Count words, characters & reading time online, free. A word counter tallies the words, characters, sentences, and paragraphs in your text and estimates reading time, so you can hit length targets for essays, articles, and meta descriptions. This tool counts as you type, entirely in your browser, with nothing uploaded.
It updates live as you type — words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, and estimated reading time — so you can write to a target without leaving the page. 100% free, no registration, and complete privacy — everything runs locally in your browser, so your data never touches a server.
Words, characters, sentences and paragraphs update instantly as you type or paste.
Estimates reading time based on average reading speed, useful for articles and scripts.
Keep essays, posts, or meta descriptions within a required word or character count.
Your text is analyzed locally; nothing is uploaded, logged, or stored.
Words are counted by splitting text on whitespace, so a 'word' is any run of characters separated by spaces, tabs, or line breaks. Punctuation attached to a word doesn't add to the count.
Reading time is the word count divided by an average reading speed (around 200–230 words per minute for adults). It's an estimate — dense or technical text reads more slowly.
Yes. It reports total characters including spaces (useful for SMS and meta-tag limits) so you can match whichever limit your platform uses.
No. Counting happens entirely in your browser — your text never leaves your device.
No fixed limit beyond your device's memory, since everything runs locally — paste long documents and the counts update live.