How fast do you read (without just half looking at the text)?

Lets say for an example that you have a unviersity level textbook. How many pages could you read in 30 minutes (and understand it if it is "average" level material)

What about a blog?

What about a novel you read for your enjoyment?

Depends how interested I am in what I am reading and whether I feel like reading or not.

I've always read quite fast and at an advanced level throughout my schooling.

I get it from my mother.

Depends how interested I am in what I am reading and whether I feel like reading or not.

carrot-cake

Saying "very fast" is pretty much a waste of time as far as the thread is concerned. Something quantitative, like an estimation of words per minute would be actually useful.

Saying "very fast" is pretty much a waste of time as far as the thread is concerned. Something quantitative, like an estimation of words per minute would be actually useful.

wookieeassassin

Saying "very fast" is pretty much a waste of time as far as the thread is concerned. Something quantitative, like an estimation of words per minute would be actually useful.

wookieeassassin

[spoiler] Average novel will take me an hour to read about 60-70 pages. [/spoiler]

I can pull off about 10 to 20 words a second if it's literature. For academic texts, I slow down to between 3 and 5.

I can read all the words to something pretty fast, but in doing so they all will pretty much float right through my head, so if I want to understand something I need to read it at a moderately slow pace.SeraphimGoddess

I can pull off about 10 to 20 words a second if it's literature. For academic texts, I slow down to between 3 and 5.

Barbariser

I can pull off about 10 to 20 words a second if it's literature.Barbariser

A normal book page can take 30-45 sec to read for me.

8) faster than you

8) faster than you

mrbojangles25

Every time I read a post from you, I think of Neil Diamond.

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8) faster than you

no_more_fayth

Every time I read a post from you, I think of Neil Diamond.

hahaha why is that? Either way, I will take it as a compliment :D

I have no idea. If it's interesting I'll read faster, but if I want to fully understand something I read slower. Enough to get the job done, I suppose. Although I do find myself just scanning text quite a bit.

I'm a slow reader. This has been proven by my friends who have informed me because friends always say hey read this, random article on web, and I do but they always scroll to fast especially when we read at the same time. I'm a slow reader meh

i can finish a 500 page novel in 4 hours

i can read pretty fast provided that there arent any distractions

While i haven't calculated it out, i find that reading about things that interest me drastically improves reading speed. This could be do to the fact that many of the words used there are familiar to me. I think the only thing that slows reading is words that you don't see on a regular basis and have to quickly sound out in your mind.