Word Counter

The Word Counter analyses any text instantly, returning the word count, character counts with and without spaces, sentence and paragraph totals, and an estimated reading time. Writers, students, marketers, and translators work against limits - essay lengths, meta descriptions, ad copy, subtitles - and this tool keeps them honest in real time.

The counts follow common conventions. Words are whitespace-separated tokens, so hyphenated compounds like state-of-the-art count as one word. Characters are counted both raw and excluding spaces, which matters for platforms that count every keystroke differently. Sentences are detected by terminal punctuation (. ! ?), and paragraphs split on blank lines. Reading time assumes a 200-words-per-minute average, the standard used across publishing.

Practical reference points: a tweet fits in 280 characters, a meta description in roughly 155, a typical blog paragraph runs 60-120 words, and a 1,000-word article is about a five-minute read. Watching the reading-time estimate is an easy way to keep articles from ballooning past what an audience will finish.

Your text is processed entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, stored, or logged, which makes the tool safe for drafts, contracts, and unpublished writing.