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reading-time

Medium's like reading time estimation.

v1.5.0, 10 Sept 2021MITCommonJSTypes: Bundled
$ npm install reading-time
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
1m
+87% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
0
Direct, from package.json
Last release
5 years ago
v1.5.0
GitHub stars
1.4k
47 forks
Open issues / PRs
6 / 4
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
0

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0500k1m1.5mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 1m (15 Sept 2026)Low 286.2k (23 Dec 2025)
Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

1,027,790 downloads last week, 3,752,378 in the last month. The 12-month change of +87% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
012 in total
Latest version
1.5.0, 10 Sept 20215 years ago
First published
21 Mar 2014
Last push to GitHub
22 Apr 2025520 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
6
Open pull requests
4
Commits, last 52 weeks
0
Dependents on npm
188

Major versions

  1. v1 first release 1.0.2, 13 Jan 2016
  2. v0 first release 0.0.1, 21 Mar 2014

Recent releases

VersionPublished
1.5.010 Sept 2021
1.4.014 Aug 2021
1.3.028 Jan 2021
1.2.120 Nov 2020
1.2.011 Apr 2019
1.1.31 Jul 2018
1.1.22 Jun 2018
1.1.13 May 2018
1.1.024 May 2016
1.0.213 Jan 2016
0.1.011 Jul 2015
0.0.121 Mar 2014

Compatibility

Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
Not declared
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
10.0 kB
Dependencies (0)
None

Install

npm install reading-time

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/reading-time@1.5.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/reading-time@1.5.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/reading-time@1.5.0
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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