I think you should do something different than a progress bar.
Minutes to read and a donut chart (like Twitter character limit) as you scroll. It would take up less space, and would convey two things. Additionally you could let users set there words per minute to determine the minutes.
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I think you should do something different than a progress bar.
Minutes to read and a donut chart (like Twitter character limit) as you scroll. It would take up less space, and would convey two things. Additionally you could let users set there words per minute to determine the minutes.