Medium-like Estimated Reading Time The code is pretty simple. It assumes you read at 200 words per minute. If the text is under 200 words, it’ll just say it’s a one minute read.

read_time.js

var readTime = function(text){
    var regex = /(<([^>]+)>)/ig;
    var minutes = Math.floor(text.trim().replace(regex, ' ').split(' ').length / 200 )
    if(minutes === 0) minutes = 1
      return minutes + ' min read'
}