diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c8ca10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+_site/
+.sass-cache/
+.jekyll-cache/
+.jekyll-metadata
+# Ignore folders generated by Bundler
+.bundle/
+vendor/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/_includes/reading-time.html b/_includes/reading-time.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0aedf2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_includes/reading-time.html
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{% capture words %}
+{{ content | number_of_words | minus: 180 }}
+{% endcapture %}
+{% unless words contains '-' %}
+{{ words | plus: 150 | divided_by: 150 | append: ' minutes to read' }}
+{% endunless %} 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/_layouts/post.html b/_layouts/post.html
index 57db5bc..0150144 100755
--- a/_layouts/post.html
+++ b/_layouts/post.html
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ <h1 class="post__title">{{ page.title | escape }}</h1>
             <div class="post__meta-bottom">
               <a class="post__author" href="{{site.baseurl}}/about/">{{site.author.author__name}}</a>
               <time class="post__date" datetime="{{ page.date | date_to_xmlschema }}">{{ page.date | date_to_string }}</time>
+              <div>
+                <span class="post__reading-time">
+                {% include reading-time.html %}</span>
+              </div>
             </div>
           </div>
   
diff --git a/_sass/4-layouts/_post.scss b/_sass/4-layouts/_post.scss
index cd664e4..da5ca02 100644
--- a/_sass/4-layouts/_post.scss
+++ b/_sass/4-layouts/_post.scss
@@ -207,8 +207,17 @@
     font-weight: 400;
     color: var(--text-alt-color);
   }
+
+  .post__reading-time { 
+    position: absolute;
+    width: 762px;
+    height: 252px;
+    font-size: 16px;
+    font-weight: 500;
+  }
 }
 
+
 .post,
 .page {
   max-width: 760px;