Word Counter
Count words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, and estimated reading time. Useful for essays, articles, and social media posts. Free and instant.
Quick answer
The Word Counter measures words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, and estimated reading time directly in your browser. Paste your text to get live writing stats for drafts, essays, articles, captions, and other content without uploading it.
What is a Word Counter?
Use this word counter to measure the length of drafts, posts, essays, notes, and other text. It shows useful writing stats such as word count, character count, sentence count, paragraph count, and estimated reading time.
How do you use Word Counter?
- Paste or type your text into the input area.
- Review the live counts for words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, and reading time.
- Edit the text and watch the numbers update as the content changes.
What does Word Counter help with?
Checking a short article draft
If your draft has 800 words, the reading time estimate is about 4 minutes using the default 200 words per minute reading speed.
How does Word Counter work?
How counts are estimated
Words are counted from text separated by whitespace, characters can be shown with or without spaces, and reading time is estimated from the word count using an approximate reading speed of 200 words per minute.
Word Counter FAQ
Does the character count include spaces?
The tool shows character counts with spaces and without spaces so you can use the number that matches your requirement.
How is reading time estimated?
Reading time is calculated from the word count using an approximate speed of 200 words per minute.
How does punctuation affect the word count?
Words are counted by splitting the text on whitespace. Punctuation attached to a word does not usually create a separate word.
Is the text processed locally?
Yes. The counts are calculated in your browser, and the text is not sent to a server by this page.