How to Check (and Improve) Your Content's Readability

If readers struggle with your writing, they leave. Readability measures how easy your text is to understand — and improving it keeps people reading.

Reading ease, explained

The Flesch Reading Ease score runs 0–100; higher is easier. For most web content, aim for 60 or above (around an 8th–9th grade level).

How to make writing easier to read

• Use shorter sentences and common words.
• Break text into short paragraphs and lists.
• Cut jargon and filler.

Measure it free

Paste your text into our Readability Checker to see your reading-ease score and grade level. Writing for social? The Social Media Character Counter checks your length against every platform's limit.