Advanced Text Counter
Count characters, words, sentences and read time
Advanced Text Counter
This text counter gives you an instant breakdown of any passage you paste or type. As you write, it tallies the number of characters (with and without spaces), words, sentences, and paragraphs, and it estimates the reading time based on a typical silent reading pace. Nothing leaves your browser, so it is safe for drafts, private notes, and confidential material.
Writers reach for a counter like this for a clear reason: many platforms enforce hard limits. Meta titles and descriptions, tweets, SMS messages, university essays, and social captions all have ceilings, and exceeding them gets your text truncated or rejected. Tracking the count while you edit lets you trim wordy sentences before you submit.
How to use it
Paste your text into the box and the totals update live. There is no button to press and no sign-up required. To respect a limit, watch the character figure that excludes spaces if the platform counts that way, or the word figure for essays. Use the reading-time estimate to judge whether an article or script fits a target length, then revise and watch every number adjust in real time.