The Hippopotamus: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Hippopotamus runs 9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Stephen Fry (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 9 hours, it is shorter than 51% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry narrates 116 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 937 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fiction shelf
13,455 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Hippopotamus is an audiobook by Stephen Fry: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Stephen Fry, released September 2, 2010, on the Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Stephen Fry
- Released
- September 2, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781407012544
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Hippopotamus as an audiobook?
The Hippopotamus runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.
Is The Hippopotamus free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Hippopotamus?
The Hippopotamus is narrated by Stephen Fry.