Reading time calculator
Estimates use ~230 words per minute for English and ~500 syllables per minute for Korean. Real speed varies a lot with the reader and the text, so treat it as a label, not a promise.
Estimated reading time
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Technical details — what was counted
| Graphemes — visible characters | 0 |
| Unicode code points — Python len() | 0 |
| UTF-16 code units — JavaScript .length | 0 |
| UTF-8 bytes — web, DB, payloads | 0 |
| Korean SMS (EUC-KR-style) bytes, approx. | 0 |
| Whitespace (spaces, line breaks, tabs) | 0 |
| Hangul syllables | 0 |
| Reading time (230 wpm) | 0 |
| Reading time, Korean (500 syllables/min) | 0 |
Reading aloud is slower
Speech runs around 130–160 words per minute, so a talk script takes roughly 1.5–2× the silent reading time.
FAQ
What speed is used?
230 wpm for English, 500 syllables/min for Korean.
Does code or images change it?
They take longer than prose; add time for technical posts.
How should I round?
Most blogs round up to the nearest minute.
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