📖 Reading Time Estimator

📝 Blog post sweet spot: Research suggests 1,500–2,000 words (~6–8 minutes) for long-form articles performing well in search. For social and email, 300–500 words (1.5–2 min) sees highest read completion rates.

🎤 Presentation timing: At typical speaking pace (~130 wpm), a 5-minute slot needs ~650 words of script. A 10-minute TED-style talk needs ~1,300 words. Always rehearse — actual delivery time varies with pauses, improvisation, and questions.

📱 Medium.com uses 265 wpm as their standard for the "X min read" badge. Substack uses 200 wpm. Our default (238 wpm) is based on published research for silent reading of nonfiction.