How long does it take to read 10 pages? According to a study from Ghent University, an average adult can read 238 words per minute. Therefore, you should be able to read 10 pages in around 10.5 minutes.
But, the exact time it will take you to read will depend on a few factors including your personal reading speed, the type of content you're reading (fiction vs non-fiction), and whether you're reading silently ("in your head") or reading out loud.
In this post, I'll get into the specifics of how long it should take you to read 10 pages.
While the average silent reading speed is 238 words per minute, the average speed when reading out loud is 183 words per minute. That's 23% slower than reading "in your head"!
That means to read 10 pages out loud, it will take 13.7 minutes.
The average silent reading speed is 238 words per minute, but everyone reads at a different rate. If you're a slower reader, you likely read around 175 words per minute.
A slow reader will take around 14.3 minutes to read 10 pages.
Fast readers can read about 300 words per minute. That's 26% faster than an average reader.
A fast reader can read 10 pages in just 8.3 minutes instead of a normal reader taking 10.5 minutes.
People can generally read fiction faster than non-fiction. The average reading speed of fiction (like novels) is 260 words per minute (while non-fiction is 238 words per minute).
So, reading 10 pages of fiction should take around 9.6 minutes for an average person.
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