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Instantly count words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, and estimated reading time as you type. Free, accurate, and completely private.
Whether you're writing within a platform's character limit, meeting a word count requirement, or estimating reading time for a blog post, our Word Counter gives you instant, accurate statistics as you type. No submitting forms, no waiting — just paste your text and see all metrics update live.
Reading time is calculated based on an average adult reading speed of 200–250 words per minute. The estimate shown is for silent reading. Actual reading time varies by complexity of content and individual reading speed.
Hyphenated words (e.g. "well-known") are typically counted as one word, consistent with how most style guides and word processors count them.
Twitter/X: 280 characters. Instagram caption: 2,200 characters. LinkedIn post: 3,000 characters. Meta/Facebook post: 63,206 characters. YouTube description: 5,000 characters. SMS: 160 characters (per message).
Sentences are counted by detecting terminal punctuation marks (periods, exclamation marks, question marks) followed by a space or end of text. Abbreviations like "e.g." or "Dr." may occasionally cause slight overcounting.
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