diff --git a/components/article.php b/components/article.php
index f034e8f..4aef40a 100644
--- a/components/article.php
+++ b/components/article.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 <article class="article container-article" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
   <?php if ($haveTitle) { ?>
     <h1 class="page-title"><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
+    <p class="text-right"><span class="btn-small btn-secondary"> <?php echo reading_time(); ?> </span></p>
   <?php } ?>
 
   <div class="article-entry">
diff --git a/functions.php b/functions.php
index e5c37fc..a8a4a92 100644
--- a/functions.php
+++ b/functions.php
@@ -322,3 +322,19 @@ register_taxonomy('roman', 'post',
     );
   }
   add_action( 'init', 'wpb_custom_new_menu' );
+
+//estimated reading time
+function reading_time() {
+  $content = get_post_field( 'post_content', $post->ID );
+  $word_count = str_word_count( strip_tags( $content ) );
+  $readingtime = ceil($word_count / 200);
+
+  if ($readingtime == 1) {
+  $timer = " minute";
+  } else {
+  $timer = " minutes";
+  }
+  $totalreadingtime = $readingtime . $timer;
+
+  return $totalreadingtime;
+}
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