It generally depends on the SRS level of the items. If the 200 reviews are mostly guru 2 or master or enlightened, it’s probably going to be a lot more pleasant than having 200 apprentice 1 items. Having too many items that the person barely knows can lead to burnout (or just overall slow progress), which… isn’t exactly the greatest thing. (The burnout. Slow progress is fine.)
I have always wondered what’s so bad about doing 200 reviews in one session.
I just find it discouraging - I can’t really explain why. If I have fewer than thirty reviews to do in one session, it feels unsatisfying; if I have much more than one hundred, it feels discouraging (“oh, I have all that to slog through…”). I ideally review two or three times a day, so that’s where I came up with the “max of three hundred” bar.
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@Arkaaito,
If you don’t mind me asking, how long do you spend on each review item? I ask because I’m working on some learning tools, and understanding what motivates and demotivates people in their study habits is critical.
When I first started WK, I didn’t spend much time on the lessons, so I spent a lot more time on each review. Having a big pile of reviews was difficult!
After about level 12, I started spending a lot more time on lessons (until I could recite everything without hesitation). My reviews started going a lot faster, and WK was less stressful and felt like less work.
So, for me, the work of remembering items during reviews was a bit demotivating, but spending time up front on lessons – while a lot of up-front work – felt like less work overall, I think because I just felt like I really knew them well afterward.
But that’s just one person’s experience, and I know people are different, so I would value your perspective.
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Yeah, I think the rule of the 1st impression is important. I’m experiencing the same.
I also support this. OP, if you’re worried about “falling off the wagon”, the best thing you can do for yourself is to try this. You can go look through the thread I made where I posted my 100000 review count and look at other peoples review count in comparison to their level/accuracy. Accuracy makes a world of difference when it comes to review count, and your first step should be maximizing your accuracy by changing your routine and then basing your pace around that.
I don’t spend 20 to 30 minutes doing it, you’ll come to realise in life that people do things at different paces; whether it’s running, learning, or dying. Some people finish first, others finish last.
If you don’t mind me asking, how long do you spend on each review item? I ask because I’m working on some learning tools, and understanding what motivates and demotivates people in their study habits is critical.
Interesting question. My memory tells me “typical” is about one to two seconds per item per type [reading or meaning]. However, recently I’ve spent an average of 5-10 minutes per review session, with 50-100 items (almost all kanji and vocab) per session. So that’s an average of 3 seconds per item per type.
On reflection, I actually think the latter number is correct. Most of my reviews I blaze through, but when I get something wrong, I reread the mnemonic(s), related vocab and/or sentences for it, so incorrect reviews take a lot longer.
After about level 12, I started spending a lot more time on lessons (until I could recite everything without hesitation). My reviews started going a lot faster, and WK was less stressful and felt like less work.
Interesting! May I ask what specifically you do? For me, lessons consist just of reading the description and mnemonic, trying to think of kanji/words with similar composition and see if I can remember the differences, and reading the vocabulary/sentences given.
I don’t feel unhappy with the amount of time or effort per se*, I just groan when I see a sufficiently large number of things piled up - so it might not help with this particular point. But I’m always looking for things I can improve. [I’ve also seen people suggest quizzing yourself immediately after the lesson, but I’m not 100% sure of the best way to do that, so haven’t tried it yet.]
*Actually, I feel thrilled with the amount of time and effort - I find WK is effortless and easy to fit into my schedule. But that may have something to do with me only being level ten. 
Accuracy makes a world of difference when it comes to review count, and your first step should be maximizing your accuracy by changing your routine and then basing your pace around that.
Hmm. Unfortunately, I can’t find the thread you mention - I may be having a newbie moment. [The only hit when I search WK Community for “100000 review count” is… this thread.] Linky linky?
My accuracy seems to range between 95-97%, which I’ve been thinking of as perfectly fine, but I don’t have anything to compare it to.
You can look at my profile and see the threads ive made. Its the 4th one down
95-97 is fine. Usually it just gets pretty noticeable in the lower 90s and 80s. Anything below 80 is pretty ridiculous.
ありがとう! 
Yeah, it looks like I’m at least in the same ballpark as folks in that thread. Though the one guy with 99.X% radicals - wow!
(I wonder what my radical % would be if I didn’t keep entering the meanings of the kanji when I’m supposed to be giving the meanings of the radicals… 
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I looked at the vocabulary first, and ignored the mnemonics (that’s just my preference). But the main thing was memorizing the readings of each set of 5, and cycling through them (by clicking “give me more time”) repeatedly until I could recite all of the readings. Then repeat for meanings, and again for reading-and-meaning together. After that, reviews were very easy.
You mentioned people studying right after lessons. The Self-Study Quiz Edition script is good for that.
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