Word Counter
Count words, characters, sentences and paragraphs as you type. See reading and speaking time instantly.
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Character limits
Characters left for common platforms. The bar turns red when you go over.
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X (Twitter) post 280 / 280 left
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SMS message 160 / 160 left
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Google title (approx.) 60 / 60 left
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Google meta description (approx.) 155 / 155 left
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Instagram caption 2200 / 2200 left
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LinkedIn post 3000 / 3000 left
How the counting works
- Words: any group of letters or numbers, including accented letters. Words with an apostrophe (don’t, l’été) count as one word; hyphenated words count as two.
- Characters: everything you see, including spaces, punctuation and line breaks. An emoji counts as one character, like on X.
- Reading time is based on 200 words per minute; speaking time on 130 words per minute, a typical pace for a talk or presentation.
- Your text stays in your browser: nothing is sent to a server.
Frequently Asked Questions
Every group of letters or numbers separated by spaces or punctuation is one word. Accented letters are handled correctly, and words with an apostrophe count as one.
About 5 minutes at an average reading speed of 200 words per minute, and around 8 minutes to say out loud.
Roughly 500 words for a single-spaced page and 250 words for a double-spaced page, with a standard 12-point font.
Only in your own browser, so it is still there if you reload the page. It is never sent to our servers.