Audiobook vs Reading Speed Calculator
Find out whether you read faster or listen faster — and how long any book will take you at your pace.
Audiobook vs Reading Speed Calculator
Find out whether you read faster or listen faster — and how long any book will take you at your pace.
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Your Results
For a 300-page book (84,000 words):
Reading time: 5h 36m at 250 words per minute
Listening time at 1.5x: 6h 1m
Reading is faster for you by 25 minutes.
Listening time assumes 155 words per minute at 1x — the production standard the audiobook industry plans titles around, about 9,300 words per finished hour. Real narrators run roughly 130–175, so a specific title can land 15% either side of this.