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Blog posts, academic essays, job applications, and social media posts often have strict word limits. Monitor your count as you write.
Twitter has a 280-character limit. Check your tweet length in real time before posting.
Meta descriptions should ideally be 150–160 characters. Paste your description and check the character count instantly.
Many universities specify minimum and maximum word counts for assignments. Track your progress here.
Print designers need accurate word counts to estimate layout space and typesetting for brochures, books, and magazines.
A word is any sequence of characters separated by spaces or punctuation. Numbers and hyphenated words each count as one word.
No. Text is processed entirely in your browser. Nothing is sent to any server or stored anywhere.
Yes. The counter works with any language including Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, and other Unicode scripts.
Reading time is estimated at 200 words per minute, an average adult reading speed for comprehension.
If you paste HTML code, tags are counted as characters and words. For clean text counts, paste plain text only.