Word & Character Counter
Count words, characters, sentences, paragraphs and reading time, find the most used words and check limits for X posts, meta tags and SMS. Private.
Your text
Stays in your browserCounts
- Words
0 - Characters
0 - Characters (no spaces)
0 - Sentences
0 - Paragraphs
0 - Lines
0 - Reading time
under 1 sec - Speaking time
under 1 sec
Limits
Shortcuts: Ctrl+Enter run · Ctrl+Shift+C copy result · / search (use ⌘ on Mac)
Next steps
Done here? Use the Send to… menu on the result to carry it on to Case Converter, Slug Generator or Markdown Editor.
Free Online Word and Character Counter
Paste or type your text and see the counts update at once, with reading time, the words you use most, and bars that show how close you are to common limits. It gives developers a quick browser-based way to solve a focused word & character counter task before moving the result into a project.
How to count words and characters
Type or paste your text. Words, characters (with and without spaces), sentences, paragraphs and lines appear on the right, together with reading and speaking time.
Limits
The bars show your character count against an X post (280), a LinkedIn post (3,000), a meta title (60), a meta description (155), an Instagram caption (2,200) and an SMS (160, or 70 when the text contains non-English characters).
Common mistakes
- Search engines cut titles and descriptions by pixel width, so a text under the limit can still be shortened.
- An SMS with one non-GSM character (such as Hindi text or an emoji) drops from 160 to 70 characters per message.