Word and character counter
Count words, characters, sentences, paragraphs and reading time in any text.
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Word and character counter
Paste any text and get a full breakdown of its size: words, characters, characters without spaces, sentences, paragraphs, lines, plus estimated reading and speaking time. The numbers update as you type, so you can trim a paragraph and watch the count settle exactly where you need it.
The counter exists for the places where length is a hard limit. Meta descriptions cap out around 160 characters, a tweet at 280, an SMS at 160, and university essays, job applications and grant forms all come with word budgets that someone will check. Copywriters use it to keep headlines inside a layout; students use it to hit an assignment target; presenters use the speaking time to trim a talk down to its slot.
Reading time is calculated at 200 words per minute and speaking time at 130 words per minute — the usual figures for silent reading and comfortable presentation pace. Times are shown as "1 min 20 s", or "< 5 s" for very short text. Words are split on whitespace, so accented words like "čučoriedka" count as one word, and sentences are detected on full stops, exclamation marks, question marks and ellipses followed by a space or the end of the text. Paragraphs are blocks separated by blank lines, and Windows and Unix line endings are treated the same.
Everything is calculated in your browser. Your text is never uploaded, so unpublished drafts, client copy and confidential documents are safe to paste here. Copy the report or download it as a .txt file when you are done.