Word & Character Counter

Count words and characters online

Paste any text and every metric updates instantly — no button required, no upload. Everything runs locally in your browser so nothing you type is ever sent to a server.

Characters are counted by Unicode code point, so an emoji like counts as one character rather than two surrogate bytes. The reading time estimate uses a standard 200 words-per-minute pace and rounds up to the nearest minute.

FAQ

Is my text sent anywhere? No. All counting happens client-side in your browser.

How is reading time calculated? Words divided by 200 (average adult reading speed), rounded up to the nearest minute.

How are paragraphs counted? Blocks of text separated by one or more blank lines each count as one paragraph.

Does it count emoji correctly? Yes. Each emoji counts as one character because counting is done by Unicode code point, not UTF-16 code unit.