Speaking Time Calculator

At an average speaking pace of 130 words per minute, a 1-minute speech is about 130 words, a 3-minute speech about 390, a 5-minute speech about 650 and a 10-minute speech about 1,300. A quarter of an hour takes about 1,950 words, 20 minutes about 2,600, half an hour about 3,900 and a full hour about 7,800. Working the other way, a 500-word speech takes about 4 minutes to deliver and a 1,000-word speech about 8.