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← Back to DashboardThis word counter tracks words, characters, paragraphs, and estimated reading time as you type. It's useful for essays, blog posts, social media captions, or any writing with a length limit. Everything runs in your browser — your text is never sent anywhere.
Here are typical length guidelines for different types of writing:
The estimated reading time is based on an average reading speed of 200 words per minute — a widely used benchmark for general adult readers. A 1,000-word article takes about 5 minutes to read at this pace. Academic or technical content may take longer; simple content may be faster.
No. Your text stays in your browser only. Nothing is uploaded or stored. Closing the tab or refreshing the page clears everything.
Different tools handle hyphenated words, numbers, and punctuation slightly differently. For example, "real-time" might count as one word or two depending on the tool. For most purposes the difference is minimal — usually just 1–3 words.
The character count shown includes spaces. If you need a count without spaces, subtract the number of words minus one as a rough approximation, or use a dedicated character counter.
Yes — the character count works for any language. However, word counting relies on spaces between words, so it works best for languages that separate words with spaces (most European languages). Languages like Chinese or Japanese without spaces will show inaccurate word counts.