How we counted
The app numbers are aggregate totals from everyone who used Readigo between September 1 and September 29, 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. The search chapter comes from Bing Webmaster Tools. 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 weekday chart and the Try again ratio count the readings it scored with confidence, and the chart compares each day with an average September day, so the month's five Tuesdays don't inflate Tuesday. The most-read book is the one the most kids read at least one sentence of, and a book counts as finished when a child read at least 80% of it and tapped Finish. The countries figure is everywhere the app was opened, reading or not.
Three things to try at home
Let them catch it first. When your child slips on a word, count to three in your head before you say anything. Kids often catch their own slip if you give them a moment, and jumping in mid-word takes that chance away. Keep five minutes for Saturday. Saturday is where the habit dips: in September it got about half the reading of an average day. You don't need the weekday amount, just enough to keep the streak going. The planner below helps you find a slot. Pick a short book they can finish tonight. A quick win does a lot for a new reader. If every single sentence comes out perfect, though, it's time to move up a level.
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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