Want to know more about our online speed reading test? Here’s how it works:

When you hit the “start” button, you’ll see text pop up on the screen, and it will be your job to read that text as quickly as you can. Then you hit the “stop” button, and it will record your time. Doing a quick calculation, it will tell you exactly what your WPM (words per minute) score was.

The average adult score is around 300 WPM. College students who are considered to be “exceptional” readers have scored more than 800 WPM on online speed reading tests. Here is a chart to help you compare. All results were taken from an independent study done on reading speeds of different types of people.

If your score is less than what you’d like to see, we would highly recommend you read some of the articles we’ve posted at our main site, or even better, invest in a speed reading software program that will help teach you how to read faster, and with higher comprehension.

For some free tips, check out our 100% FREE ebook on speed reading.

Our online speed reading test has 5 different passages. You can take the test as many times as you like, though keep in mind that the more often you are exposed to the same passage, the faster you will read it. As such, it is recommended that you only do each passage once. You can also cheat the system by pressing “start” and then “done” immediately, but honestly, if you’re doing that, you really need to get a life.

If you want more speed reading test texts, or some practice exercises, we would recommend checking out our recommended speed reading software programs. These are a tremendous help to people trying to practice each separate technique and who are actively working to maximize their reading speed and potential.