Estimate an email's total size, characters and read time.
Summing the subject and body words sizes the email, then a five-character average and a 200-wpm read rate model it. Concise emails get answered faster, so sizing length and read time highlights where a message can be tightened.
Email Length
Total words = subject + body; chars = words x 5; read time = words / 3.33
Total words = subject + body; chars = words x 5; read time = words / 3.33 Summing the subject and body words sizes the email, then a five-character average and a 200-wpm read rate model it.
Concise emails get answered faster, so sizing length and read time highlights where a message can be tightened.
This calculator takes 2 inputs: Subject words, Body words. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.