diff --git a/src/layouts/PostLayout.astro b/src/layouts/PostLayout.astro
index 547381c..f6817d9 100644
--- a/src/layouts/PostLayout.astro
+++ b/src/layouts/PostLayout.astro
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { render } from 'astro:content';
 import '../styles/global.css';
 import SiteHeader from '../components/SiteHeader.astro';
 import PromoBanner from '../components/PromoBanner.astro';
-import { formatDate, relativeTime, shareImage, type Post } from '../lib/posts';
+import { formatDate, relativeTime, readingMinutes, shareImage, type Post } from '../lib/posts';
 
 interface Props {
   post: Post;
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ const showBanner = category === 'git' || category === 'tech';
 const isoDate = date.toISOString();
 const prettyDate = formatDate(date);
 const rel = relativeTime(date);
+const readMins = readingMinutes(entry.body ?? '');
 
 // Markdown/MDX render through Astro's pipeline; raw-HTML posts inject verbatim.
 let Content: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof render>>['Content'] | undefined;
@@ -159,6 +160,8 @@ if (!isHtml) {
               <time datetime={isoDate}>{prettyDate}</time>
               <span aria-hidden="true">·</span>
               <span>{rel}</span>
+              <span aria-hidden="true">·</span>
+              <span>{readMins} min read</span>
             </div>
             <div id="post-content" class="prose-body font-blog font-lg leading-7 flex flex-col mt-6 space-y-4">
               {isHtml ? <Fragment set:html={entry.body} /> : Content && <Content />}
diff --git a/src/lib/posts.ts b/src/lib/posts.ts
index 301fabd..907cc31 100644
--- a/src/lib/posts.ts
+++ b/src/lib/posts.ts
@@ -105,6 +105,27 @@ export function relativeTime(date: Date, now: Date = new Date()): string {
   return 'today';
 }
 
+/** Rough reading time in whole minutes from a raw entry body (markdown, MDX, or
+ *  HTML). Strips MDX import/export lines, fenced code, JSX/MDX `{…}` expression
+ *  blocks (so component data arrays aren't counted as prose), and tags, then
+ *  counts words at `wpm`. Always at least 1. */
+export function readingMinutes(body: string, wpm = 200): number {
+  let text = body ?? '';
+  text = text.replace(/^\s*(import|export)\b.*$/gm, '');
+  text = text.replace(/```[\s\S]*?```/g, ' ');
+  // Remove `{…}` expression containers by brace depth (handles nested arrays).
+  let out = '';
+  let depth = 0;
+  for (const ch of text) {
+    if (ch === '{') depth++;
+    else if (ch === '}') { if (depth > 0) depth--; }
+    else if (depth === 0) out += ch;
+  }
+  out = out.replace(/<[^>]+>/g, ' ');
+  const words = out.match(/[\p{L}\p{N}'’-]+/gu)?.length ?? 0;
+  return Math.max(1, Math.round(words / wpm));
+}
+
 /** Social share image: covers are authored as .svg, but cards need the .png twin. */
 export function shareImage(image: string | undefined): string {
   const img = image ?? '/assets/images/title.png';