Read Rate: a 60-second test that measures your real reading speed, gated by a comprehension quiz so skimming doesn't count.

Read Rate

Find your real reading speed

One passage, three questions, sixty seconds. We only show your percentile if you actually understood what you read — no skim-scoring here.

How it works

  1. Hit start and a passage appears — the timer begins instantly.
  2. Read at your natural pace. Tap I'm done reading the moment you finish.
  3. Answer three quick questions. Get 2 of 3 right and we'll show your percentile.

No sign-up. Nothing leaves your browser. Percentiles are estimated from adult reading-speed research.

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Three quick questions

Answer from memory — the passage is hidden now.

Percentile is an estimate based on a normal model of adult silent-reading speed (mean ≈ 238 wpm). It is not a clinical measurement.