Word Counter

Copy your text from wherever it is — Word, Google Docs, an email draft, anywhere — and paste it here. The word count and all other stats appear immediately. No need to install anything or sign in.

Any sequence of characters separated by whitespace counts as a word. Hyphenated words like "well-known" count as one word. Contractions like "don't" count as one word. Numbers and URLs also count as words.

There's no universal answer, but 1,500–2,500 words works well for topics that warrant thorough coverage. Short posts (300–600 words) are fine for simple, focused topics. In-depth guides or pillar pages can go 3,000 words or more. Quality and relevance matter more than hitting a specific number.

Reading time is estimated at 200 words per minute, which is a conservative average for silent adult reading. Speaking time uses 130 words per minute, appropriate for a steady presentation pace. These are estimates — actual speed varies by person and content complexity.

It works well for any language that uses spaces to separate words, including French, Spanish, German, Hindi written in Latin script, and many others. Languages like Chinese, Japanese, or Thai that don't use spaces to separate words won't produce accurate word counts.