Free tool

Instant text statistics

Paste any text and see words, characters, sentences, reading time, top words and platform character limits — all updating live as you type.

Stats included

StatHow calculated
WordsSplit on whitespace, empty tokens filtered
CharactersRaw string length including spaces
No spacesCharacters after stripping all whitespace
SentencesSegments ending in . ! or ?
ParagraphsBlocks separated by double newline
LinesTotal line count
Avg word lengthLetters only, averaged across all words
Longest wordLongest token by character count
Unique wordsCase-insensitive deduplication
Reading time238 words per minute average
Speaking time150 words per minute average

Platform limits

Live progress bars show how close your text is to each platform limit. The bar turns red when you exceed the limit.

PlatformLimit
Twitter / X280 characters
LinkedIn post3,000 characters
Instagram bio150 characters
Meta description160 characters

Selection counter

Select any portion of text in the input area to see the word and character count for just that selection in the status bar at the bottom.

Keyboard shortcuts

ShortcutAction
Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + CClear all text