Word Counter
Paste or type any text to instantly see word count, character count, sentence count, paragraph count, and estimated reading time updating live.
How to Use the Word Counter
Paste or type your text
Enter your content in the text area. All stats update live as you type.
Review the metrics
Word count, character count (with and without spaces), sentence count, paragraphs, and reading time all update instantly.
Clear and start over
Click Clear to reset all fields and start fresh.
What Is the Word Counter?
Knowing the length and density of your writing is essential for content marketing, SEO, academic submissions, and social media posts. Twitter has a 280-character limit. Google recommends blog posts of at least 300 words for indexing. Academic papers have strict word limits. This tool gives you all the key metrics in real time so you can calibrate your writing without counting manually.
Frequently Asked Questions
Based on an average adult reading speed of 238 words per minute. The result is rounded up to the nearest minute.
Yes, but both totals are shown: characters with spaces and characters without spaces.
The tool splits on sentence-ending punctuation: periods, exclamation marks, and question marks. Abbreviations and decimal numbers may slightly affect accuracy.
Newlines are counted as whitespace for word counting. Two or more consecutive newlines form a paragraph boundary.