WhatsApp reply time checker

Export the chat first

iPhone: open the chat, tap the name at the top, scroll down and tap Export Chat, then Without Media. Save the .zip to Files or AirDrop it to your Mac.

Android: open the chat, tap ⋮, then More, then Export chat, and choose Without media.

Then choose the file above. Your typical reply time is in the summary at the top and in the Typical reply column of the table.

How the reply time is worked out

• One reply, one gap: when the other person writes and you answer, the gap runs from their last message to your first one. Three quick messages in a row from them count as one thing to reply to.
• 24 hours at most: answers that came more than a day later are left out, so a chat that went quiet for a week doesn't swamp the number. Overnight replies within 24 hours still count.
• The median, not the average: half your replies were faster than the typical reply time and half were slower. One reply that took all day barely moves it.
• Your time zone: times are shown in the time zone of the device you open the file on.

Is my reply time normal?

There's no proper study of everyday reply times to compare against. The most-quoted figure comes from a 2026 survey by EZ Texting, an SMS marketing company, in which 82% of 959 US consumers said they reply to a text within 15 minutes, and the company applies that to texts from businesses. Our texting statistics page lists every reply-speed figure we found and how much each is worth.

What matters more is the match between two people. If you both reply within an hour, nobody is waiting; if one of you answers in minutes and the other in half a day, that difference is worth a conversation. For reply windows by situation, read how long is too long to reply to a text.

What can skew the number

• Old messages missing: WhatsApp limits how many recent messages one export holds, so a very long chat may arrive without its oldest part.
• Calls and real life: if you sorted something out on a call or in person, the chat shows a slow reply that wasn't one.
• Busy days and nights: a median over a year mixes work weeks, holidays and time zones. Compare people within the same chat rather than against a stranger's numbers.

Reply times describe habits, not feelings. Someone who's slow to answer might be busy, anxious about getting it right, or simply not a texter; attachment styles and texting explains why the same gap feels so different to different people.

Your chat stays on your device

The checker is one script served from this site. It reads the export with your browser's File API and does every calculation on your device. Nothing is uploaded or saved, and closing the tab clears it. To check, load this page, turn off Wi-Fi, then open your export: it still works.

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