Word Counter — Characters, Sentences & Reading Time

Count words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, and estimated reading time. Optional Twitter, meta, and SMS limits — paste-only, fully local.

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word counter
word counter — local, honest limits documented on this page.

Developer notes

• Paste-only v1 — no file pick/drop. • 64 KiB UTF-8 limit. • The active limit's progress bar turns amber at 80% and red only once you go over — copy a one-line stats summary from the toolbar.

Options

Character limit presets
Character limit presets — changes the output or verdict for this tool.
Headline character mode
Headline character mode — changes the output or verdict for this tool.
Reading speed
Reading speed — changes the output or verdict for this tool.

Use cases

• Quick checks without leaving the browser. • Pair with other Markdown tools on the hub.

Examples

Example 1

Before

FastMinify ships more than 150 browser-local developer tools: minifiers, formatters, JSON utilities, DevOps helpers, and clusters like Text & Markdown. Everything runs in your tab—paste code or prose, tweak options, copy the result. No account is required for the core toolbox. This word counter totals words, characters (with or without spaces), sentences, paragraphs, and an estimated reading time. Use limit presets when you draft a tweet, meta description, or SMS. Counts update as you type; nothing is uploaded to our servers. Try switching headline count or reading speed to see how the summary changes.

After

words=94 · 7 sentences · 3 paragraphs · < 1 min read

Example 2

Before

Tweet draft under 280 chars…

After

limit=under (280)

Related tools

Hub text tools. Also: beautify-markdown.

word counter FAQ

Browser-local

Is my text uploaded?

No. Everything runs locally in your browser.

What is the size limit?

64 KiB (UTF-8) per tool.

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