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Check Content Reading Age with the Recite Me Website Accessibility Checker

Understand how easy your content is to read by measuring average reading age, helping you create clearer, more accessible content for all users.

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HOW IT WORKS

How average reading age analysis works

Our Website Accessibility Checker analyses your content against established readability methods such as the Flesch-Kincaid grading system and assigns a reading level.

Results are categorised into clear levels, helping you understand who your content is best suited for:

  • Easy - understandable by an average 11-year-old
  • Intermediate - suitable for teenage readers
  • Advanced - best understood by high school graduates and above

A closer look at what reading age analysis actually does

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What you can uncover

Identify content that may be too complex

Average reading age analysis helps highlight common readability challenges, such as:

  • Long or complex sentences
  • Overuse of jargon or technical language
  • Dense paragraphs that are difficult to scan
  • Unclear or inconsistent structure

Understand the average reading level across your website, with the option to view individual pages to pinpoint where content can be simplified and improved.

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Why It Matters

Where reading age analysis helps

See the impact across your users, your team, and your compliance efforts.

Improve content clarity

Make your content clearer and easier to understand first time, without confusion.

Support diverse audiences

Ensure your content works for people with different reading levels and needs.

Review content at scale

Quickly see which pages are hardest to read, so you know where to focus.

Accessibility impacts more people than you think

From reading age to cognitive differences and spending power, making content easier to understand helps you reach and include a much wider audience.

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9 years

the average reading age for adults is estimated to be between 9-11 years old

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10%

of the population are believed to be dyslexic

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9%

of the population speak a first language other than English

Who it helps

Who this feature is for

This feature is particularly valuable for organisations that need to communicate clearly with a wide audience, including:

  • Public sector organisations
  • Healthcare providers
  • Financial services and essential services
  • Marketing and content teams
  • Organisations supporting diverse or vulnerable users

What is it?

What is average reading age?

Average reading age measures how easy your content is to understand by estimating the level of reading ability needed to engage with it.

 

Using established readability methods such as the Flesch-Kincaid grading system, your content is scored to help you quickly identify where language may be too complex.

Average reading age FAQs

Many organisations aim for a reading age of around 9–11 years to ensure content is widely understood.

It means the content is best understood by readers with higher literacy levels and may be too complex for some users.

Making your website accessible is important as it allows more people to use it by reducing accessibility problems. In turn increasing revenue and boosting your brand reputation through improved user experience.

Yes, you can view readability at both page and domain level, helping you identify specific areas for improvement.

Accessibility standards encourage clear and simple language, and reading age insights help you work towards this in a measurable way.

Additionally, our checker allows you to download an accessibility report. This lets you see the progress that has been made, on your journey to creating a fully inclusive website. The report is easily shareable and can be emailed to yourself or members of your team directly from the checker itself.

It helps ensure content is understandable, not just technically accessible, which is key to creating inclusive experiences.