22 Minute Timer

Press Start to count down 22 minutes.

This free 22 minute timer counts down 22 minutes with a shrinking red disc you can read at a glance. 22 minutes is 1,320 seconds (one thousand three hundred and twenty seconds). It is about the running time of a sitcom episode without adverts, and a good length for a workout.

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What a 22 minute timer is good for

A half-hour sitcom on broadcast TV is usually about 22 minutes once the adverts are taken out. That makes twenty-two minutes a natural unit for screen time limits, and a solid block for a home workout.

One episode of screen time

Agree “one episode” with a child and run the timer alongside. When the disc is empty, the screen goes off, with no arguments about autoplay.

A home workout

A warm-up, three rounds of five exercises and a short stretch fit inside twenty-two minutes.

A short commute

Twenty-two minutes is close to the average one-way commute in many cities, a good length for a podcast episode.

Banana bread check

Mini loaves and muffin-sized banana breads are often ready to check at about twenty-two minutes.

To pace yourself, glance at the disc rather than the numbers. With the 22 minute timer running, half the colour has gone after 11 minutes, and when only a quarter is left you have 5 minutes 30 seconds to wrap up. Open fullscreen if the timer needs to be read across a room, and add a label so everyone knows what the 22 minutes are for.

How to use the 22 minute timer

  1. It is ready

    The dial is already set to 22 minutes. To change it, drag the disc, tap a preset or open Custom.

  2. Press Start

    Or press the Space bar. The red disc shrinks back towards 12 o’clock as the time runs down.

  3. Watch the disc

    Read the time left at a glance, or open fullscreen for a big dial that fills the screen.

  4. Time’s up

    Your alarm plays until you press Stop. Press Reset or R to run the same time again.

22 minutes in other units

22 minutes equals
Seconds1,320
Minutes22
Hours0.3667
Fraction of a day11/720

Why use this timer

Why a visual timer helps

A shrinking disc turns time into something you can see. You read how much is left at a glance, without doing sums on a clock, and an invisible deadline feels less stressful when you can watch it approach. That is why visual timers are a staple in classrooms and are widely used by people with ADHD and autistic children and adults. Read our guide to using a visual timer, how it helps with ADHD time blindness, classroom transitions and autism.

Why this timer is accurate

The countdown is anchored to your device clock rather than counted in animation frames. It does not drift if you switch tabs or your screen sleeps: it keeps running in the background and still sounds the alarm on time. When you come back, the disc jumps straight to the correct position.

Frequently asked questions

There are 1,320 seconds in 22 minutes. That is 0.3667 of an hour, or one thousand three hundred and twenty seconds written out.

Limiting screen time to one sitcom-length episode, a full home workout, timing a podcast for a short commute, or checking mini loaves in the oven.

Yes. The 22 minute countdown is anchored to your device clock rather than counted frame by frame, so it stays accurate in a background tab and the alarm still fires when the 22 minutes are up.

No. The 22 minute timer runs in your browser on phone, tablet and desktop. It is free, and there is no account, app or download.

Yes. Press the fullscreen button or the F key. The dial fills the screen, so the remaining part of the 22 minutes is readable from the back of the room.

Yes, once this page has loaded. Nothing is sent over the network while the 22 minutes count down, so a dropped connection will not stop the timer.

A half-hour broadcast slot includes around eight minutes of adverts and credits, leaving about 22 minutes of show. This 22 minute timer matches one episode for screen time limits.

When the 22 minutes are up the disc is empty, the screen shows Time’s up! and your alarm plays until you press Stop. It stops by itself after five minutes.

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