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It by Stephen King narrated by Steven Weber is about 44 hours long at normal speed. At 1.5× that drops to about 29 hr 20 min, and at 2× to about 22 hr.
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× | 55 hr |
| 1× | 44 hr |
| 1.25× | 35 hr 12 min |
| 1.5× | 29 hr 20 min |
| 1.75× | 25 hr 9 min |
| 2× | 22 hr |
| 2.5× | 17 hr 36 min |
| 3× | 14 hr 40 min |
Plan your listen
At one hour a day and normal speed, you'll finish in about 44 days. Speed it up to 1.5× and the same hour a day finishes it in about 30 days. At 45 minutes a day and 1.5×, plan on about 40 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× | 176 | 88 | 59 | 44 | 30 | 22 |
| 1.25× | 141 | 71 | 47 | 36 | 24 | 18 |
| 1.5× | 118 | 59 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 15 |
| 2× | 88 | 44 | 30 | 22 | 15 | 11 |
How long, really
At 44 hr, It is more than a full day and a half of non-stop listening. That's longer than about 96% of the 169 popular audiobooks we list.
Spoken at an average narration pace, It comes to roughly 409,000 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 It and how many hours remain, whichever app you listen in.
Common questions
The It audiobook by Stephen King runs about 44 hours at normal (1x) speed, in the edition narrated by Steven Weber. Exact runtime can differ by a few minutes between editions and stores.
At 1.5x speed, It takes about 29 hours and 20 minutes. At 2x it takes about 22 hours.
At one hour a day and normal speed, It takes about 44 days. At 1.5x speed and an hour a day it takes about 30 days. At 30 minutes a day and normal speed it takes about 88 days.
Compared with the 169 popular audiobooks on this site, It is longer than about 96% of them. At 44 hr it is more than a full day and a half of non-stop listening.
