How fast do you read? Time yourself on a passage and find your words per minute.
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Choose a passage, count the words (paste it into a word counter, or count one line and multiply), and time yourself reading it at your normal pace. Speed alone is not the goal — understanding is — so answer a few questions about it afterwards.
The calculator gives your words per minute, your effective speed (speed × comprehension), pages per hour, and how long it would take you to read a news article, a textbook chapter or a whole book.
| Words you read | 600 words |
| Time — minutes | 2 min |
| Time — seconds | 30 s |
| Comprehension questions (optional) | 5 |
| Answered correctly (optional) | 4 |
| Your reading speed | 240 words per minute |
| Level | Average adult reader |
| Comprehension | 80% |
| Effective speed (speed × comprehension) | 192 wpm |
| Pages per hour (about 275 words a page) | 52 |
240 words per minute.
| Words you read | 300 words |
| Time — minutes | 1 min |
| Time — seconds | 0 s |
| Your reading speed | 300 words per minute |
| Level | Fast reader |
| Pages per hour (about 275 words a page) | 65 |
300 words per minute.
About 238 words per minute for adults reading non-fiction silently and 260 for fiction, according to a 2019 review of 190 studies; reading aloud is about 183 wpm.
Yes — that is a fast reader, as long as you still understand most of what you read.
Studies find that above about 500–600 wpm comprehension drops sharply; very high speeds are skimming.