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Visitors are likely to read only 28% of the info on a page

On the average Web page, users have time to read at most 28% of the words during an average visit; 20% is more likely.

This sounds about right in my experience. Follow the link for more numbers how Jakob Nielsen came up with these figures.

Link: How Little Do Users Read?