A similar thread popped up recently elsewhere that I responded to so I’ll post my replies here. Feel free to check out the rest of that thread as well for some insight into other lvl 60 user’s experiences.
I’ll go ahead and give my number with a few disclaimers as it isn’t for the faint of heart nor those who might not have the luxury of being able to do reviews at the drop of a hat. Hopefully that means it will be a helpful reference for how long you might take with your own circumstances, plans, and other studying you intend to do.
Looking at my wkstats.com I took about 1.3 years to reach level 60.
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The disclaimers I’ll mention are:
I was only using WaniKani and didn’t start reading…
I don’t think I would recommend going as fast as possible. As mentioned in my initial reply I slowed down near the mid-30s as that’s when enlightened reviews start coming up for burning and it was becoming too much. I don’t think it would hurt to try other things like reading to see if all the lookups are too taxing. If it is you are able to stop without any sort of reviews coming up that you have to maintain and can shift your time and focus elsewhere like more WK reviews.
I still study every …