes live.
Free utility
Free Reading Time Calculator
Estimate how long a draft may take to read while also checking words, characters, and lines. The calculation happens locally in your browser.
Treat reading speed as an estimate
Actual reading speed changes with complexity, formatting, familiarity, and whether the reader is scanning or studying. Use the result as a planning aid rather than a promise.
Measure the draft you actually have
Paste the complete working text, inspect its word count and estimate, then edit the content itself instead of optimizing toward an arbitrary duration.