Free online word counter
Whether you're writing an essay with a word limit, a tweet that must fit in 280 characters, an Instagram caption or a meta description for your blog, this word and character counter shows you everything at a glance. Counts update live as you type or paste, and the length-limit bars turn red the moment you go over. It works with Hindi and other Indian languages, and counts emoji correctly.
How to use it
- Type or paste your text into the box.
- Read the live counts for words, characters, sentences and paragraphs, plus reading and speaking time.
- Use the buttons to change case, tidy up extra spaces, copy the result or clear the box.
How the counts work
- Words: runs of letters or digits; apostrophes and hyphens inside a word don't split it.
- Characters: what you see on screen, including spaces — an emoji like 👋🏽 counts as one.
- Sentences: text ending in . ! ? or the Hindi danda (।).
- Paragraphs: non-empty lines.
Reading time = Words ÷ 238 · Speaking time = Words ÷ 130 (minutes)
Example
A 1,200-word blog post takes about 5 minutes to read and roughly 9 minutes to read aloud. A typical school essay of 500 words is about 2 minutes of reading.
Writing tips
- Keep Instagram bios under 150 characters — try our Instagram bio ideas.
- Meta descriptions over ~160 characters get cut off in Google results.
- Aim for sentences under 20 words for easy reading on phones.
- Test how fast you type with the typing speed test.