Count words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, and reading time in real time. Perfect for essays, articles, SEO content, and social media posts with platform character limits.
Words are split by whitespace and punctuation. Hyphenated compounds like 'well-known' count as one word. Empty lines and multiple spaces are normalized before counting.
Yes — we show both 'Characters (with spaces)' and 'Characters (without spaces)' so you can match whichever platform requirement you have.
Reading time is estimated at the average adult reading speed of 238 words per minute, rounded up to the nearest half-minute.