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1,250 to 1,500words
At a normal speaking speed of 125 to 150 words per minute, a 10-minute spoken script is about 1,250 to 1,500 words.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
- What it measures
- This is the length of a 10-minute script for a speaker talking at their ordinary pace, rather than the faster pace of a narrator in an audiobook. It is the lower of the two planning ranges for video scripts.
- How it is calculated
- 10 minutes x 125 words per minute = 1,250 words; 10 minutes x 150 words per minute = 1,500 words
- What it does not show
- A planning figure. Individual speakers vary, and a script for camera still needs room for pauses, cutaways and on-screen text.