Word Counter

Yes, our Word Counter is 100% free with no limits, hidden fees, or subscriptions.

No, your text never leaves your browser. All text processing and keyword analysis is performed locally on your device ensuring total privacy.

Our word counter automatically filters out common English stop words (like 'the', 'and', 'a') and calculates the percentage of the most frequently used meaningful keywords in your text.

One page single-spaced is approximately 500 words using 12pt Times New Roman with 1-inch margins. Double-spaced, one page holds about 250 words. Font choice and line spacing affect these numbers significantly - larger fonts like Verdana fit fewer words, while the standard academic format (double-spaced, 12pt) gives roughly 250 words per page.

For SEO, the sweet spot for most blog posts is 1,500 to 2,500 words. Short posts of 300-500 words can rank for low-competition queries, but in-depth posts of 1,500+ words tend to earn more backlinks and rank higher over time. For pillar pages and comprehensive guides, 2,000 to 4,000 words is common. The best length is whatever fully answers the reader's question without padding.

The average adult reads 200 to 250 words per minute silently. Speed readers can reach 400-600 wpm with some loss in comprehension. For audio content, the average speaking pace is 125 to 150 words per minute conversationally, or about 130-160 wpm for prepared speeches and podcasts. Our tool uses 225 wpm for reading time estimates, which reflects a typical online reader.

Here are typical word count targets: short essay (250-500 words), college essay (500-650 words), standard essay (1,000-2,000 words), resume (475-600 words), blog post (1,000-2,500 words), research paper (3,000-5,000 words), short story (1,000-7,500 words), novel (70,000-100,000 words), 5-minute speech (625-750 words), 10-minute speech (1,300-1,500 words).

A standard tweet on X (formerly Twitter) is limited to 280 characters, including spaces and punctuation. URLs are shortened to 23 characters regardless of actual length. Twitter Blue / X Premium subscribers can post longer content. Use the character counter above to check your tweet length before posting.

Our word counter runs entirely in your browser, so your text never leaves your device. It updates in real time as you type, with no menus to click and no file upload required. We also show keyword density, reading time, speaking time, and average sentence length - features that Microsoft Word and Google Docs do not include by default. There is no signup, no character limit, and no subscription. Paste any length of text and get instant results.

Once the page has loaded, the word counter continues to work without an internet connection because all processing happens in your browser. Your text, word counts, and keyword density results stay on your device. If you bookmark the page, you can return to it later and use it offline.

Yes. The word counter splits text on whitespace, so it works for most languages that use spaces between words. Character counting is fully Unicode-aware and handles accented characters, non-Latin scripts, and emoji correctly. The keyword density analyzer is optimized for English stop words, but the basic counts (words, characters, sentences, paragraphs) work across Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, Dutch, Indonesian, Turkish, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Swedish - all of which we serve as separate localized pages.

Word count is the number of separate words in your text, separated by whitespace. Character count is the total number of letters, numbers, spaces, and punctuation marks. A 100-word paragraph is typically 500 to 600 characters with spaces. Character count matters most for social media platforms (Twitter 280, Instagram 2200, TikTok 2200), while word count matters more for essays, blog posts, and books.

Our reading time estimate uses 225 words per minute, which is the average adult silent reading rate reported by Brysbaert (2019) in a meta-analysis of 190 studies. Your individual reading speed may differ: technical or academic text typically reads slower (150-200 WPM), while casual content reads faster (250-300 WPM). The estimate is calibrated for general-audience web content.