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How long does it take to read The Attention Merchants?

Tim Wu

The Attention Merchants by Tim Wu takes about 7 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 7 hours 38 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2016. 416 pages, about 114,400 words.

16 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 12 hours 43 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 7 hours 38 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 4 hours 46 minutes

The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

"From Tim Wu, author of award-winning The Master Switch, and who coined the phrase "net neutrality"--a revelatory look at the rise of "attention harvesting," and its transformative effect on our society and our selves"--

Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Consumer behavior, Advertising, HISTORY / Social History, Marketing, History

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