Live word, character, sentence, paragraph, and reading time stats
Paste or type text and this tool counts words, characters (with and without spaces), sentences, and paragraphs in real time, plus an estimated reading time based on an average reading speed of roughly 200–250 words per minute. Everything runs in your browser; your text is never uploaded anywhere.
Counts update live as you edit, so you can trim toward a limit without repeatedly re-checking.
Say you're writing a 150–160 character meta description for a web page. Paste your draft: "Track your daily habits with our free app. Set goals, build streaks, and see your progress over time." The counter shows 101 characters — you have about 55 left to add a differentiator or call to action before search engines truncate it.
Word count divided by an average adult silent-reading speed of about 225 words per minute, rounded to the nearest half minute. Speaking pace is slower — around 130–150 words per minute — so double the estimate for a spoken script.
The tool shows both figures: characters including spaces (what most platform limits like Twitter/X use) and characters excluding spaces (common in some publishing and translation contexts).
Sentences are split on terminal punctuation (periods, question marks, exclamation points); paragraphs are blocks of text separated by blank lines. Unusual formatting like abbreviation-heavy text can shift the sentence count slightly.
No. Counting happens entirely in your browser with JavaScript. Nothing is transmitted, logged, or saved — refreshing the page clears the text.