Word & Character Counter

Reading time is estimated using an average adult reading speed of roughly 200-238 words per minute; speaking time uses a slower average speech rate.

Yes. The tool shows character counts both with and without spaces so you can match specific length limits, like tweet or meta description caps.

Any block of text separated by a blank line or line break is counted as one paragraph.

No. All counting happens instantly in your browser as you type, and nothing is sent to a server.

It counts whatever text you paste as plain text, including any tags or code you include — strip formatting first if you only want the visible word count.

No hard limit — since counting happens in your browser as you type, extremely long documents (tens of thousands of words) may update slightly slower.