Words, characters, sentences & reading time, live.
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Count words, characters (with and without spaces), sentences and paragraphs as you type, plus an estimated reading time based on 200 words per minute. Handy for essays, meta descriptions, social posts and anything with a length limit. Everything is calculated locally in your browser.
Word counting splits text on whitespace characters (spaces, tabs, newlines) and counts non-empty tokens. Character count includes all characters including spaces and punctuation. Reading time is estimated at 200-250 words per minute for average adult readers. The counter runs entirely in your browser, updating in real-time as you type or paste text.
At an average reading speed of about 200 words per minute, rounded up to at least one minute.
Yes — all stats update live with every keystroke.
On average, English text has about 5 characters per word (including spaces), so 1000 characters is roughly 180-200 words. This varies by language and writing style.
No. Words are separated by whitespace, and punctuation attached to words (like commas or periods) is counted as part of the word. Standalone punctuation is not counted as a word.