TestMyReading – Track pace then mark a short quiz

Reading speed is easy to flatter. You skim a page, feel quick and move on with half of it already gone. The homepage leans on that feeling with a claim of its own, that most people overestimate their speed by 40%.

TestMyReading measures both halves. You read a passage, which takes about a minute, and get a words-per-minute figure. Then a short quiz checks what you took in, so a fast score with poor recall shows up for what it is. Results come with accuracy and a percentile next to the speed.

The about page explains where it came from, in the first person. "Hi, I'm Summer, the creator of TestMyReading.com," it begins, before describing a habit of buying more books than anyone could read. The search for a simple test turned up tools that were "cluttered with ads, required a paid subscription, or looked like it was built in 1999. So, I decided to build the tool I wanted to use."

One test gives you a number. Getting better takes repetition, and there's a practice library of calibrated texts for that, sorted by difficulty.

The site also generates AI quizzes, and a Chrome extension, labelled version 1.0 beta, carries the idea onto other sites. It's pitched as a way to turn any webpage into a reading test, tracking your pace and quizzing you on an article you were going to read anyway.

Without signing in you get three reading tests and three AI quizzes a day. A Google login changes that to five tests a day and 30 AI quizzes a month. Pro is $8.99 a month, or $49 billed once a year, for unlimited tests and 300 AI quizzes a month. Card payments go through Creem, and PayPal is an option.

According to the privacy policy, last updated July 29, 2026, the site belongs to an individual publisher, uses Google Analytics and may show Google AdSense ads. It isn't directed to children under 13.

The thing to check is the extension. Its page promises "Zero Data Tracking" and "100% Local Processing." It also generates AI quizzes that count against an account quota, and the policy doesn't say where a page's text goes when a quiz is made or which AI provider handles it. Hold off on quizzing yourself with anything private until that's clearer.

Before your next stretch of exam prep, spend a minute here and you'll at least know your real number.