Speech Pace: do you talk too fast or too slow? Take this test:

I talk slowly. I've been told by a few people that I must be mentally slow because of how I speak when, in reality, I'm not. My brain goes faster than my mouth.

When you say "words," do you really mean syllables? One may find it easy to say the word "a" 140-170 times within a minute. Not many people would be able to hypothetically say "hypothetically" 140-170 times within a minute.

Thank you for posting this content, it's very useful for me who's trying to start an educational podcast

This was painfully slow to watch, this is why I watch everything on 2x speed which definitly has an effect on how fast I speak

I have this issue at work, I get told to speed up.

I read this in 65 seconds, however in real time I pause a lot cause I'm anxious and also I tend to seek perfect words instead of the first working alternative.

This has been a God sent. I have put up with people saying that my speaking pace is slow and abnormal. Well, I have tried this speech five times now, and I usually finish it with 7-10 seconds to spare. So thank you for giving me the chance to prove those people wrong!

did it in 64s. 157 wpm

It took me 1m and 8s thought I was faster

1 minute and 8 seconds

45 seconds omg i never thought. i always thought i spoke really slow.

thank you someone with an answer

Normal: 39 seconds
Try to slow down: 49 seconds
Oh well..

Okay. I got 143 words spoken in a minute LOL

I'm currently doing a ppt presentation and am finding myself to be at around 130 words per minute and it sounds fast as hell! Lol

Roughly 150 words per minute. I guess I talk normal then.

Thanks for the tips. I also understand that pitch is very important too. A gradual increase in pitch is normally an effective way of keeping a conversation interesting. This obviously depends on the circumstances and the topics being discussed or presented.

You sound annoying. Your speech is fake as hell.

45 seconds.

I just realized that I talk wayyyyy too fast. I finished the script in 22 seconds, and I think that now when people say sometimes that they can hear what I am saying, but is hard at times to understand me, it makes sense.

Take you for posting this along with the script. It's very helpful for me. I was surprised to find my speed is too slow.

I’m always told I talk much too fast,
even though I believe I don’t and think that a lot of people talk slowly. Examples of this happen all the time when I am asked to read in front of others, sometimes I am even trying to talk more slowly, but am still told I talk much to fast. This particular script I read in 29 seconds so it looks like I may have to slow down quite a bit...

Thats helpful. When i got my dictaphone i realised that i hated the way i talk but i managed to make adjustments. I think i speak to slowly (not tested yet) but i was trying to find out why i process information slowly, speak slowly, have a bad memory, have some trouble with decision making etc. Could it be brain damage?

43 seconds

Okay, I think I definitely speak too fast... I was finished with that script after about 47 seconds xD

I speak slow like a robot I was told

Ahh I never thought about how many words I say per minute. Helpful, quick video. Thanks!