Word & Character Counter

No. All counting happens locally in your browser using JavaScript. Your text is never transmitted to any server, logged, or stored anywhere. You can verify this by disconnecting from the internet — the tool still works perfectly.

Characters (total) counts every single character including spaces, punctuation, and line breaks. Characters without spaces excludes all whitespace. Most social platforms like Twitter/X count total characters including spaces when enforcing their limits.

Reading time uses an average adult silent reading speed of 238 words per minute (wpm), which is the most commonly cited research figure. Presentation pace uses 130 wpm (typical for a clear, comfortable spoken pace). Audiobook pace uses 175 wpm, the standard for professionally narrated audiobooks.

Standard Twitter/X posts are limited to 280 characters. Twitter Blue / X Premium subscribers can post up to 25,000 characters in long-form posts. This tool tracks the standard 280-character limit. URLs are shortened to 23 characters by Twitter regardless of their actual length.

Google typically displays 150–160 characters in search result snippets. Descriptions longer than 160 characters may be truncated with an ellipsis. Aim for 140–155 characters to ensure your full message displays. Note that Google may rewrite your description regardless, but staying under 160 characters gives you the best chance of it showing as written.

Sentences are counted by splitting on terminal punctuation: periods, exclamation marks, and question marks, filtering out empty results. This is a close approximation — edge cases like abbreviations (e.g., "Dr. Smith") may count as two sentences. Paragraphs are counted by detecting double line breaks or blocks of text separated by blank lines.