A free calculator that tells you exactly how many hours, days, and weeks you've spent watching video this year — and what you could have read instead.
RecapGPT turns YouTube videos into readable summaries, transcripts, and articles in under 30 seconds. The same ideas, half the time.
Try free →This calculator multiplies your daily watch time by days per week (52 weeks) to estimate your yearly YouTube consumption. The "reading equivalent" is based on average reading speed (250 words/min) versus average speech speed (150 words/min) — meaning text contains the same information in roughly 60% of the time.
The honest caveat: Reading and watching aren't 1-to-1 swaps. Some content (visual demos, tutorials, performances) genuinely needs video. Most ideas-dense content (interviews, podcasts, lectures, video essays) reads faster and retains better. RecapGPT exists for the second category.
Average book reading time of 30 hours assumes a 70,000-word book at 250 wpm. Your mileage varies based on the book and your reading speed.