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How many pages is Utilitarianism?

Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill has a median of 95 pages across 41 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 75 to 128 pages.

Median pages
95
41 editions counted
Range
52–204
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
1.8h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
26k
at 275 words per page

How long will Utilitarianism 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
1 h 50 min
At 30 min a day
4 days
At 1 hour a day
2 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

501001502001900195020001863: 95 pages1863: 95 pages1887: 149 pages1895: 128 pages1895: 128 pages1895: 128 pages1901: 96 pages1902: 67 pages1902: 67 pages1907: 96 pages1957: 79 pages1957: 79 pages1969: 177 pages1969: 177 pages1969: 177 pages1969: 177 pages1979: 63 pages1979: 63 pages1983: 79 pages1987: 83 pages1998: 157 pages2000: 80 pages2001: 71 pages2004: 60 pages2004: 112 pages2004: 112 pages2005: 92 pages2005: 112 pages2006: 116 pages2006: 160 pages2006: 112 pages2006: 52 pages2007: 64 pages2007: 68 pages2011: 204 pages2014: 108 pages2016: 112 pages2019: 70 pages2020: 90 pages2020: 75 pages2020: 90 pagesmedian 95
50100150200190020001863: 95 pages1863: 95 pages1887: 149 pages1895: 128 pages1895: 128 pages1895: 128 pages1901: 96 pages1902: 67 pages1902: 67 pages1907: 96 pages1957: 79 pages1957: 79 pages1969: 177 pages1969: 177 pages1969: 177 pages1969: 177 pages1979: 63 pages1979: 63 pages1983: 79 pages1987: 83 pages1998: 157 pages2000: 80 pages2001: 71 pages2004: 60 pages2004: 112 pages2004: 112 pages2005: 92 pages2005: 112 pages2006: 116 pages2006: 160 pages2006: 112 pages2006: 52 pages2007: 64 pages2007: 68 pages2011: 204 pages2014: 108 pages2016: 112 pages2019: 70 pages2020: 90 pages2020: 75 pages2020: 90 pagesmedian 95
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover11222 h 09 min
Paperback92111 h 46 min

Editions counted

The 41 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 6 more editions were set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 95 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Independently Published–90OL30008291M
2020Independently Published–75OL30323020M
2020Independently Published–90OL29912173M
2019Independently Published–70OL29818559M
2016Broadview Presspaperback112OL27438770M
2014Cambridge University Press–108OL28549648M
2011Broadview Press–204OL30975024M
2007Dover PublicationsPaperback64OL7640347M

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Questions

How many pages is Utilitarianism?
About 95 pages: that is the median of 41 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 52 to 204 pages.
How long does it take to read Utilitarianism?
About 1 h 50 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 4 days.
How many words is Utilitarianism?
Roughly 26,000 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)).