Calculate the estimated reading time of an article using JavaScript

calculate-reading-time-javascript.js

function readingTime(txt) {
  const wpm = 225; // average adult reading speed (words per minute).
  const words = txt.trim().split(/\s+/).length;
  const time = Math.ceil(words / wpm);
  return time;
}

const time = readingTime(
  document.querySelector("article").innerText
);

console.log(time + ' min read');