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

Yes, there is a minor disconnect between:

  • 60 posts that are 2 lines each
  • 10 posts that are 3,000 lines each

But it’s negligible in practice; most posts are small to extra small, and those that aren’t are extreme outliers.

We do estimate read time in the topic summary, of course, as previously noted – but that read time estimate doesn’t show up in the topic list.