Count words, characters, sentences, and paragraphs instantly. Estimate reading and speaking time for any text.
Paste or type your text in the box above. The counter updates instantly as you type. Use it to check essay length, ensure your email is concise, verify article word counts, or estimate presentation duration.
A single-spaced page in 12pt Times New Roman contains approximately 500 words. A double-spaced page contains approximately 250 words. These numbers vary slightly depending on font, margins, and paragraph spacing.
The ideal blog post length for engagement is 1,500 to 2,500 words, which takes 6 to 10 minutes to read. Studies show that 7-minute articles (approximately 1,750 words) receive the most engagement on average.
Paste your text into this word counter to get an instant count. Most word processors also display word count in the status bar. Words are counted by splitting text on whitespace and filtering out empty strings.
