Count words and characters
Live counts as you type, including reading time. Useful for anything with a limit attached to it.
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Words
0
Characters
0
Without spaces
0
Sentences
0
Paragraphs
0
Lines
Time
Reading0 min
Reading aloud0 min
Fits in
- X post280 left
- Meta description160 left
- Page title60 left
- SMS160 left
Questions
- How is reading time worked out?
- At 238 words per minute for silent reading and 140 for reading aloud, which are the figures the usual meta-analyses land on. They are averages, so treat them as a guide rather than a promise.
- Do emoji count as one character or two?
- One. An emoji is stored as two UTF-16 units, so a naive count reports two, which is wrong to anybody looking at the screen. This counts what you can see.
- Is my text sent anywhere?
- No. It never leaves the page, which is worth knowing if you are pasting something unpublished.