Analyze your text instantly. Count words, characters, paragraphs, and get reading time estimates.
A word counter tallies the words, characters, sentences, and paragraphs in a block of text. Writers use it to hit assignment targets, social media managers use it to stay under platform limits like Twitter's 280 characters or Instagram's caption cap, and SEOs use it to keep meta descriptions near the 160 character cutoff. The tool also estimates reading time based on an average pace of about 200 words per minute.
Drop in the paragraph, article, caption, or meta description you want to measure. Counts update as you type.
See words, characters with spaces, characters without spaces, sentences, and paragraphs all at once.
Compare against the limit you care about: 280 for Twitter or X, 160 for meta descriptions, 2,200 for Instagram captions.
Use the estimated reading time to gauge how long your post or article takes to read at an average pace.
Trim or expand the text. The counts update in real time so you can hit your target precisely.
The tool shows both. Characters with spaces is what Twitter, SMS, and most social platforms count against your limit. Characters without spaces is what some academic word count requirements use.
Reading time is based on an average reading speed of around 200 to 250 words per minute, which is typical for adults reading on screen. Technical or dense writing reads slower in practice.
Google typically truncates meta descriptions around 155 to 160 characters on desktop and shorter on mobile. Aim for 150 to 160 characters to keep the full description visible in search results.
No. All counting happens in your browser. Your text never leaves your device, so it is safe to paste confidential drafts or client work.
Different tools handle hyphenated words, numbers, and contractions slightly differently. Counts are usually within one or two words of each other for normal prose.
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