How we counted
The app numbers are aggregate totals from everyone who used Readigo between October 1 and October 31, 2026. We left out all activity from Ukraine, where our team tests the app. No child's name, recording or individual result is in them. We give no count per country, and we don't name a place where only a handful of families use the app, because in a small place a number could point to one household. Readigo is new, so a few very keen families move these numbers a lot, which is why one chapter is about a single day. A "sentence" is one reading of a sentence that the app scored. If a child taps Try again, the new reading counts too. A "perfect" sentence came back at 100, meaning the app matched every word of the text; that share counts every scored reading, including ones the app could barely hear. The Try again ratio is Try again taps divided by scored readings. The weekday chart compares each day with an average October day, so the month's five Thursdays don't inflate Thursday. The most-read book is the one the most kids read at least one sentence of, and the Halloween story is counted across all its language editions together. The countries figure is everywhere the app was opened, reading or not. The last chapter is not our data. It comes from the National Literacy Trust's 2026 survey of children in the UK.
Three things to try at home
Give Saturday five minutes. Saturday was below an average day for the second month running, while Sunday was well above one. You don't need the weekday amount, just enough to keep the habit warm. The planner below helps you find a slot. A retry isn't a failure. About two in five sentences got a second try in October, and a child who reads a flagged sentence again is doing the practice. "Nice, go again" works better than "you got it wrong". Try a story in episodes, one a night. The Halloween story was the month's most-read book, and it comes in four short episodes of seven sentences. One episode is short enough to finish in a sitting.
Printable routine
Build a daily read-aloud routine
Put together a short read-aloud routine you can do most days. Drag the steps into the order you like, set how long each one takes, and print it for the fridge. The five steps are always here - you just make them yours.
Step 1 of 5
Reread an easy, familiar book
Rereading something they already know well builds fluency and confidence before the harder reading begins.
Step 2 of 5
You read a line, then they read the same line
Hearing an adult read first models smooth, expressive reading, which the child then copies on the very same words.
Step 3 of 5
They read one short part, then read it again
Rereading the same short passage two or three times is the single most effective way to build reading fluency.
Step 4 of 5
Ask one question about what happened
A quick question about what happened turns saying the words into understanding the meaning.
Step 5 of 5
Praise the effort and a strategy they used
Praising effort and a specific strategy ("you sounded that out"), never "being smart," keeps a child willing to take on the next hard word.
15 minutes total · About right - around 15 minutes a day is the goal.
A routine on paper is a great start. Readigo helps your child keep it: it listens while they read aloud and turns the daily ten or fifteen minutes into real progress.
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