# Is there any way to show approximate reading time in the topics list?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-show-approximate-reading-time-in-the-topics-list/25710
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [February 26, 2015, 1:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-show-approximate-reading-time-in-the-topics-list/25710 "2015-02-26T01:12:48Z")
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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2018, 1:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-show-approximate-reading-time-in-the-topics-list/25710/11 "2018-09-14T01:11:14Z")

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Since we do this now for topics, I guess you could create a plugin to inject the info into the topic list:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/f/8/f80a692f58ca6d1aaa4576b5a8a23d79089e72f8.png)

I worry though that this would introduce enormous levels of noise.

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