Word & Character Counter

Count words, characters, sentences, paragraphs and lines in real time as you type or paste. The tool also estimates how long your text takes to read silently and to read aloud — useful for essays, speeches, articles, social media posts and video scripts. Mixed English and Chinese text is handled correctly: Chinese characters are counted individually, the way Chinese word counts are conventionally measured. Everything stays in your browser.

Reading time assumes ~200 English words or ~400 Chinese characters per minute; speaking time assumes ~130 words or ~300 Chinese characters per minute.