Copy-fitting table · 250 wpm assumed
Reading time
A word count in, a duration out, with the rate printed beside it. Everything below is 250 words a minute; each page also carries 150 to 450.
SOURCE·Project Gutenberg full texts·arithmetic only, no dataset·REVIEWED JUL 2026
500 words2 min1,000 words4 min1,500 words6 min2,000 words8 min2,500 words10 min3,000 words12 min5,000 words20 min7,500 words30 min10,000 words40 min15,000 words1h 00m20,000 words1h 20m25,000 words1h 40m30,000 words2h 00m40,000 words2h 40m50,000 words3h 20m60,000 words4h 00m70,000 words4h 40m80,000 words5h 20m90,000 words6h 00m100,000 words6h 40m120,000 words8h 00m150,000 words10h 00m200,000 words13h 20m
