Word and character counter — live text statistics
This tool gives you instant text statistics as you type: word count, character count (with and without spaces), sentence count, paragraph count, and estimated reading time. It is built for writers, students, marketers and anyone working against a length limit — checking an essay against a word target, keeping a tweet or meta description under a character cap, or estimating how long a script will take to read aloud.
How it works
The text is trimmed and split on whitespace to count words. Characters with
spaces is the full string length; characters without spaces strips all
whitespace first. Sentences are found by splitting on ., ! and ? and
discarding empty fragments. Paragraphs are blocks separated by a blank line.
Reading time divides the word count by 200 words per minute and rounds up to
the nearest second — 200 wpm is a standard benchmark for adult silent reading.
Example
Paste a 1,000-word blog post and you will see roughly 1,000 words, about 5,800–6,200 characters with spaces, the exact sentence and paragraph counts, and a reading time of 5 minutes (1000 ÷ 200). Trim it to 750 words and the reading time drops to about 3 min 45s.
| Word count | Reading time at 200 wpm |
|---|---|
| 100 | 30s |
| 300 | 1 min 30s |
| 500 | 2 min 30s |
| 1,000 | 5 min |
| 2,000 | 10 min |
Everything runs entirely in your browser — your text is never uploaded or stored.