AO3: Reading Time & Quality Score

Get a quick feel for any fic at a glance:

• Reading Time Bar ⏱️ – see how long it’ll take to read.
• Quality Score Bar ⭐ – a smarter kudos/hits ratio that accounts for fic length.
• Both features are independent — use one or both

First Picture: Rose Pine site skin or Stat Icons with Hover Text, colored backgrounds enabled.

Second Picture: No site skin, colored backgrounds disabled.

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✨ Features

Reading Time

• Estimates reading time based on word count.
  
• Fully customizable reading speed (WPM setting) so it matches your pace.
  
• Color thresholds highlight short, medium, and long reads at a glance.
  

Quality Score

• Uses kudos + hits + word count to calculate engagement.
  
• Formula: kudos per hit, adjusted by √(words ÷ 5000).
  
• Word-based scoring avoids:
  
  • Punishing long fics just for being long.
    
  • Rewarding fics split into tiny chapters.
    
• Normalization (optional):
  
  • Converts raw scores into a 0–100 scale.
    
  • You choose the “max score” baseline (default: 32).
    
  • Best practice: set max score to the highest raw score in your fandom — that fic will be treated as “perfect.”
    
  • Want more forgiving scores? Just set the max score lower.
    
• Configurable thresholds color-code scores (e.g., low, medium, high).
  

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⚙️ How to Use

1. Install with a userscript manager:
   
   • Tampermonkey
     • Chrome/Chromium
       
     • Firefox
       
     • Safari
       
     • Edge
       
2. Open any AO3 work — the bars appear automatically.
   
3. Open Userscript settings to adjust WPM, toggle features, set normalization, and customize colors.
   

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🙌 Credits

• cupkax’s improved Quality Score script
  
• lomky’s Estimated Reading Time v2
  

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📜 Check out my other scripts:

• AO3: Chapter Shortcuts — Adds a customizable shortcut to the latest chapter of any work
• AO3: Site Wizard - Change fonts and font sizes any where on the site and fix work spacing issues