How long does it take to read Xkcd?
Volume 0
Xkcd by Randall Munroe takes about 2 hours 10 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 10 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2009. 118 pages, about 32,450 words.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 36 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 10 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 21 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Randall Munroe describes xkcd as a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. While it's practically required reading in the geek community, xkcd fans are as varied as the comic's subject matter. This book creates laughs from science jokes on one page to relationship humor on another.
Subjects: Geeks, Nerds, Technology, Science, Humor, Comics
