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.
Developer notes
This version accepts pasted text only, with no file selection or drop. The limit is 64 KiB of UTF-8 text. The progress bar of the active limit turns amber at 80% and red once you go over. Copy a one-line summary of the statistics from the toolbar.
Options
- Character limit presets
- Checks the text against a character limit: Twitter at 280, meta description at 155, SMS at 160, or a custom value.
- Headline character mode
- Chooses whether the headline count of characters includes spaces.
- Reading speed
- Words per minute used to estimate the reading time.
Use cases
Check a draft against a character limit before you publish it. Estimate the reading time of an article or a README. Pair it with the other Text & Markdown tools of the hub.
Examples
Counting a short text
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After
Checking a character limit
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Related tools
Part of the text tools hub. See also beautify-markdown.
Word counter FAQ
Privacy and limits
Is my text uploaded?
No. Everything runs locally in your browser.
What is the size limit?
64 KiB of UTF-8 text per input.
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