Count words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, and estimate reading time for your content. Perfect for bloggers, students, and content creators. Free tool, no signup required.
Copy and paste your text into the input field. Supports up to 50,000 characters.
See word count, character count, sentence count, paragraph count, and estimated reading and speaking times.
Use the metrics to ensure your content meets platform requirements and reading time goals.
Ensure your blog posts meet SEO-recommended word counts (1,500-3,000 words for comprehensive articles).
Track your word and character count to meet essay and assignment requirements exactly.
Verify your content fits within platform character limits (280 for Twitter, 2200 for Instagram, etc.).
Calculate reading time to ensure your marketing copy respects your audience's attention span.
Studies show that long-form content (1,500+ words) tends to rank higher in search results and attracts more backlinks.
Our calculator uses this research-backed average. Adjust expectations for technical content (slower) or casual content (faster).
Adding '5 min read' to your blog posts sets expectations and can increase the likelihood that visitors actually read the content.
Our counter splits text by whitespace and filters empty strings. HTML tags, markdown syntax, or special formatting may affect the count slightly compared to word processors.
Yes, completely free with no signup required. Count as many times as you need.
You can analyze up to 50,000 characters at once, which is approximately 8,000-10,000 words.
Reading time is based on an average reading speed of 238 words per minute, rounded up to the nearest minute.
The counter processes raw text. If you paste HTML, the tags will be counted as text. For accurate results, paste plain text without markup.
Yes, the character count is perfect for checking if your text fits within platform limits like Twitter (280 chars), Instagram bio (150 chars), or meta descriptions (160 chars).