Word & Character Counter
Count words, characters and sentences in real time.
About the Word & Character Counter
Count words, characters, sentences and paragraphs in real time, with an estimated reading time. Perfect for essays, articles, meta descriptions and social posts — all processed in your browser as you type.
How to use it
- 1Paste or type your text.
- 2Read the live word, character, sentence and paragraph counts.
- 3Use the reading-time estimate to gauge length.
Why character and word counts matter
Many places you write have hard limits: a meta description works best around 150–160 characters, a tweet caps at 280, and SMS messages split after 160. Essays and assignments are often set by word count, and social captions perform differently at different lengths. Seeing every metric update live as you type means you can trim or expand to hit the target exactly, without pasting into another app to check. Everything is counted in your browser, so even long or private documents stay on your device.
Common uses
- Trimming a meta description or tweet to fit a character limit.
- Checking an essay or article against a required word count.
- Estimating how long a blog post will take readers to get through.
Frequently asked questions
- Does it count characters with or without spaces?
- Both totals are shown so you can match any character limit.
- How is reading time estimated?
- It's based on an average adult reading speed of roughly 200–250 words per minute, which gives a realistic gauge of how long an article or post takes to read.