Online Character & Word Counter
Free, instant character and word counter tool. Calculates characters, words, lines, sentences, paragraphs, and reading time in real time as you type. All processing runs privately inside your browser.
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Characters
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Words
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Lines
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Sentences
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Reading Time
~225 wpm
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Speaking Time
~130 wpm
Free Online Character Counter & Word Counter
Whether you are crafting a tweet, writing an essay, preparing an advertisement, or auditing SEO metadata, keeping track of your character, word, and line count is essential. This tool calculates your stats instantly as you type with zero lag.
Privacy First: Your text is never stored or sent across the internet. All calculations are executed strictly on your computer or device via JavaScript, guaranteeing complete confidentiality for sensitive documents, notes, code, or personal drafts.
Standard Character & Word Limits for Social Media & Web:
- Twitter / X: 280 characters per tweet (standard accounts)
- SEO Meta Title: 50 – 60 characters (to avoid truncation in Google search results)
- SEO Meta Description: 150 – 160 characters (recommended Google snippet length)
- Instagram Caption: 2,200 characters maximum (ideal length is under 125 characters for feeds)
- LinkedIn Post: 3,000 characters maximum
- SMS Text Message: 160 characters per standard message segment
- Reddit Post Title: 300 characters maximum
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