# 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:** [2015 年2 月 26 日 01:12 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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作者： ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
发布日期： [2015 年2 月 26 日 03:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-show-approximate-reading-time-in-the-topics-list/25710/4 "2015-02-26T03:57:44Z")

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Readers can already do this; post count is a very reliable indicator of topic length.

When I click or tap on a topic with 5 or 50 or 500 posts I know what that means in terms of length, and I’m quite sure every other user does too.

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