Character & Word Counter
Paste your text and see words, characters, paragraphs, reading time. With visual indicators for Twitter/X, LinkedIn, meta description and title tag limits.
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Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know before getting started
Counts each as 1 visual character, matching most social platforms. Technically they're 2-4 bytes in UTF-16, but we follow the display convention.
Yes. Each \n is 1 character. \r\n (Windows) is 2. Factor this in when using line breaks for aesthetic effect on social posts.
No. Everything is processed in your browser, in real time. You can use it for confidential text.
220 words/minute for silent reading, 130 words/minute for narration. Adult averages for English.
As a reference. 280 chars is a good measure of "short and direct sentence" for any context. If you go past, consider editing for clarity.
Yes — markdown symbols (* ** [] ()) count as normal chars. If you need to count only rendered text, strip the formatting first.
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