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How many minutes is 200 words?

Q: How many minutes is 200 words?

At 150 words per minute, 200 words takes 1 min 20 sec. At 110 WPM (Eulogy) it takes 1 min 49 sec. At 150 WPM (Conversational) it takes 1 min 20 sec. At 155 WPM (Audiobook) it takes 1 min 17 sec. At 165 WPM (Commercial) it takes 1 min 13 sec.

200 words takes 1 min 20 sec to say at a conversational 150 words per minute. The editor below is pre-filled with 200 placeholder words. Replace them with your own script to see its exact time.

Your script

Good morning everyone and thank you for being here today. I want to begin by saying how grateful I am for this opportunity to speak with you. Good morning everyone and thank you for being here today. I want to begin by saying how grateful I am for this opportunity to speak with you. Good morning everyone and thank you for being here today. I want to begin by saying how grateful I am for this opportunity to speak with you. Good morning everyone and thank you for being here today. I want to begin by saying how grateful I am for this opportunity to speak with you. Good morning everyone and thank you for being here today. I want to begin by saying how grateful I am for this opportunity to speak with you. Good morning everyone and thank you for being here today. I want to begin by saying how grateful I am for this opportunity to speak with you. Good morning everyone and thank you for being here today. I want to begin by saying how grateful I am for this opportunity to speak with you. Good morning everyone and thank you for being here today. I

200 words

Speaking time

1 minutes 20 seconds

at 150 words per minute

Pace

EulogyDeliberate · 110 WPMConversationalYouTube · 150 WPMAudiobookNarration · 155 WPMCommercialFast ad read · 165 WPM

Ad-buy limits

15s TV Spot65 secs over limit
30s Radio Spot50 secs over limit
60s Radio Spot20 secs over limit

200 words at different speaking speeds

Style	Pace	Time
Eulogy (Deliberate)	110 WPM	1 min 49 sec
Conversational (YouTube)	150 WPM	1 min 20 sec
Audiobook (Narration)	155 WPM	1 min 17 sec
Commercial (Fast ad read)	165 WPM	1 min 13 sec

How long is 200 words on the page?

200 words is roughly 0.4 single-spaced pages, or 0.8double-spaced pages. Reading silently is faster than speaking, so use the speaking times above whenever the words will be said out loud.

Other word counts

Need something else? The full script timer has presets for every pace and ad-spot length.