Skip to content

Words to minutes

How many minutes is 2,500 words?

2,500 words takes 16 min 40 sec to say at a conversational 150 words per minute. The editor below is pre-filled with 2,500 placeholder words. Replace them with your own script to see its exact time.

2,500 words

Speaking time

16 minutes 40 seconds

at 150 words per minute

Pace

Ad-buy limits

  • 15s TV Spot985 secs over limit
  • 30s Radio Spot970 secs over limit
  • 60s Radio Spot940 secs over limit

2,500 words at different speaking speeds

StylePaceTime
Eulogy (Deliberate)110 WPM22 min 44 sec
Conversational (YouTube)150 WPM16 min 40 sec
Audiobook (Narration)155 WPM16 min 8 sec
Commercial (Fast ad read)165 WPM15 min 9 sec

How long is 2,500 words on the page?

2,500 words is roughly 5 single-spaced pages, or 10double-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.