Word Counter
Type or paste your text below to see live word, character, sentence and paragraph counts, plus an estimated reading time. Updates instantly as you type.
| Words | 0 |
| Characters (with spaces) | 0 |
| Characters (without spaces) | 0 |
| Sentences | 0 |
| Paragraphs | 0 |
| Estimated reading time | ~0 min read |
How to use this word counter
Just start typing or paste text into the box above — every statistic updates live with no button to click. It's useful for checking essay or article length, meeting a strict character limit for a tweet or meta description, or estimating how long a piece will take readers to get through.
How the counts are calculated
Words are counted as whitespace-separated tokens. Sentences are counted by splitting on runs of . ! ?, and paragraphs by splitting on blank lines. Reading time is estimated at 225 words per minute, a commonly used average adult silent-reading speed, rounded up to the nearest minute so short texts still show at least one minute.