What is the Word & Character Counter?
Paste or type any text and this free counter instantly reports everything you need to know about its length: total words, characters with and without spaces, sentences, paragraphs, average sentence length, and estimated reading and speaking time. All counts update live as you edit, so you can trim or expand your text to hit an exact target.
Everything happens in your browser — nothing is sent to a server, which makes the tool safe for confidential drafts, unpublished work, and client copy. Your text is also remembered locally between visits, so an accidental tab close never loses a draft.
Who Uses a Word Counter?
- Students: hit essay and assignment word limits precisely instead of guessing from page counts.
- Writers and editors: track article length, chapter targets, and submission limits for publications.
- Marketers: keep title tags under ~60 characters, meta descriptions under ~160, and ads inside strict copy limits.
- Speakers and creators: use the speaking-time estimate to fit a speech, presentation, or video script into its time slot.
- Social media users: check character counts against platform limits before posting.
Character and Word Limits Cheat Sheet
The limits people check most often — write toward any of them with the live counter above:
