# Reading Time

> Displays the estimated reading time for a website in a small popup element. Note: nothing will be displayed if reading time is under 0 minutes, uses estimated reading speed of 200 words per minute.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/reading-time](https://chrome-stats.com/d/reading-time)

## Overview

- **ID:** `reading-time`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Richard Mills
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 71
- **Rating:** 3.71 / 5 (7 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.8
- **Last updated:** 2025-11-28
- **First published:** 2018-04-14
- **Size:** 22 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/reading-time/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/scripts-richard/reading\_time](https://github.com/scripts-richard/reading_time)

## Description

Reading Time is a simple Firefox add-on that displays the estimated reading time for a webpage in a small popup element. It calculates the reading time based on an estimated reading speed of 200 words per minute. With Reading Time, you can quickly determine how long it will take to read an article or blog post before diving in.

## Rankings

- #13,746 — Overall
- #51 — loading
- #53 — trading
- #91 — airtime
- #105 — minute
- #219 — timer

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/reading-time)