Inksky
I didn’t buy a Kobo for the reading stats. I bought it because I wanted hardware page-turn buttons and a warm light that didn’t lock me into Amazon’s ecosystem. But a few weeks in, I stumbled onto the stats page, and now I check it like a fitness tracker. It’s genuinely one of the best features Kobo has — and Amazon still hasn’t copied it.
You’ll find your reading stats tucked away in My Books, under the three-dot menu. Tap Reading Stats and suddenly you’re looking at a dashboard of your reading life. I was honestly surprised by how detailed it gets.
The big number at the top is hours read — total accumulated reading time across all your books. It’s humbling and slightly addictive. I average around an hour a day, and seeing that number climb over weeks and months makes reading feel tangible in a way I didn’t expect. Your brain knows you read a lot; the stats page proves it.
There’s also a reading speed estimate, calculated from your page-turn cadence. It’s not scientific — it can’t tell if you’re skimming or staring at a single paragraph for ten minutes — but it’s directionally accurate. I’ve watched mine tick up from around 220 words per minute to closer to 280 over a year of consistent reading, and that slow improvement is weirdly satisfying.
The books finished counter had a bigger effect on me than I’d like to admit. Seeing a flat number — “you finished 23 books this year” — made me more intentional about finishing what I start. Before the stats, I’d abandon books halfway through and never think about it. Now there’s a quiet accountability.
Pages turned, average session length, monthly breakdowns — it’s all there. There’s even a reading streak tracker that gamifies consistency. I had a 47-day streak going last summer, and letting it lapse felt worse than breaking a Duolingo streak.
What kills me is that Kindle still doesn’t have anything close to this. Amazon owns Goodreads and they’ve had years to build in proper reading analytics, but the best you get is a streak counter on the Kindle app. Kobo shipped a full stats suite years ago and it’s been quietly crushing it ever since. If you’re the kind of reader who loves data, it’s a genuine Kindle-killer feature.