fiction audiobook
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand narrated by Scott Brick is about 63 hours long at normal speed. At 1.5× that drops to about 42 hr, and at 2× to about 31 hr 30 min.
Runtimes are approximate and vary slightly by edition and retailer. Check the length shown in Audible, Libby, Spotify or Apple Books for your copy.
| Playback speed | Total time |
|---|---|
| 0.8× | 78 hr 45 min |
| 1× | 63 hr |
| 1.25× | 50 hr 24 min |
| 1.5× | 42 hr |
| 1.75× | 36 hr |
| 2× | 31 hr 30 min |
| 2.5× | 25 hr 12 min |
| 3× | 21 hr |
Plan your listen
At one hour a day and normal speed, you'll finish in about 63 days. Speed it up to 1.5× and the same hour a day finishes it in about 42 days. At 45 minutes a day and 1.5×, plan on about 56 days.
The table below shows whole days needed for every combination of speed and daily listening time.
| Speed | 15 min | 30 min | 45 min | 1 hr | 1.5 hr | 2 hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1× | 252 | 126 | 84 | 63 | 42 | 32 |
| 1.25× | 202 | 101 | 68 | 51 | 34 | 26 |
| 1.5× | 168 | 84 | 56 | 42 | 28 | 21 |
| 2× | 126 | 63 | 42 | 32 | 21 | 16 |
How long, really
At 63 hr, Atlas Shrugged is multiple full days of non-stop listening, closer to a week of commutes than a weekend. That's longer than about 100% of the 169 popular audiobooks we list.
Spoken at an average narration pace, Atlas Shrugged comes to roughly 586,000 words. Narrators vary, so a faster or slower reader will shift that number and the total runtime.
Want to try other speeds or your own schedule? Use the audiobook speed calculator or the listening goal calculator to find the daily minutes you need.
Track it as you listen
Booktrace is an iPhone audiobook tracker that logs your sessions, chapters, narrator and playback speed in one place, so you can see real progress through Atlas Shrugged and how many hours remain, whichever app you listen in.
Common questions
The Atlas Shrugged audiobook by Ayn Rand runs about 63 hours at normal (1x) speed, in the edition narrated by Scott Brick. Exact runtime can differ by a few minutes between editions and stores.
At 1.5x speed, Atlas Shrugged takes about 42 hours. At 2x it takes about 31 hours and 30 minutes.
At one hour a day and normal speed, Atlas Shrugged takes about 63 days. At 1.5x speed and an hour a day it takes about 42 days. At 30 minutes a day and normal speed it takes about 126 days.
Compared with the 169 popular audiobooks on this site, Atlas Shrugged is longer than about 100% of them. At 63 hr it is multiple full days of non-stop listening, closer to a week of commutes than a weekend.
