Does my data get uploaded anywhere?
No. Everything runs locally in your browser and nothing is sent to a server.
Is this free to use?
Yes. It is completely free, with no account, no signup, and no usage limits.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes. The page runs in any modern mobile browser, on iPhone and Android alike, with no app to install.
Why does my blog platform show a different reading time?
Every platform picks its own constant. Some use 200 wpm, some use around 265 wpm, and several add a fixed number of seconds for each image. This page uses 225 wpm and counts words only, so a post with many images will read as shorter here than on a platform that charges time for them.
Can I change the words per minute?
Not on the page, the constants are 225 and 130. If your audience reads at a different pace you can scale the result yourself: multiply the shown reading time by 225 and divide by your own figure, so at 180 wpm a 10 minute estimate becomes about 12.5 minutes.
Does it work for Chinese, Japanese, or Thai?
No. The word count splits on whitespace, and those scripts do not separate words with spaces, so an entire paragraph can register as one word and the estimate collapses to zero. It is reliable only for space-separated scripts.
How do I use the speaking time for a video or podcast script?
Read the speaking figure as narration at 130 words per minute, which is a clear, unhurried delivery. If you are timing to a hard slot, record a 60 second sample of your own delivery first, count the words, and scale from there, because presenter pace varies more than reading pace.
How are the times rounded?
Minutes are shown whole and the remainder is rounded to the nearest second, so you see a value such as 4 min 12 sec. Very short text shows only seconds, and an empty box shows 0 sec.