Reading Time
This extension shows the estimated reading time for a web page
Reading Time - Chrome Extension for Estimating Article Reading Time
'Reading Time' is a Chrome extension designed to help users understand how long it will take them to read a webpage article. With its rapid calculation time, it does not hinder webpage rendering and works flawlessly on articles. However, it might not perform as well on other types of content. Users can personalise the widget's appearance. For those interested in contributing to this open-source project, visit the GitHub page at github.com/usergit/read-time. Prioritising user privacy, 'Reading Time' does not collect or transmit any user data.
Extension stats
Manifest V2
Permissions:
- activeTab
- storage
Size: 50.98K
Email: fe*****@gmail.com
URLs: Privacy policy
Full description: See detailed description
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Other platforms
Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
User reviews
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews.
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Incredibly useful for estimating reading time.
- Helps users decide whether to read articles immediately or save them for later.
- Simple and accurate to use after adjusting settings.
- Improves productivity for community managers and content curators.
Cons
- Does not work on certain sites, particularly YouTube.
- Some users report that it does not display any estimated time.
- Buggy performance with overlays and HTML elements breaking web pages.
- Settings do not retain between sessions.
- Confusing display of time in hours instead of minutes.
Most mentioned
- Doesn't work on YouTube.
- Bugs and performance issues.
- Feature requests for changing time format.
- Useful for reading time estimation.
User reviews
Please add settings to change "hrs" to "minutes". It can be a bit hard to understand the estimated reading time in such format for people that do not understand it and constantly checking the conversion is a waste of time that this extension is supposed to save.
by 
LugiDergX, 2023-02-07
LugiDergX, 2023-02-07Doesn't work.
by 
Ciro Ramírez Suástegui, 2022-08-21
Ciro Ramírez Suástegui, 2022-08-21I would very much like for this extension to work, but it does literally nothing. No time is displayed and clicking on the extension icon only allows me to change the settings.
by 
Cara, 2022-05-30
Cara, 2022-05-30Extension safety
Risk impact
Reading Time requires very minimum permissions.
Risk impact analysis details
- High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
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Risk likelihood
We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Reading Time. Use it at your own risk.
Risk likelihood analysis details
- High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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