Real-time word, character, sentence and paragraph counter. Reading time estimate for articles and posts.
Whether you're writing a tweet (280 characters), a LinkedIn post (max ~3000, optimum ~1500), a meta description (~155), a SMS (160), an essay (academic word count) or a blog article, hitting the right length matters. This real-time counter shows words, characters (with and without spaces), sentences and paragraphs the moment you type or paste, plus reading-time and speaking-time estimates using the journalism-standard 225 WPM (silent) and 150 WPM (voiceover) rates. Everything runs locally in your browser — your text is never uploaded.
Any sequence of non-whitespace characters counts as a word. So "don't" is 1 word, "e-commerce" is 1 word, "it's a test" is 3. Contractions and hyphenated compounds stay grouped, matching how most word processors (Word, Google Docs) count.
Silent reading averages 225 words per minute (faster than speech). Comfortable voiceover / podcast / speech pace averages 150 WPM — any faster and listeners struggle. We display both so you can plan either a read-it article or a spoken-it script.
No. The counter runs entirely in your browser with JavaScript — there's no server call, no database, no logging. Close the tab and the text is gone.
Character count is accurate for any Unicode character including CJK and emoji (each emoji = 1 character, even when it's a composite like 👨👩👧 counts as 1). Word count works for space-separated languages (EN, FR, ES, DE…) — languages without spaces (Chinese, Japanese) will show the whole text as 1-2 words; stick to character count for those.
No — this is a one-off counter. If you need to save, version and schedule long-form content (blog posts, newsletters, LinkedIn posts), Kiwi's BlogManager and VibeMarketing modules do exactly that, with AI assistance.
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