biography audiobook
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson is about 25 hours long at normal speed. At 1.5× that drops to about 16 hr 40 min, and at 2× to about 12 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× | 31 hr 15 min |
| 1× | 25 hr |
| 1.25× | 20 hr |
| 1.5× | 16 hr 40 min |
| 1.75× | 14 hr 17 min |
| 2× | 12 hr 30 min |
| 2.5× | 10 hr |
| 3× | 8 hr 20 min |
Plan your listen
At one hour a day and normal speed, you'll finish in about 25 days. Speed it up to 1.5× and the same hour a day finishes it in about 17 days. At 45 minutes a day and 1.5×, plan on about 23 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× | 100 | 50 | 34 | 25 | 17 | 13 |
| 1.25× | 80 | 40 | 27 | 20 | 14 | 10 |
| 1.5× | 67 | 34 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 9 |
| 2× | 50 | 25 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 7 |
How long, really
At 25 hr, Steve Jobs is roughly a full day of non-stop listening, a road trip from Seattle to Denver. That's longer than about 89% of the 169 popular audiobooks we list.
Spoken at an average narration pace, Steve Jobs comes to roughly 233,000 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 Steve Jobs and how many hours remain, whichever app you listen in.
Common questions
The Steve Jobs audiobook by Walter Isaacson runs about 25 hours at normal (1x) speed. Exact runtime can differ by a few minutes between editions and stores.
At 1.5x speed, Steve Jobs takes about 16 hours and 40 minutes. At 2x it takes about 12 hours and 30 minutes.
At one hour a day and normal speed, Steve Jobs takes about 25 days. At 1.5x speed and an hour a day it takes about 17 days. At 30 minutes a day and normal speed it takes about 50 days.
Compared with the 169 popular audiobooks on this site, Steve Jobs is longer than about 89% of them. At 25 hr it is roughly a full day of non-stop listening, a road trip from Seattle to Denver.
