Massive and impetuous information amidst the society must be taken into account with wise thought and action. To reach that level, people have to examine all information in depth. Among a number of required skills to execute that agenda, critical reading is a must, including on cultural material. Critical reading skills are highlevel cognitive skills the community as cultural actors must possess as the basic abilities.The aim of this research is to present a bibliometric analysis of literature using the primary keyword "critical reading" related to cultural themes. It applied bibliometric method to analyze 3.127 articles extracted from Scopus database from 2009-2023. All were processed using VOSViewer by reducing data based on the keywords appearing on titles and abstracts.The results revealed interesting keywords related to "critical reading" that intersected with cultural themes, including "culture," "ethics," "art," "language," and "ethnography" These topics are relatively rare, which makes their novelty and significance potentially high. In critical reading, the object of analysis is the text, so the topics of "critical reading" and culturally themed texts can be developed into new research areas.