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How many pages is Influence?

Influence by Robert B. Cialdini has a median of 272 pages across 14 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 262 to 316 pages.

Median pages
272
14 editions counted
Range
253–336
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.2h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
75k
at 275 words per page

How long will Influence take you?

Starts at the non-fiction average of 238 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
5 h 14 min
At 30 min a day
11 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days

Page count of every edition, by year

Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.

2503001990200020101984: 302 pages1985: 264 pages1985: 302 pages1988: 320 pages1993: 253 pages1996: 256 pages1998: 336 pages2000: 262 pages2001: 262 pages2006: 336 pages2008: 272 pages2009: 259 pages2013: 272 pagesmedian 272
2503001990200020101984: 302 pages1985: 264 pages1985: 302 pages1988: 320 pages1993: 253 pages1996: 256 pages1998: 336 pages2000: 262 pages2001: 262 pages2006: 336 pages2008: 272 pages2009: 259 pages2013: 272 pagesmedian 272
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

Editions counted

The 14 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 28 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2013Pearson Education, Limited–272OL29172763M
2009Pearson Education–259OL22671303M
2008Pearson Education, Limited–272OL29050476M
2006Collins–336OL7289448M
2001Allyn and Bacon–262OL6780550M
2000Allyn & BaconPaperback262OL9331970M
1998CollinsPaperback336OL7726679M
1996Talman CompanyPaperback256OL12178425M

Questions

How many pages is Influence?
About 272 pages: that is the median of 14 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 253 to 336 pages.
How long does it take to read Influence?
About 5 h 14 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
How many words is Influence?
Roughly 75,000 words, estimated from the median page count at 275 words per page. Open Library does not record word counts, so this is an estimate.

Data: Open Library monthly data dumps (works, editions, authors, reading log, ratings) (Open Library / Internet Archive); How many words do we read per minute? A review and meta-analysis of reading rate (Marc Brysbaert, Journal of Memory and Language 109 (2019)).